in the battleground states. will be divided when you talk about the entire workforce? >> north carolina and georgia count fast and early we will know those results first i think will be indicative of if we will have a long night or short. >> is a brick for harris it will be short if they stick with trump it will be long. >> i am watching the gender gap in the red states to see how this might >> the bucks county turnout a smaller version to us the philadelphia turnout the african american vote is still low it has been in the south, that could be a good sign for drop >> bucks county the one that may have better science for trump then say chester or montgomery. here we go, tomorrow is election day. thank you for being here you for joining us.

security fencing up around the white house, the capitol and putting the national guard and standby. the worry and fear of violence growing as the country prepares to start counting those votes. with less -- quincy jones revolutionized music producing tunes from michael jackson to frank sinatra. one of john's favorite songs. remembering this musical icon. this is cnn the central from the desk.

you know it's big if we are all sitting down. with 24 hours to election day, vice president kamala harris barnstormers pennsylvania as donald trump hits three major battleground states. the closing messages could not be more different. harris for the first time did not mention trump by name at an event overnight. dinnertime headlines was she offered a forward-looking vision. >> we have -- can you feel it? we are optimistic and excited about what we can do together. >> now, as for donald trump, the new york times said he was dark and wish she had refused to leave the white house after losing the 2020 election.

>> we had the safest word in the history of our country the day i left. i should not have let honestly, we did -- we did so well. >> that plus surprising pulling was a gut punch to the trump campaign. let's get right to -- raleigh, north carolina, where trump will be not too long from now. >> reporter: good morning. election eve , we are just 36 hours or so away from polls beginning to close. this is crunch time for donald trump and his campaign. one key thing i am looking for , he goes to pennsylvania for two separate something and that they in michigan is whether or not he can stay on message and deliver

the closing argument i know the trump campaign is hoping that he will. we did not see a lot of that yesterday. i will say, talking to a lot of allies and officials, a lot of them are exasperated with some of the off script the topics he kept bringing up and he mentioned that he spent several minutes at one of his rallies yesterday wailing against polling that shows harris gaining ground and talked about how he should not have left the white house and also even made a claim that he would not mind if an attacker or what the attacker had to shoot through the press to get to him. these are obviously not the type of comments that the trump campaign is wanting him to focus on i want him to turn out as many voters as possible and keep his rhetoric in check. and essentially deliver the policy message that they want him to which is talking about the economy and the board appeared one thing we heard donald trump do a lot yesterday is begin sowing the seed of doubt in this upcoming election. take a listen to what he said yesterday.

>> they are fighting so hard to steal this dumb thing. look at what's going on and what's going on in your statement every day were talking about extending hours and whoever heard of this stuff? we should have one day voting and paper ballots. >> reporter: now, we have heard this from donald trump before and obviously this is something we saw in the aftermath of the 2020 election. he is already laying groundwork to cast doubt on this election particularly if it does not go the way he wants and i would remind you and 2020, i remember when i was covering him then he did a similar thing in the lead up to that election as well and remember, on election day and

2020, he got up on stage that evening and declared the three despite the polls and the results not being fully in. one thing to keep in mind is that as we look ahead to tomorrow, a conversation about what the candidates are doing and what are the final impression they believe about it but soon after, and in the coming days and weeks, a lot of the conversation will go to what you heard right there which is talking about the integrity of the selection. >> listen to what they are saying and listen to the words and how they choose to close out these campaigns. alayna treene in north carolina, thank you very much for vice president kamala harris is all in for pennsylvania as making in five different cities that will end with the star-studded event in philadelphia tonight. we are tracking the harris campaign in the final moment on the final message. harris did not even mention donald trump i name her what does that mean for her final messages campaign? >> good morning. that was a deliberate choice by the harris campaign and i will tell you something they were eager to point out that in the last

speech he gave last night in lansing, she did not mention donald trump at all. it is to them our way of emphasizing she is on a positive forward-looking message. what she has been trying to talk about over last couple weeks of his campaign and that is where she is looking to end today, a big day all around pennsylvania. incredibly competitive battleground state. but you see what we will see out of her today will be a lot of what we heard last night. take a listen to some of that. >> america is ready for a fresh start, ready for a new way forward. are we see our fellow americans not as an enemy, but as a neighbor. we are ready for a president who knows that the true measure of a leader is not based on how you be down, it is based on who you lift up.

>> if you think about what she's saying there i'm we heard what trump is saying, it's different in words and different in the body language and different in the tone of voice but very different approaches to this last effort to win over those voters who haven't made up their minds or have not made up their mind whether to go. >> thank you so much. ahead, she says she was on standby but was never called up to campaign with donald trump. but nikki haley is saying in her closing argument in the final hours before election day. will we see an interest rate cut? sooner or not? we -- before the next president and breaking overnight, musical titan and american icon quincy jones has died. a look at the incredible career of the man who produced everyone from count basie to michael jackson to frank sinatra.

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at his home in los angeles surrounded by his loved ones. he was 91 years old. his family shared this through his music and his boundless love, quincy jones is heart will be for eternity. jones was one of the most influential producers and musicians in entertainment history from music to music and everything he touched seem to turn to gold. >> reporter: the man behind some of the most memorable hit. quincy jones was one of the most grammy nominated artists of all times. >> when you do something you love, it's not work. >> reporter: born on the south side chicago in 1933, he found his passion for music and his family moved to seattle in the late '40s. jones took a job with the lionel hampton been as a trumpet player. he works deadly with musical greats like sarah vaughn, count basie, duke ellington, and his friend ray

charles. >> we didn't think about money or fame ever. >> reporter: during the '60s he started writing film scores and he even crafted iconic themes for the tv shows ironside and stanford incense. -- and sun's. the end man musician conducted his friend thanks sinatra's second album with count basie and it might as well be swing. the 1964 albania included the song fly me to the moon. >> we had the best time. it was like being on another planet with him. he said, every day like it's your last and one day you will be right. >> reporter: he suffered two brain aneurysm in 1974 that nearly took his life. he recovered and went right back

to work. he produced albums for aretha franklin, and michael jackson's first solo effort off the law in 1979. -- off the wall in 1979. the collaboration also led to earlier in 1982. it became the best-selling album of all time . the dynamic duo teamed up again in 1985 with we are the world. >> i like to think about the studio at the place that is sacred. where magical things happen and that is what great records are supposed to be about. >> reporter: he produced his first film the color purple and it turned 11 oscar nominations including best picture. q, as

his friends called him always seem to have a good idea and created quincy jones entertainment and the following year he produced the fresh prince of l.a. or -- fresh prince of bel air starring -- >> when you retire you travel and you do what you like to do and am already doing it. >> reporter: in 2013, the rock 'n roll hall of fame art or -- honored him for his contribution to music. >> it's a blessing and you have ve to take the light part of your life. >> honestly, what a remarkable life. thinking about his family this morning. woke up this morning, the national guard is on standby in multiple states

the menus of postelection unrest. in two different popular singers, falling to two different trapdoors. while on stage in the same city. what on earth? what on earth is going on here?

governors in several states are already putting the national guard on standby ahead of election day as that is as fears are growing up possible unrest and violence after the election. among the states of tyler, washington state and oregon and this is why. hundreds of ballots were damaged or destroyed after ballot boxes were set -- three ballot boxes were set on fire in the last few weeks. we have

been tracking that investigation as well. we are tracking the security prep in place ahead of tomorrow. what are your learning? >> reporter: in oregon and washington, both authorities did mention that ballot box fires and it is part of the reason why the national guard is on standby. i've hundred dollars were damaged but the majority were about as affected by that poverty requested new ballots. only six ballots from those three incidents were too damaged to be able to be read. police are still looking for the suspect then said they fear he could continue his attacks and they are saying he is a white man around 30 to 40 years old, short and balding and looking for a dark-colored volvo link to those attacks. in washington, the governor said these incidents are election related unrest but he did say in a statement that this is a precautionary measure taken in

response to the u.s. department of homeland security's nationwide warning regarding threats to election infrastructure and activities that occurred in southwestern washington. obviously talking about those incidents. in oregon, as well. the police in oregon and portland, actually, or they are looking for the suspect, the mayor warned about something else and said we will do everything possible to protect the people's right to demonstrate peacefully but we will also be prepared to address anything that is related to criminal destruction or violence. in nevada, 60 national guard troops are going to be on standby as well, but again, this is a precaution. this is something the governor said had been done in the past and something that is going to be happening in the future as

well. it is a standard procedure but they are urging the public to stay on high alert and report any kind of synthesis activity as i tried to have this election day be as smooth as possible. >> it does seem like it is standard operating procedure at this point, for sure. thank you. polls open and some states are less than 24 hours. both vice president kamala harris and donald trump have zeroed in on pennsylvania with their 11th hour messages for dawson creek start james van der beek revealing he has cancer. his message amid his treatment.

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it is a big day in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. vice president kamala harris spent the whole day there and donald trump make two stops this is a state joe biden won by 80,000 votes in 2020 and a state where right now the margin is super close in the post. the latest poll shows things completely type it here's a guide to watching the election returns in pennsylvania. joe biden won four years ago by a slim margin. 81,000 votes. in 2016, donald trump won by a slimmer margin , 44,000 votes. so, it looks like more like the biden election county by county and that is good for kamala harris, if it looks more like 2016 county by county is good for donald trump it what do i mean? let's look at lackawanna

county where scranton is. the birthplace of joe biden. you can see biden win by points and hillary clinton on the right four points. the biden margins may bring victory in the state and the clinton margins mean a truck victory. second stop for harris, lehigh county where allentown is. large hispanic population. how do the jokes impact about biden win by listen to a point-and-click won by less than five points. the -- reading which is berks county, this is the county that donald trump won the last two elections but the margins are eight points in 2020 and 26 he won by 10 points. it is the biden margins that bring victory quickly. allegheny county where pittsburgh is, biden won by 20 points and clinton won but less than 17 point the biden margin is what you want to to the after watching these returns in terms

of understanding where things are going. one is a big one and philadelphia. obviously, the big urban center for joe biden cleaned up there but this is an anomaly. biden did worse , 81 to 17, he did worse than hillary clinton in terms of percent, so we don't know what philadelphia will bring. it may be a bit of an anomaly. the other thing in terms of gauging how the net is going east on the returns in these counties, let's go back to lehigh county where allentown is. a county joe biden won could if harris wins there it might mean she is in good shape by the marginshe but the question is, what time of night are you looking and getting a sense of how things are going? the polls close at 9:00. right when they close, biden had the lead in 2020, but by about 11:00, robocall started going in donald trump's favor and he goes ahead and the amount of votes counted and stayed that had in

this county all the way until thursday afternoon in -- that is when joe biden went back on top and stayed on top and it was saturday that cnn called pennsylvania for joe biden and the entire presidential race. lehigh county is something of a bellwether but a late-breaking , perhaps, bellwether. something to keep in mind as you gauge these returns. maybe even beyond. >> the prologue, there will be a lot of late-breaking when you come to pennsylvania and how accounts. joining us right now is our senior political commentators. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> we almost made it. but there's still time -- just kidding. let's focus on pennsylvania. vice president kamala harris is hitting five cities ending with a rally in

philadelphia today. when it comes to pennsylvania, what has you feeling good about pennsylvania and what is making you nervous about pennsylvania >> i am nervous all the time. i'm not going to feel a good about nothing. i am worried. philadelphia is where we've got a big margin and overall, still he has been trending down, not in terms of going to the republicans but people not voting. you have people out there who have a bunch of young men knocking on doors trying to get people to come out. it's a tougher fight to get that vote count up and that had me worried. the other thing that has me worried is the jewish vote in the suburban areas, biden won by 70%, last time. some postal, let -- show vice president kamala harris -- that is the margin for victory. they

are fighting to get the jewish vote back on board. this is a -- >> trump campaign pushing the other direction. >> it is door to door , bruised knuckles, tired legs, a lot of coffee and i am nervous and worried i will not be anyway until this gets called. >> is there anything making you happy about pennsylvania? >> we -- get david urban on the show and keep him here all day and i will feel better. i don't want him out there. >> what is making -- is anything making you happy about pennsylvania? >> if there was something kamala harris could have done to help with the jewish voters of pennsylvania, could have been that the governor of pennsylvania is a jewish american who would have been a popular one >> --

>> moving on. >> i understand why you are nervous. look, i think whoever wins pennsylvania, will be the next president. these campaigns have pulled out all the stops. the fact that harris is going there at 10 means they are nervous about it. i look at some of the early voting stuff and it's like a witches cauldron. you can smell the papers and sort of see what you want to see in it. republicans have some reason to believe that maybe the democrats are doing quite as well but the reality is, nobody knows nothing. for political operatives like us, and make sure nervous because of the closeness of the polling and the uncertainty around all the data and i will be as interested as anybody on election night. i am not sure

what else can you do? what else is there to say about it. pennsylvania is the state. >> the other thing that makes me nervous in 2016 we had a big star-studded event and we lost the state. i don't know -- working people have to choose. am i going to the pool concert and paper babysitting for that or am i going to figure out a way to get to the polls? i don't like these big star-studded events. in fact, they probably helped us lose less time. i don't want people going to concerts. i want people knocking on doors and fighting for this thing. i am nervous, nervous, nervous. >> let's play -- let's play a game of this so that when it comes to donald trump and the dark rhetoric and angry rhetoric we've been hearing, which is more do you think dangerous politically and literally and this is stoking fears already about voter fraud in pennsylvania and said testing at a rally that they

are already cheating in pennsylvania with any -- without any foundation. and -- >> i had this piece of glass here but all we have really over here is the fake news. and to get me , somebody would have to shoot through the fake news and i don't mind that so much. i don't mind. i don't mind that. >> this or that? >> well, on the voter registrations up there is an investigation going on about fraudulent registration and apparently in arizona for >> but registration. >> there is some underpinning -- >> then why are they extending the hours and the republican

party was the one who filed to extend the hours in bucks county. >> but republicans were trying to vote there. >> he is mad they extending the hours. >> i know. but there was a reason the rnc went to court there. >> i understand that as well. >> the reality is that doesn't necessarily mean and we should not assume that there will not be a free and fair election. i believe there will be a free and fair election in this country, so, i hope we get a camp quickly enough that it doesn't undermine confidence. on the other issue, i don't like it because i was very critical of the people who were, i think, inciting or saying things that could incite violence against donald trump himself. so i don't like the idea and maybe he feels like he can joke about it because he's the one who got shot, but i don't like the idea that we would raise the specter of that

ever happening again because i think it was one of the worst days of this campaign when he got shot and we got within a quarter of an inch of something cataclysmic happening in this country. again, he is the one who got shot, not me, but i don't like the idea of joking about it. >> i don't like it either and he has been increasingly doing this violent imagery stuff. he gets misquoted and we argue about it and i would like him to talk about violent imagery. >> -- >> i am concerned that this whole attempt to drive down confidence in the voting as part of a bigger scheme to disrupt the election later but just to be clear, the heritage foundation has a task force and they looked at 2 billion votes and find from 2002 to 2023, 85 cases of noncitizens voting. even the conservative cannot find all this brought they are talking about. i wish donald

trump would stop talking about agreement >> thank you for being here. let's talk about -- >> go vote. >> thank you, guys. economists are watching you will move into the white house and the economy is one of the biggest issues for voters. with kamala harris and donald trump having different approaches like tackling inflation, inflation is also top of mind for the federal reserve will make its latest move on interest rates. rhetoric has come before we note the winner of the 2024 election? what can we expect later this week? >> we don't know much about how the next few days will go play out in the election but one thing that does seem like a slam dunk is another interest rate cut from the federal reserve. the market is pricing in 100% chance of an interest

rate cut, a quarter-point cut, from the fed on thursday. this will be good news for consumers and everyone struggling to pay off credit card debt are purchasing a car. this comes after the fed delivered its first rate cut since covid back in september. they went big with a 50 basis point rate cut. you see how rates are finally starting to move a little bit lower although they are massively higher than they were a few years ago. you might be wondering whether or not friday's week jobs report may cause the fed to big again this week but economists don't think so because it does look like a weakness from the jobs report was mostly driven by worker strikes and back-to-back hurricanes. goldman sachs to client over the weekend they are betting that the fed will cut by a quarter of this week and do it again in december and penciling in more interest rate cut next year. what is interesting and very unusual is

that the fed has to make that decision this week and they may not know who the next president will be nor what economic policy he or she will be enacting. that, of course, is very important because it is easy to see how the outcome of the election could affect what the fed does going forward. because , of course, there are a lot of concerns about former president donald trump campaign proposals and had to be inflationary or very inflationary but the fed like the rest of us will wait have to see how the election plays out and who is in control of congress as well. >> inflation is haunting the biden/harris administration. something trump is trying to cash in on. what are you saying there? >> inflation 's fingerprints are all over this race for the white house. bidenomics soured on voters as soon as the administration started and we had five dollars your gas and the inflation rate spiking to 9% even though a lot of that

was driven by covid and russian invasion of ukraine. vice president kamala harris has had to fight defense and defend the track record and the problem is even though the rate of inflation has come down sharply, prices are still building up and americans are paying so much more than they were a few years ago and all of this has fueled a real sense of economic anxiety that is help to boost former president donald trump's numbers and i think if trump ends up winning, we will look back at inflation as one of the forces that sent him back to the white house. >> thank you so much. this morning, 75 million people have cast their ballots already. what it tells us about where things are absolutely headed or not. and some of the place of, the most online the selection may not be within the united states.

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cancer. in a statement he revealed he dealing with it privately with the support of his family. he is ÷47 old and became famous for his role and "dawson's creek" and said he is feeling good and optimistic. according to the american cancer society, one in 23 when and one in 25 women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. lead singer chris martin doing his thing and looking great and then all of a sudden he fell through a trap door on stage. we will get to it, maybe, he maybe did or are making it up. >> there it is. >> it was not supposed be open at that moment and at his concert in melbourne, australia. >> that's not planned. thank

you. [ bleep ]. >> thank you for catching me, guys. he was not injured and quickly jumped back up on stage and thanked his crew. this is the same city where olivia rodrigo fell through a trap door when she was performing just a few weeks ago. what's going on, melbourne? >> get your trapdoors together. >> what is the door with the hinges? as millions of people are preparing to head to the polls across america tomorrow , focus will be on the seven battlegrounds that will likely determine the outcome of the election. cnn's zachary will join us now to break down what to expect on election night. the question everybody is asking is how long it might be before we actually know the results from these states and others but these particular states?

>> nobody knows right now. there have been some changes this year that could speed things up in some of the states. in georgia and north carolina, those are the first two proposal close we think and by 8:00 the most of george's results could be reported because they are preprocessing the mail-in ballots there. one hiccup in north carolina is a law change how fast they can count some of the early in-person voting and that could delay think a little bit but the secretary of state's office says they should have 90% of the county in north carolina on election night. as you move later in the evening, some of the polls are closed later, pennsylvania is next and they could take a while just like they did four years ago. it took four days and that was the state that was projected and put biden over the hump to become president. this year

they are not preprocessing those mail-in ballots until election day. so, if you take a long time. you are people we expect will vote by mail in pennsylvania than four years ago but they will literally be taking -- they cannot take them out of the envelope until election day in wisconsin also. as you go further west, later in the evening, arizona could speed things up from four years ago because they are preprocessing mail-in ballots that it is not clear how many ballots will be done or dropped off on election day. that could slow things down. so, we just don't know. hopefully, after than four years ago. >> we will see. thank you so much. with us now is asa hutchinson, former governor of arkansas and former 2024 presidential candidate. you signed on with the letter

calling for americans to refrain from using threats, misinformation or tactics to undermine the trust in the electoral process and you say the peaceful transfer of power is essential for ensuring ability and governance. it feels like you are not adjusting the elephant in the room. which candidate would you say has done more to draw into question the integrity of the elections or whether or not there will be a peaceful transfer of power? >> well, the issue is we have to illustrate our democracy across the globe as being the strongest democracy in the world and we can handle a peaceful transfer of power. i was honored to join with over 100 former senators , congressmen, administration officials and governors to sinus joint letter. the purpose is not to look at either side particularly, but the purpose is to build public confidence in our electoral process that

has served us for 250 years. and also, to make sure that we are thinking -- thanking our poll workers, those volunteering and working and let's thank them and not intimidate them. finally, let's support the peaceful transfer of power that has served us so well. we need to continue to do that and all the candidates , both sides, at every level needs to place it will honor the final results of this election. >> that's what i mean. who would you say has a closing argument more in line with the message you are trying to send? >> well, everybody can judge for themselves. i don't want to detract from the purpose of the letter. i will add that there is a lot of litigation going on right now looking at different elements in the states as election integrity. >> governor. >> it's helpful that they

resolved that way. >> which candidate did not respect the outcome of the 2020 election? >> obviously, that is donald trump. he initiated the january 6th rally. there is not any question about that. we don't want to have a repeat of what happened in 2020. we want to build confidence and that is what we are doing. obviously, history speaks for itself at the who was responsible. >> so, this is obviously an important issue to you. and which candidate is -- is very important. yet, you will not commit to voting for vice president kamala harris. why? >> well, because, i am a republican and i have always supported the republican candidate even though i will write in a candidate. again, i know we want to look at the

candidates, but the whole purpose of this is , let's build our democracy and to do that you have to have confidence and that is the purpose of that joint statement. >> everyone should be thanking every poll worker they encounter or have encountered the last few weeks or the next 24 hours. in terms of politics, not this message you are sending, how would you assess the clothing messages from each can expect who do you think has had a better few days? >> well, i think the momentum has shifted from time to time and i think the last few days kamala harris has made her case effectively. and when you look at the undecided voters, i am convinced there are some undecided voters, they will stay home but also looking for a reason to look for kamala harris but they are looking at donald trump and he has reached its peak and the question is, whether kamala harris can effectively make her case in

his closing days to those few undecided voters and get them out to the polls rather than sitting at home. it is clearly going to be an interesting election night but i think they shifted in last few days with a good closing message by kamala harris. all right. former governor asa hutchinson. thank you for coming on this morning. >> thank you. >> more than 75 million americans have already voted. and millions more around -- millions and millions of people around the world are waiting and watching to see those results and what happens tomorrow and beyond. we are tracking this from around the globe. >> i'm in beijing and here in china, the government is being deliberate about not making public statements about the election. though beijing likely expects pension to remain high and macy pros and cons in the county. for example, former

president donald trump, at times unpredictable, has been critical of alliances such as nato at a time when china is trying to establish itself as a leader of a new world order. vice president kamala harris may bring continuity from the biden administration focusing in on alliances and trying to control china's access to high-tech. regardless, china will likely have to confront the issue of terrorist as u.s. lawmakers demand a level playing field in the global marketplace. as far as chinese citizens, there is certainly curiosity. i get questions all the time. but people seem to be more concerned about their families and their struggles as opposed was happening overseas. >> reporter: american elections are always closely follow here in europe but this time the stakes of the american election are being very closely watched. not just in terms of the likely consequences of donald trump

regaining office a second time and the consequences that would have on the global economy, potential trade wars and the results of those tariffs that trump threatens to introduce on goods that me for european economy but here in the eu, a lot of interest and security implications for a second donald trump term. the last time there was mass plant here in europe to make the continent more strategically independent from its historic partner to get years on there are fears that it hasn't gone far enough in that direction. so, a lot more attention to what's happening in the nicest this week and the -- in recent history. presidential election is being closely watched with the outcome seen as having a direct impact on

this country, too, which is, of course, inviting in lebanon engaged in a spiraling conflict with iran. a clear majority of israeli favor trump over harris. trump is remembered for a series of pro- israel moves when president including moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem, recognizing annexation of the ÷÷golan heights and taking a tougher stance on iran. including vice president harris, seen by many having restraint to israel's tough military response in the year since the october ÷÷7th attacks. we have less than 24 hours to go before polls open in the united states of america. harris vowing unity as

trump lashes out over a new iowa poll predicting two wins in that state. plus, georgia election officials speaking out against disinformation as donald trump continues to sow seeds of ÷÷uncertainty. >> and major companies slashing get out the vote campaigns amid a divisive election cycle. i'm sara sidner alongside john berman and kate bolduan. this is "cnn news central." it is election eve a, friends. less than 24 hours from now polls begin to open and votes will start to be counted, which means today is the final day for the campaigns to have their say before voters have their say. kamala harris is blitzing pennsylvania. donald trump is hitting three battleground states. both pushing their

final messages to convince people to not stay home tomorrow. harris over the weekend striking an optimistic tone in her rallies making a pointed decision to not mention donald trump by name. in pennsylvania, donald trump focused his dark and dangerous message seen in his closing argument. >> we have this piece of glass here , but all we have, really, over here is the fake news. right? and to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and i don't mind that so much, because -- i don't mind. i don't mind that. >> we had the safest border in the history of our country the day that i left. i shouldn't have left. i mean, honestly, as we did, we did so well.

>> cnn political director david chalian starts us off with "one big thing. " what is the one big thing people should think it about now one day out? >> happy election eve. clearly the contrast is on display in the close here. right? i mean, the tone and tenure of trump's events this weekend could not be more different than what kamala harris is trying to present to voters at the end here. he is clearly still in his grievance mode, still peddling, you know, the 2020 election lie. he is obviously still in this sort of violence kind of moment. talking about shooting through reporters just a few days after talking about having, you know, barrels of a gun pointing at liz cheney's face. so it just couldn't be

more different, and just to give you an example. listen to what kamala harris did last night in east lansing, michigan. her closing rally didn't even mention donald trump at all. >> from the very start our campaign has not been about being against something. it is about being for something. [ cheers ] a fight for the future with freedom, opportunity and dignity for all americans, and so in these final hours let us remember that there is power in knowing that we are together, and let us remember that your vote is your voice, and your voice is your power. >> now, the difference in tone and tenure in the close doesn't mean the race is somewhat different than a toss- up, it is a toss- up but instructive to see how each candidate presents themselves at the end

here in their appeal to any voters remaining to make the decision here and get out and vote. >> yeah. and where the president, candidates, the presidential candidates are spending this final day says a lot about what their campaigns are focused on in the final moments, or where, what, where they think their campaign is or maybe what their campaign needs in this final day. >> exactly. i think it's the last one. ba what they need, get to 270 electoral votes. the schedule tells us where they see they need to put that final muscle in. donald trump today will be his third consecutive day in north carolina. of the seven battle's ground states it's the only one he actually won in 2020. he narrowest margin. spent three days there. i don't think they needed to spend three days in a row in his corner four years ago. look also at pennsylvania. the fact both candidates are not just in the state many think

is the tipping point state and obviously it's the biggest electoral prize. look where they are. the two candidates on last day of full campaigning both at pittsburgh at one point and be in reading, pennsylvania. obviously, harris trying to drive up democratic turnout in pittsburgh, but reading, pennsylvania, is in burkes county, pennsylvania. a county that donald trump won twice in 2016 and 2020, although he won it by less in 2020. so democrats were able to make a little in- roads in that county. reading itself is a latino population there. donald trump did win a single precinct there four years ago. he's going there to make more in- roads with latinos and harris is going there to try to capitalize on the fallout from the madison square garden rally and comments about puerto rico seeing if she can further slow his momentum with latinos in

a critical battleground state. >> good to see. david, thanks for kicking us off. with us now is congressman pressly, a democrat from the glorious commonwealth of massachusetts and a harris campaign surrogate. thanks for being with us. a lot made of the fact it vice president harris did not mention donald trump by name in her final rally in michigan overnight. but -- in the past week she's agreed that it he's a fascist. she said he's made statements disqualifying for the white house. how much does it matter if she says his name or not? >> well, i think the vice president said it best in her closing argument at the ellipse that evening. we already know who donald trump is. this moment is affirming who we are. as a people and who we want to be as a nation. i believe people want a country that is more just and that is more inclusive. and under kamala harris and tim walz people will have that. dignity of every worker,

family model and every person that calls this country home. >> van jones was on just a few minutes ago and was nervous about philadelphia. that voters there will stay home. you're there right now. what are you seeing? what are your concerns about the vote in that city? >> definitely not what i'm seeing, john. first of all, people for the very first time are phone banking, canvassing, traveling to other states that are donating. the enthusiasm, the unprecedented enthusiasm seen in early days translated into organizing into the field. i've been in places people haven't seen a coordinated campaign in 30 years. we've been in more remote counties and places that democrats don't normally go to and are picking up those votes. people that are late breaking in their decision, this is a binary choice. they are breaking for kamala harris and tim walz, because they are concerned about

the affordable care act. their access to health care. concerned about our bodily autonomy. concerned about child care, and paid leave, and they don't want a president that wants to normalize school shootings and politics of revenge and retribution. people are ready to turn the page and i'm so inspired by the people from every walk of life who have been motivated understanding how high the stakes are and how stark the contrast. >> the vice president opened one of her speeches in michigan, which has a relatively high muslim and arab population there. speaking about the war in gaza. listen to what she said. >> as president i will do everything in my power to end the war in gaza. to bring home the hostages, and the suffering in gaza, ensure israel is secure, and ensure the

palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, security and self-determination. >> so what exactly do you think the vice president will do differently than president biden did vis-a- vis gaza, and what do you think she should do differently? >> well, you know, the grief, the trauma, the loss of it all. it's unimaginable and real and we have got save lives. as she said, in michigan we need a cease-fire. we have to stop the bombs, and what i have found is that vice president harris is , you know, she's not one to shy away from her conversations. she's a compassionate leader and a partner. part of partnership is accountability. john, perfection is never on the ballot, progress is. i want to make this appeal to people. you deserve to have a president where you live rent- free in their mind and not that it

of their enemies. they are staying up late at night thinking how to lightant your load, make your life easier, your aspirations real, lower costs for housing and grocery and prescription drugs. country where you're not under the fear of gun vile. a country every child has a future, from massachusetts to pennsylvania, to haiti to gaza, to israel. you deserve to live in a country where you're humanity, dignity are sen central. lives depend on this. vote for yourself, your neighbor, our you democracy. it is all on the line. >> yes or no. do you think the harris policy towards gaza would be different than the biden policy? >> again, i have found kamala harris to be a moral and empathetic leader who will sit at the table with us. this is about partnership. and as she said. she recognizes that the destiny of israel and palestine,

they are tiedened a it's important we center the humanity of all involved and save lives. but the real point here is that we have got to stop sending bombs, and we need human tain aid to get in there. we have got to save lives. we need a permanent cease- fire and she called for that and been consistent and has been consistent in centering the self- determination and humanity of the palestinian people. so i know she will be a committed partner. >> congresswoman, thank you so much for your time. appreciate it. ahead, this morning, did anyone see this coming? a shift towards kamala harris in iowa. what the latest poll out of iowa shows is driving that shift. and harris a harnessing more star power on the campaign trail. stars stumping for her in these final hours to election day. plus -- breaking overnight. an icon in the music industry has died. legendary producer quincy

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san francisco's leadership is failing us. that's why mark farrell is endorsing prop d. because we need to tackle our drug and homelessness crisis just like mark did as our interim mayor. mark farrell endorsing prop d, to bring the changes we need for the city we love. in just a few hours georgia officials are set to hold a news conference on election day preparations that comes as georgia's republican secretary of state's office is fighting a slew of cheating allegations from within their own party. >> people have to have faith in the outcomes, and for 200 some odd years we had to have the acceptance of the person who came in second, or lost, to

say, know what? i lost. come back and fight in two years. the reason we have ballots is avoid bullets. if you say ballots don't matter anymore, that's not healthy in any democracy. >> nick valencia is in georgia this morning. nick, what are we expecting to hear today after these allegations surfaced and donald trump continues to stay things aren't going to be fair? >> reporter: good morning. likely to hear a message repeated in the weeks leading up to the election. that georgia elections are safe and secure. the problem is that there are many people here in the state and beyond that don't believe that. it's something that secretary of state brad raffensperger talked with with "60 minutes" over the weekend. loyalists between maga and republicans officials making the effort to stop the flow of disinformation that much more difficult. >> they said 66,000 underaged voters. there were zero. 2,423 non- registered

voter, there were zero. >> you're a republican. he was your president. >> i rk for the people of georgia, the voters of georgia. my job run a fair, honest, accurate election. >> reporter: last week we saw the state targeted by russian disinformation. a video reported of a haitian migrant in the country six months and already cast a vote for kamala harris. the video knocked down, fake and knocked down by georgia election officials. an example, crocosm what the state is dealing with. >> nick, what's the latest on the legal fights in georgia? >> reporter: anticipation that georgia could be a hotbed of litigation. caught a glimpse of that this weekend. a federal lawsuit over hand delivery of absentee ballots. est interesting caveat, challenges seven

democrat- leaning counties even though done in republican- leaning counties. the election very, very close. under 12,000 votes in 2020 and people here are preparing for a similar scenario here in 2024. sara? >> all right. nick valencia, lots to do in georgia. thank you so much for your reporting from there. kate? removing fluoride in water and vaccine bans. donald trump previewing potential agenda if rfk jr. gets to do what donald trump said he's going to let him do, which is, quote/unquote, go wild on america's health agencies. and the latest poll across key battleground states. spoiler alert -- it's tight.

we don't have time for small talk here. let's get right to senior data reporter harry enten. how close?

>> historically tight. take you through the numbers. the situation talking about the seven battleground states. arizona three, georgia one for trump. less than a point in north carolina and nevada. along great lake battleground states, less than a point in pennsylvania and wisconsin less than a point in michigan. put it, of course, how tight it is. if you put the polls to the electoral map kamala harris carries these great lake battleground states despite losing all sun belt states. and 270 electoral votes. tight as it can possibly be, mr. berman. look it up historically speaking poll votes based on polls end of each campaign. right now 270 in 2024. that is the tightest that the polls have ever been projected on the electoral map tighter than 2000 when al gore was projected to get 281 electoral votes since 1972. bottom line, historically

tight at the end of this campaign. >> in the point, though, that you keep making, harry, it's such an important point to make here. everyone says the race is tied, it's tied. may very well be, but it doesn't mean there's not a possibility, maybe even a big possibility, maybe even a majority possibility that one candidate wins by a lot? >> exactly right. you know, basically modeling this out as a bunch of folks do, will the 2024 winner get 320- plus electoral votes? majority chance of, yes. at least 300 electoral votes. relative blowout in today's day in age. minority know 40%, less than 300 electoral votes. how the heck is that possible? essentially look back at swing state polling averages since 1972, average error is 3. 4 points. closest seven battleground states are within 3 points. average error all in one direction, then lo and

behold you will in fact get a blowout in the electoral college of the winner getting at least 300 electoral votes. >> what does that look like? >> what does that look like? if the margin of error benefits kamala harris along poll miss benefiting kamala harris wins background states and southwest as well gets up to 319 electoral votes. a huge, big blowout by today's standards. of course, could go in the other direction. if the polling error benefits donald trump, he actually wins all of these great lake battleground states and wins in the south east are and of course wins in the southwest and gets up to 312 electoral votes. bottom line is this. i have been coming to you day after day after day with numbers. the only takeaway at this point, historically tight. basically any scenario is on the table. one tilt one way or the other, trump could do better than in 2016. tilts the other way, harris could do better than joe biden

did. >> exactly right. >> so buckle up. >> buckle up, put the seat belt on. going to be in this ride perhaps a while but maybe not. >> kate? >> perhaps for a while -- or not. sums up everything. donald trump is still talking about 2020 as his closing message in the 2024 election now telling a crowd he should not have left the white house after he lost. another very 2020 aspect of this 2024 close, trying to stoke voter fraud fears without evidence. and what's going on in iowa? the new poll out there that is turning heads and why des moines is telling the rest -- why des moines is telling the rest of the country this is worth looking at.

stunning new polling out of iowa has former president trump fuming according to campaign insider. the "des moines register's" poll shows kamala harris rising a seven-point swing compared to september. still polling numbers are well within the margin of error. there is no clear leader there. same poll, by the way, correctly predicted trump victories in iowa the last two elections within 2. 5 points of the final margin of victory. joining me now, chief politics reporter for "the des moines register" and senior national campaign correspondent

for "usa today. " what did you see in the details of this poll that surprised you? >> i think everything about this poll surprised us. we got the numbers back and this is a state that voted for donald trump twice in 2016 and 2020 by really healthy margins. eight and nine points in both of those years. to see harris even close let alone leading is a jaw-dropping. the top line struck us. a lot is happening below the surface explaining her rise. in september we polled had her within four points of donald trump. even that was quite shocking's september and now we've seen independents swing towards kamala harris away from donald trump. a group had opinion supporting donald trump the entirety of the year through our polling's to see the shift is notable and driven not just by independents but particularly independent women. now favoring kamala harris by a 28- point margin.

that's really interesting to see and something that i think we'll looking at across the country in states that look like iowa. what are these independent white women doing? >> the famous pollster ann selzer says not just voters switching candidates but really new people deciding to come off the couch and get out and vote. is there any sense that iowa could be a harbinger for other states? >> i think that's what democrats are hoping. to put this all in context, in june when joe biden was the the same poll had donald trump winning by 18 percentage points over joe biden. the growth in the electorate she's talking about is what happened after we saw the nomination switch over to kamala harris. we saw people come out. we saw more people indicating to us through it our polling that they planned to vote, and so i think you're looking -- if you're a democrat, you're

really looking at this it and hoping that it means something for states like michigan and wisconsin that are, you know, appear to be deadlocked battleground states that in this final week, some of these voters could be breaking for kamala harris in the same way we're seeing reflected in this iowa poll. >> i was in your town, and i was in detroit in 2020 where people were outside the count. trump supporters banging on the windows, yelling, trying to disrupt what was happening accusing election workers of cheating, which they were not. do you see some of that same sentiment bubbling up around there this time? >> well, here in des moines, you know, the vote went really well for donald trump last time. we did not see that anger and protests seen in other states but certainly if this does end up being close, we'll be watching carefully how it's counted and how people react. we saw donald trump already on the campaign trail kind of

cast out over this poll, saying that it was manufactured to suppress votes, and so his rhetoric around elections in other states, we've seen what that's looked like's so we'll wait and see how that looks in iowa. >> rhetoric has been proven false time and again but still affecting a lot of voters. thank you so much for breaking that down for us. really an interesting poll from the "dean moin s moines register." joining us, senator eric schmitt. thank you for coming up. does this poll out of iowa concern you about the race more broadly? and the direction of the ways race? >> it doesn't. i hope you have that most recent guest on after election to explain why that poll was off by so much. president trump, look, missouri, iowa our neighbor to the north, president trump is going to win by a huge margin in missouri, and in places like iowa. i think he's doing particularly well in the

battleground states, michigan, wisconsin. up there this weekend, because people feel this economy left them behind and that's really what this race is all about. it's the center of gravity, always has been. it's how people's lives have been affected. better off now than four years ago? i think when people vote with the only poll that matters is tomorrow. that president trump's going to win and also think, kate, this coalition broadening under president trump, whether rank and file laker leaders, independent- minded voters, black men, young voters, all coming behind this movement because they've had enough of what they've seen over the last four years. >> that message of a change from the last four years, the message of focusing on the economy definitely is something i have heard you focusing on and definitely something that we have seen in polls, working with voters in terms of a message from donald trump. definitely something that the trump campaign is trying -- wants to be the message in the forefront. the campaigning yesterday, the former president said, part of his message, when he

was speaking to voters, was that he did not mind if someone would shoot at news crews and reporters covering the event. let me play this. >> have this piece of glass here, but all we have, really, over here is the fake news. right? and to get me somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and i don't mind that so much, because -- i don't mind. >> senator, are you okay with that aspect of the messages in these final days? >> well, i just think it's interesting that the focus you guys, every day you try to create some sort of faux outrage. i understand why. because kamala harris has called president trump a fascist. joe biden has called half of america garbage, and they have nothing to run on. so every day we find something, you guys try to blow up into something that quite

frankly no one takes seriously. i know why you do it. a change election cycle. a hard reality for some to accept, what people are focused on not these clips you seem to air every day. >> this is -- i haven't aired this every day because this is new something he just said yesterday, but you don't -- you think he was joking? that's what you think? on that? >> i mean what do you think? actually, what do you think? >> i will tell you what scott jennings, a long- time -- wait one second, senator. scott jennings, long- time republican just sitting right next to me and's not want to hear that rhetoric, does not like that rhetoric and doesn't want to hear the former president say that because listen so many people -- donald trump is , was the, was the target of two attempted assassinations. if anyone should understand that, you know, words matter, donald trump should especially when it comes to heated

rhetoric. why i'm just asking you regardless of whether you -- if e were talked about what the priority and the messaging priority for the campaign is the economy, as we just discussed, as part of a message that the former president is putting out there, i'm asking you, if you, are you okay with him saying that, would you like him to continue to repeat that today as part of his final message? >> it's interesting. president trump, he's had two attempts on his life. you don't really talk about that anymore. >> we talk about it all the time. >> nbc "nightly news" would be camped out in butler but it's not convenient to humanize president trump. i spent a lot of time with his. his message is clear. kamala harris broke it. he's going to fix it. pull up all the clips over four years, over eight years now. i'm telling you, what has by the way were, try to throw him in jail the rest of his life and censor americans is the record of the democrats

in this cycle. they're running away from pt the american people had enough want peace and prosperity a secure border and an economy that works for them. that's what people will vote on. again, every time you try to pull up a clip like this to create outrage people see through it right now. they really do. >> it's not creating outrage. just asking you if you agree. all i'm asking. >> of course not. i mean, this is insane. you continue to try to get people -- >> no! >> president trump is. >> a several question. >> again, you're going to do this another 24 hours. the american people are going to have a say here, which is, they want a better life for their family. what this election's news of the day create canning outrage. >> and security and safety, include journalists. >> guess what? people aren't safe in their own communities because 15 million people here illegally. fentanyl streaming

across the border, gangs controlling apartment complexes in the united states violent crime is way up. as people reflect what's happened the last four years as compared when president trump was in office the choice is very clear. >> definitely a choice. thanks for coming on. all right. so with one day left to submit endorsements. now reporting by businesses have largely chosen to stay quiet this election be cycle. remembering music icon quincy jones. unbelievable life and library of work from count basie to michael jackson, from "the fresh prince" to frank sinatra.

all right. this morning just one day left and vice president harris getting ready to make five stops in pennsylvania. that gives you a sense of just how important she thinks the commonwealth is. the final stop will be in philadelphia surrounded by a bunch of celebrity supporters. we're going to the middle of the itinerary. we're in allentown. what do you expect today? what signs could you see from what you did over the weekend? >> reporter: well, john, what we're seeing from the vice president is her consolidating cole coalition bringing the country together. she begins today with good old- fashioned door knocking in scranton, pennsylvania. of course, home town of president joe biden. she then heads here to allentown. meulenberg college where we are thousand is home to a heavy latino population. the campaign noting more than

30,000 puerto rican bes in s in allentown. then to reading, pennsylvania, joined by governor josh shapiro and aol and pittsburgh star- studded rally with roots, jazmine sullivan and oprah winfrey and telling supporters that this is not the time to sit on the sidelines. they don't want to look back and feel like they could have done more. that they want to leave it all on the table. so a heavy emphasis on that. didn't even mention the former president by name yesterday, when she was campaigning, because at this point, his comments, his history, has been well litigated. she, instead, is making an affirmative case for herself, talking about all the people across the country she's trying to bring together in the closing hours. john? >> all right. in allentown. thank you very much.

sara? got plenty to discuss. joining me, republican strategist and cnn political commentator and democratic strategist is with us. thank you both for being here. not going to philadelphia or pennsylvania, going to iowa. come on in. jump in the car. going to iowa where a new poll came out that has donald trump hot. harris hopeful. i do want to break down a little bit. three points is within the margin of error, clearly. support among independents and particularly independent women in iowa is a big number. harris beating trump by 28 percentage points. how worried are you about iowa and that this may tell you something about other states? >> that's the biggest worry. maria and i talked about that backstage. looking at independent- leaning women and women 65 and older, donald trump did pretty well in '16. pretty strong with that group

in 2020 and appears to be maybe a one or two percentage deference there and now people may say, well, what is the difference between a 1 to 2%? margin of races with a margening of error, that makes a big distinction. an argument among republicans including myself the vice president has a deficiency with men. calculation from the harris campaign is we can increase our turnout marginally with younger women, independent- leaning women maybe independent right- leaning women that will make up for that deficit. that's an argument worth entertaining. the question from the trump campaign's perspective i argue, can you turn out the low propensity voters with those outside grouping that have essentially tasked with doing that job? it worries me how effectively they're doing that job. >> maria, curious if you think that some of this isn't just about, you know, the reproductive rights ish e sue and the words coming out of

donald trump's mouth over this past week. absolutely, i think it's both, sara. interesting about this poll is that it demonstrates something i have been saying for a very long time. ever since the dobbs decision, and that is, that the lls we've been seeing are not measuring correctly, the energy, the emotion behind the fact that women are now in a position where many of them are raising their daughters in a country that, where their daughters have less rights than they did. that is just not something that can be taken lightly. and so many peoplety missed it as, oh, well, the economy is so much more important to women, and i have talked to so many women who say, yes, maria, the economy is important to me, but the economy's coming back, gas prices going down. prices at the grocery store are going down. my rights when i go into that ballot

box, i need to vote for my rights. i need to vote for a country where my daughter is going to be able to make decisions about her own body, and what this poll sig nighs nafi -- signifies, that is relevant. the harris campaign is not paying attention to this poll and that's really smart. they have to still have their eye on the prize. all about the battleground states and why you see the vice president in pennsylvania. one last thing. you talked about the gender gap. the massive, but while the harris campaign has been from the very beginning making a big issue about reproductive rights and rights and freedoms in general, they are not taking for granted the -- the male vote, which is why you have seen the vice president put out an agenda for black men, an agenda for

latino men. really smart. working for himself, focusing on an enemy list and someone who wants to bring everyone today, a president for everyone. >> and curious about trump's final message. unfolded with a lot of different things talking about shooting through the fake media and he's still sowing seeds this election is going to be stolen. what do you make of that? what does that do to potential voters and what are your concerns? >> there are still people yet to vote, who will vote on election day. a significant number of them. and perhaps some sitting on the fence. maybe they like donald trump because of the economy. his stance on the economy, i should say, or perhaps his stance on immigration, but a bit worried about some of his statements, behavior, characteristics. you don't want to run a risk of those voters staying home. because you want to grow your potential voter pool. you also don't want to run

the risk of them buying into a message of your component, the harris campaign, maria stated, a contrasts difference. it's not good. he's really, really strong on the economy and immigration. the "times" came out, 25% of battleground voters say top issue. number one issue. followed by abortion, the vice president has articulated that message. 15% say immigration. go down and ask if the election were today who would you vote for? 39% of battleground, harris. 44% trump. 16- point be difference. if rime if i'm looking at that data. your strengths. shouldn't talk about anything else but where you're strong, because you do not want to run the risk of giving the vice president an opportunity to point to the things that people say, i just don't like. talk about the things i do like. a more disciplined

candidate's would do those things. my message to the former president with 31 hours remaining would be, stick to the message. listen to chris and suzy, talented, experienced people, have won campaigns know what they're talking about. anytime you spend talking about anything else, you run the risk of voters sitting out. even worse, going over to the other side. >> quickly, we need levity. please. >> has made donald trump mad. says he hates "snl. " put that out on twitter. i want to show a clip of kamala harris on "snl" on saturday. >> uh-huh. >> kamala, take my kamala. the american people want to stop the chaos and . >> and end the dramala, with a cool new stepmamala and watch

kamala. >> like "legally blondea l blondel. >> and start with christmasla. >> funny. >> it was funny. part of this aside, it was funny. >> quickly, one- word answer. fair or not? yes or not? what they're going after her for, on "snl. " >> it's a joke. this process has been stressful as hell, sara. let's all laugh a little bit. just laugh a little bit. >> more than one word. i think what this represents is what you were saying before. people are sick of the drama. people are sick of waking up and having their stomach in knots wondering if the republic is still standing. that is, i think, a very smart message from the kamala harris campaign about turning the page, finding a new way forward. >> you're saying -- >> it really speaks --

>> no more mala. >> the former president needs to be driving home that message. >> stepping it here. >> one word and eight words and -- >> sorry. >> waiting for us. maria, sir michael, a pleasure. >> one laugh before this. >> you've got to. >> my favorite maria here. >> john? >> mariala and sir michaela. thank you. and both vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump make their final stands, now cnn's vanessa, what's going on? >> no incentive for big brands to get involved in politics no matter how non-part sin it

isan it is. one marketing expert told me, no up side. probably piss off consumer base. right now about 54% of americans believe that they have boycotted brands because of the brand's stance on politics. even if it's not even endorsing a candidate. whether it's just getting out and talking about politics in general. now, nike for their part says they are giving their employees the time off to go vote, but we're not seeing these big splashy campaigns that we have in the past. there are some smaller brands, though, john, getting involved in politics, because they feel like they align more with their customer base. the brand away, a suitcase company, put out, "i am voter" suitcases, celebrities posts. halle berry right there. they feel it does engage

with their customer base. it's really, john, about knowing your audience, knowing what your audience is going to like and end of the day, it should be non- partisan, if you endorse a candidate or don't endorse a candidate and say that outright you run into a situation lie "the washington post," losing tens, hundreds of subscribers. keep it neutral and important to your know audience end of the day. >> getting out to vote should not be controversial. thank you very much. less than 24 hours until boats start being counted. where candidates go says a lot about what they need. donald traits hits three battleground states today. kamala harris hits five cities with a final

stop in philadelphia. securing your boat, the work that is happening behind the scenes to guarantee election integrity as election officials are already fighting back against false claims of voter fraud even before the votes are counted. this is cnn new centro. -- central . >> and were standing by to watch donald trump kickoff is a final three straight battleground blitz and we are watching to see if he continues in the mood that he has been in. he has been admitting the last few days. politico said he is in a state of seeming rage from with nothing and no one appeared safe. he said this about journalists. >> i have this piece of glass

here. but all we have really over here is the fake news, right? and to get me , somebody would have to shoot through the fake news and i don't mind that so much , i don't mind. i don't mind. >> as for the vice president, she is in pennsylvania all day today. five stops after a bit last night where she did not even say trumps name while trying to push a message of optimism. >> we have momentum. it is on our side. can you feel it? >> [ applause ] >> we are optimistic and excited about what we can do together. >> let's get right to cnn in

north carolina. donald trump keeps going back to north carolina which is interesting in and of itself. >> it is this is his fourth visit to north carolina this weekend alone in the last three days. clearly, this is a state that they are aggressively running after and have some underlying concerns with and, again, as you noted, it is interesting because north carolina is a state that donald trump won both in 2016 and 2020. it actually hasn't gone for a democrat since 2008 when they went for the former president barack obama. so, this is clearly a state where they are really trying to put a lot of their energy and resources into in the 11th hour but i do want to talk about some of what the trump campaign is arguing. they're closing messages today on election eve with just hours to go until the polls close tomorrow. now, what i keep hearing from my conversations with donald trump's officials, allies, is

that they need him to focus on three key things. one, turn appeared really encourage people to get out there and vote. to not be complacent or think that they can sit this one out. they need every single vote given how close this election is supposed to be. of course, you also want to be talking about the areas where they see is polling better than kamala harris. the economy, the border, we have said this multiple times. i've said this multiple times in the last several months but it's still an issue that donald trump has been struggling with and we saw that on full display yesterday. he had a series of rallies across three different states and at many times rather than delivering the closing argument he went off script. he railed against polls that showed harris gaining ground. he talked about being fine saying he doesn't mind if an attacker had to shoot through the press to get the him and then he also talked about his loss in 2020 or rather he had said that he did not think he should have

left. listen to how he put it. >> well, but we had the best border, the safest border. i don't want to waste a lot of your time but my world's favorite chart done by the border patrol, it said we had the safest border in the history of our country the day that i left. i should not have left. >> i apologize, i'm not sure if i've lost sound here, if you can hear me now, i think i lost some of my sound on this. look, that comment is something that lines up with the reporting that we had back in 2020. i can say when i cover the white house i remember donald trump had been telling others, had been telling his advisers that he didn't believe he should leave the white house and now the reason i bring this up is we have heard donald trump over the past several days now really beginning to sow the seeds of doubt in this upcoming election. i can tell you after the polls close tomorrow and we start to see the returns coming in that conversation is going to shift from what we see now

which is trying to get out the vote. in the coming days we will see them go through whether or not they believe the selection was secure and perhaps start to really push some of those false claims of fraud we saw them do back in 2020. >> in north carolina, thank you very much. that rally about to get underway shortly. with us now, cnn anchor and chief political correspondent , so great to see you. we have covered a few elections. >> just a few. >> over the years. and, look, these swing states, how close the race is in each and every one of them, not sure i've ever seen anything like it. >> it is true. seven swing states, all of which top officials in both campaigns say could go either way. i mean, usually at this point, the campaigns will have looked at at least one or two of the

states and said we are going to reallocate resources. it's just not going to happen for us in state x or y and it is not happening. they have a lot of resources and they are spending all of those resources in all of these states. john, you and i, i think your first campaign was 2000, right? you are covering bush. my executive producer of inside politics found this fantastic quote from back in 2000. this race is as tight as the rusted lug nuts on a 55 ford. that was about the 2000 campaign . gore versus bush . it turned out to be very, very tight and we know what happened in the weeks that followed. we don't know if that is going to be the outcome here. if it is going to end of that type or if it is going to go hard for one side or another but i think my feeling is that we have not had this kind of experience in 24 years. it is

also weird that they let us cover those elections when we were in elementary school, isn't it? >> that's right. they should never let a 7-year-old go on the campaign trail which is clearly the case with most of us. the analyst, one thing they all hate is rusted lug nuts. we heard alayna reporting on the seeds of doubt and when i say seeds i mean you are dealing with full-grown saplings in some cases that donald trump and his allies are starting to place in terms of the outcome of this election. >> is something that we need to pay attention to. it is not a dog whistle. it is the most, the loudest bullhorn ever made and this is exactly what donald trump did in 2020. it is what steve bannon did then and he has done now that he is out of jail saying publicly that donald trump should and will say that he won even if he did not. that is a conversation that i had on state of the union yesterday with one of his surrogates, senator tim scott of south carolina. let's listen in. >> i would never tell any

candidate on the ballot to talk about what happens if they lose. obviously, you're going to lean into the victory, especially -- >> i appreciate that, senator. forgive me. but spreading false rumors -- >> you're running ahead of the candidate. >> saying false things about fraud is not -- you think it is okay to spec -- spreading false rumors about fraud and undermine the integrity of the election regardless of what happens? >> the liberal media has done a better job of spreading misinformation than any candidate i've seen so far. >> oh, come on, senator. >> we eventually did get to a place where senator scott said that he believes that the election will be free and fair, whether or not he can explain that to donald trump , if he wins he will agree with that. if he loses, we don't know. i can tell you, and i'm sure you're hearing the same thing from the harris campaign, they are not preparing for, they are expecting donald trump to declare victory even if kamala harris wins and that is a very

big part of the election day and the election week preparation that they are making and it is a real danger that we are potentially walking into. again, underscore, highlight, put in bold, we don't know how it is going to work out. donald trump might win out right but this is something that we have to have our eyes wide open to. >> that is right. campaigns do not end on election night. not anymore. great to see you. thank you very much. >> here's why. the polls are insanely close in the laser focus is on the seven battleground states. why are people talking about iowa this morning? we will explain. remembering the life and musical legacy of quincy jones.

battleground state of michigan and this is cnn. >> before the votes have even begun to be tallied in some states donald trump is kensing -- testing doubts. he suggested votes are being tampered with because of how long it takes for them to be counted. >> these elections have to be -- they have to be decided by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, on tuesday night. bunch of crooked people. these are croup -- crooked people. >> with me now to discuss how votes are actually counted and the time it takes is milwaukee's election commission executive director in the swing state of wisconsin. thank you so much for being here. clear this up

for us. in wisconsin, in milwaukee, for example, has there ever been, in recent history, and official, certified count result the same night of the election by 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. >> in smaller elections, of course. general elections, it is just not going to happen. we are the largest city in the state of wisconsin and we comply with state law just like any other jurisdiction when it comes to election administration. we have a lot more to count. as of this morning, we have 105,000 ballots that cannot be preprocessed or opened until election day. >> it was your city that faced some of the very first accusations from donald trump that the election was stolen because the votes swung to biden after milwaukee's numbers came in in the state. you have concerns about safety and security there at polling sites? >> well, so, for every general election safety and security is a number one priority and since the beginning of this year we have been preparing for this day. we have a really good relationship with the police department, the cybersecurity

and infrastructure security agency has been a great partner. we have enhanced security since the beginning of this year. i'm feeling really good about what we are ready for. we have a great partnership, daily conversations and if we have to call law enforcement we are ready to do so. >> i know initially you had some issues with trying to find poll workers. what is the status of that? >> well, i'm really happy and very humbled and proud to say that we actually made our goals and we shut down the poll worker applications last week. so, we are ready to go and i just have to say i am so proud of the mill walk-ins across the country that are coming in their democrats and republicans and we are going to make democracy happen tomorrow. >> you have poll watchers as well as everyplace now does.

have you had any issues so far with the early voting with poll watchers and what are your concerns there? >> for the most part, are poll observers are very respectful. we just had a couple of them that actually bought lunch for some of our poll workers at the really busy locations and that was amazing. but, you know, when we have issues, our number one priority is to de-escalate and sometimes the parties will give me a call. we coach through, solve the problem, and create priorities and procedures to help prevent it in the future. so, you know, at the end of the day, if an observer is not going to follow the rules and is going to be disrespectful and attempt to disrupt the process we will have them removed. we have that authority here. >> let me ask you what you think. compared to 2020, what is your sense on when we might have a vote counted this time around.

>> yeah, that is always a struggle. in 2020 we counted 168,000 ballots. we have 105. we are nowhere near that size. of course, the pandemic, there was a lot of other safety standards that we had to put in place. the thing to note is that even if we were to finish counting at a reasonable time we have a formal exporting transportation and uploading process to ensure the safety and security of those results. i want to ensure the american public that it will happen but it will be sometime after midnight. i hope we won't go past the early morning hours like we did at the pandemic but it's just the reality of counting hundreds of thousands of ballots. >> that is the reality of trying to get right and make sure all the votes are counted. thank you so much for coming in early this morning and i will see you there in milwaukee at some point. i'm headed to your state. appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. a very 2020 twist on donald trump is closing message now saying he should never have left the white house after he lost the last time around. people in spain are outraged at the government's response to the deadly flooding that hit the valencia region. heckling and booing the king and queen as they arrive to tour the disaster that was left behind.

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this morning times up pretty much. one day left in this campaign in this incredible presidential race, this incredibly close presidential race. vice president harris with five stops. donald trump with stops in three separate states. political analysts and political commentators are with me now. friends, i want to start with a quick question to each of you with hopefully a quick answer. one of the things we say in campaigns is, you know, you want to win the last new cycle, if you can. we're not quite there yet but who is winning this almost last new cycle? >> i think that kamala harris

coming out of the snl skit and all of that, she has given off better vibes in the last, say, 48 hours than donald trump is. the problem is that they're all speaking to different universes of voters right now. i'm not sure her positive vibes matter anymore than his negative vibes because people are picking up different things. >> i agree with jonah. people like happy trump. people like a garbage man trump. that's what they want to see. doom and gloom trump, not so big. i hope we see more of that. i hope we see more of the positive vibe but to jonah's point, the universes they are talking to, you know, that rally the other day which everyone here thought was disasters, people there were applauding. so, you know, who is consuming information and how, it's important. it's all getting clipped and sniffed and pushed out. >> professor, what is your view of this? >> so, i think the last 48 hours has been kamala harris's 48 hours. she has won the week., particularly through the appearance on saturday night live but also the optimistic, upbeat barnstorming that she has done in the last 48 hours

as opposed to the barnstorming the trump has done but that has been really , you know, as other panelists have pointed out, doom and gloom, anxiety ridden, fear driven. they are speaking to different audiences. radically different audiences. the key that is going to come down here is what are those audiences hearing and how does it mobilize them to turn out? because right now we are at the turnout phase. this election is going to be one in the margins and that is the message. these are the messages that are going to get people out to the polls. >> what audience that neither of the candidates is speaking to is the audience in iowa. it's paradoxical at this point. the biggest news has been this pull out of iowa. harris was ahead in this poll. i don't think either campaign thinks of harris is ahead and i will but some of the underlying numbers had people talking. if we could run to these numbers quickly this is among independents. harris leads trump 46-39 in iowa, among women, a huge gender gap, 56 to

36 among women in iowa and among independent women likely voters, okay? a smaller subgroup you can see now harris leads 57 to 29 and look at the change from september where she was ahead by five points with independent women, now she is ahead by almost 30 points and i know it is one poll. it could absolutely be an outlier. however, if there was a trend here, if you are seeing that kind of movement among independent women, overlay that to the seven swing states, what would that mean? >> the important thing about it, everyone agrees it is essentially an outlier. it does not mean it is statistically invalid. everyone thinks it does good work. the question is is it directionally right and if so, how much? because of those numbers hold up for iowa, that means there directionally right for neighboring wisconsin. they're probably right for the swing states

generally and it does seem like the way the gender gap is playing out right now you would rather have kamala harris's cards on the gender gap. the problem is we just don't know who the new voters are. we can't have great data on it. there's no way to read this is bad news for harris and it's possible to read as bad news for trump or it's possible to read as just statistical noise. >> you know pennsylvania better than anybody, dan jones was singing your praises. >> he wants me to stay here all day. >> look, if independent women in pennsylvania, in montgomery county, in delaware county and bucks county feel anything like this small subset do in iowa, how problematic is that? >> it's a problem. we have known this since jump street. we have known that trump is not doing well with women. the game hears about motivating men, young men, et cetera. you look

at the atlas polls, their models pulled up, men show up, trump wins by a big margin. you got this battle in the polls. you have emerson saying one thing, echelon saying one thing, so who do we believe, right? and in anne's poll she had trump losing to white men over 65 by 20 points. i don't think that is happening. again, she is an incredibly qualified pollster but every once in a while people are wrong and i think she is dead wrong on this one. and, look, to your point, i don't think that's true. ohio, iowa, wisconsin, these are little universes in themselves, right? i don't think they translate across the board, cross even state lines. >> i get it. again, it's why was asking about something specific. clearly there is a trend among independent women. something has happened in iowa with women and that's why i was asking, if you are seeing this trend among women, you know, what it might mean elsewhere. >> what i think it means elsewhere is that the democrats have actually gotten it right

over the course of the last three, four months which is that this was going to be an issue. this was going to be an election that was about women. that was about the gender gap. now, the point here though is that these elections are always about the gender gap. we see that women come out and vote in numbers that outnumber any of them are -- outnumber men. we see women preferred democratic candidates. we now the women on ticket. it's also true that white women who make up the largest demographic voting pot in the united states typically trend towards republicans. part of what we are seeing as we have never seen an election on the other side of roe v. wade being overturned and we have seen for several -- since at least 2022 now, that white women in particular have responded in very specific ways to the overturning of roe v. wade and that decision. that may be coming into play. to the other panelist points, this is a snapshot poll. so, it is

quite literally a snapshot of a small microcosm. we don't actually know and we're not going to actually know very much until tomorrow night. with that being said, -- >> that's not satisfying. i was going to say, we have to wait until tomorrow night. i'm not satisfied by that anymore. i want to know now. >> maybe wednesday night. i don't know. >> lightning round, what could possibly matter today? >> i think the only thing that i'm looking for is what the new voters look like because if you just assume everybody voted the same way as they did in 2020 it looks like the new voters are going for harris in pennsylvania and new voters going for trump in arizona. >> what matters is keeping the momentum going and keeping the belief going, keeping the hope alive, right? we are talking about knocking and dragging, right? in pennsylvania i was there in '16, 2024, it is

really in here, right? that is where the knock and drag is. in pennsylvania, your neighbors, your friends, the momentum is on the ground. it's innate. they don't need people knocking and dragging trump voters. it's an 11 on the spinal tap skill. >> professor? >> it's a ground game. it is everything, all cylinders charged. we are out in the streets and we are finding not only likely voters, not only unlikely voters, but we are finding first-time nonvoters and it is similar in some respects to what we saw in georgia in 2020 but now we are seeing it on a national level, particularly in these swing states. weber can win the game is going to win the election. >> it just might be that it all comes down to turnout. thank you, all, very much. >> it's always good when david brings in spinal tap to the conversation . it's always

good to see. in the final hours of the campaign, donald trump pushing false claims about voter fraud. a fact check on his claims he keeps repeating to his crowds. that is ahead.

for days now donald trump has been laying the groundwork to cast doubt on the election results if and only if he loses. in part by spreading false claims of cheating. listen to what he said at his rally in pennsylvania just yesterday. >> and lancaster, they found 2600 ballots all done by the

same hand. in other words, the same exact penmanship . the same hand, the same everything. it was all done by the same pen. the exact same pen. and then they go and they say, well, this is a conspiracy theorists. we have to solve this problem because we have a mess on our hands. we have a bunch of cheaters that all they do is think about how they can cheat. when they meet, they meet to find out how can they cheat? >> okay. cnn's daniel is joining me now for a badly needed fact check. go. >> it is lie after lie to lay the groundwork to potentially challenge the legitimacy of another trumped a fee. we have heard him talk about numbers

and noncitizens voting. it just does not happen. fraud with mail-in voting. no evidence of that either. yesterday we had the claim that a bad pull for him was a malicious, deliver sleep rigged meant to suppress his supporter. then we had nonsense about his opponents holding cheating meetings, a figment of his imagination. you heard him talk about a situation in one pennsylvania county and it's on this in rally after rally in the last week but he is grossly distorting what happened. he's talking about 2600 phony ballads or phony votes that were supposedly caught. that is not true. what was actually was 2500 voter registrations that were deemed to be suspicious those were set aside for further investigation. none of those people were permitted to vote. these were not votes or ballots. unfortunately, we have a misinformation spreader who owns a social media platform that is, of course, billionaire trump supporter elon musk who amplify this false claim yesterday. he called it true. i get it, it's just not true. unfortunately we had an election expert jump on this quickly yesterday, a man named

david becker. this is 100% false. they did not find 2600 ballots. not even close. they got 2500 voter registration applications before processing the meeting they protected election integrity. the system worked and voting is secured thanks to the diligence of election officials in pennsylvania. >> you are a treasure, daniel, going through all of that for us. really appreciate it. >> a treasure, for sure. joining us now to talk more about this is democratic governor of kentucky andy a surrogate for the harris campaign. thank you for being here. we just heard that fact check laid out by daniel and the messaging that we are hearing from donald trump laying the groundwork to stir fears and stoke fears of voter fraud even before votes are being counted. what kind of impact do you think that kind of messaging is having in your state? >> well, it is concerning that donald trump lies so easily.

that should be concerning for a presidential candidate. that should be disqualifying for someone to ever become president. voting is the bedrock of our democracy. it is what has made the united states the greatest country in the history of planet earth and have a presidential candidate that is willing to attack our system, that is willing to do anything to win, to put himself above the country and democracy, that ought to be enough for all of us to see. now, for the sake of the united states, for the sake of our future elections, we have got to defeat donald trump this last time. we have got to elect kamala harris and tim walz and then move past this division, this misinformation, disinformation, and moved to that better place where we remember we are americans first and everything else second,

third, or fourth. >> kentucky, not a battleground as you well know, governor. 1996 last time kentucky voted for democratic president. i put that out there because i want to ask you this, republican senator from missouri earlier said when it comes to donald trump stark and dangerous tone that at least part of it is don't take them seriously and people don't take them seriously. he said he was joking. what about donald trump's message is resonating with voters in your state? >> well, donald trump is out there saying a lot of things and you have got to take a presidential candidate at their word. it's not once, he says it over and over and over. just driving division the way he does. i mean, for me, i'm driven by my faith which tells me i'm supposed to love my neighbor as myself and the parable of the good samaritan says everyone is my neighbor and that can be found in all major religions. i want to presidential candidate that will lift that out and he got donald trump encouraging one neighbor to hate another neighbor calling half of america the enemy from within and then you have kamala harris who is out there with a message that even if you don't vote for her , you will have a seat at the table and she will govern for you. now, part of what you see in kentucky and so

many other states is the fact that all the attention now goes to the swing states. so, we haven't had investment or visits from candidates. not just in this election but in a lot of elections and i understand. the vice president and tim walz need to be out there doing what they need to do to win and you see it on the other side as well. i hope as we move into the future that we can have more battleground states or ultimately find a way to where pushing out the vote in every state matters. the candidates need to come to every part of the country that they hear all of our concerns. i think that is how we get to a place of common ground and hopefully common sense approaches to it. >> there is been a lot of talk about the quiet harris voter. women especially who might not want to say that they are voting for kamala harris but will when they are in the privacy of the voting booth. do you think that is real? >> i think what we are seeing

at the end is undecided voters and maybe some the thought they had been already decided, certainly, putting their support behind kamala harris. i think it is everything from just finally hearing one too many things from donald trump, whether it is wanting generals like hitler's. my goodness. that would be disqualifying for any other candidate at any other time and it ought to be here. it could be him talking about puerto rico through his surrogate the way that he did. it could be him demeaning anyone and everyone at any time. how he talked to the people trying to do his audio the other day. i think even more so, it is hearing the contrast from kamala harris.

you know, she is strong and she is smart. she is also kind and she has empathy. for me, at the end of the day, we have got to have a president where we can put our american kids in front of the tv and not worry about what they're going to say, who they are going to attack or the crazy things that might come out of their mouth. we need a president that even if we disagree with politically, we know will be a good example for that next generation of americans and when you put it in those terms, it is a pretty simple decision. >> you mentioned about how making more matter -- battleground states going forward you said you are open to throwing out the electoral college and kentucky senator mcconnell has responded to that saying at its core of the electoral college protects americans from the whims of the majority and it what's -- without it, no presidential candidate would rather travel to a small state in middle america like kentucky. he is saying you would be hurting kentucky. your reaction? >> donald trump hasn't traveled to kentucky to ask for our votes. just look at the amount of participation that we don't get from presidential candidates. listen, we know that mitch mcconnell is all about his party and not his country. if donald trump won the popular vote but not the

electoral college, mitch mcconnell would be out the next day calling for a change and reform. for me, i'm not coming at it from a point of ideology. i just want us all to count. i want to see presidential candidates in kentucky. i want them to hear about our specific issues. i think our states in the west with water issues, for instance, they could feel the same way. so, my hope, regardless of how we get there, is in the future we don't have presidential elections decided in seven states and i think when that happens, again, we can come together, find more, ground, and use common sense approaches. with that said, i believe kamala harris is the candidate for common ground. she is talking about it right now. she is pledging to find it. she's pledging to include everyone while donald trump is pledging to use the military or prosecutors to attack those who disagree. >> as i ended the segment last time with a donald trump surrogate, it is definitely a choice in this election. governor andy, thank you so much for coming on.

remembering the life of music icon quincy jones who worked with everyone from michael jackson to frank sinatra.

♪ quincy jones there with an incredible ensemble. he is the one who really made we are the

world happen. breaking overnight, quincy jones passed away in los angeles. the 91-year-old icon, his career spanned more than 60 years. he leaves behind a legacy as one of the most influential figures in entertainment history, period, full stop. what a life. >> what an incredible life. i don't think there are enough superlatives to describe quincy jones. i mean, an icon, a legend, the maestro. he has had such an incredible career when you think about the fact that he is the reason why frank sinatra's a fly me to the moon was a swing song as opposed to a waltz. he worked with michael jackson. i mean, we got thriller because of quincy jones. just a phenomenal, phenomenal person. for him, it was always about the music and i think we have a little bit of him talking about the power of music. let's take a listen.

>> music is powerful stuff. for people who don't even do professionally. for me, it is the voice of god. you can't see it, you can't taste it, you can't smell it, you can't touch it. but you can feel it. >> i mean, and he was almost, like, the pastor. he talks about music and god. he was e like the pastor when it came to music. because quincy jones understood how music moved us and he understood also, i think, the legacy that he was going to leave behind because he had worked with so many tremendous legends. he was your legend's favorite legend which is something that i just love about quincy jones. we have a statement from his family. they, of course, are devastated just like many fans around the world are to have learned of his passing. the jones family said in their statement he is truly one-of-a-kind and we will miss him dearly. we take comfort and pride knowing that the love and joy that were the essence of his being was shared with the world through all that he created. through his music

and his balanced love, quincy jones his heart will be fraternity. we are seeing on social media so much love pouring out for quincy jones including from oscar winning actor michael kane who referred to him as his celestial twin and said that he was a titan in the musical world. he was a wonderful and unique human being, luckily -- lucky to have known him. quincy jones in and of himself, he not only touch the lives of fans, he touch the lives of so many people that he worked with. i remember when he gave a now very famous interview to gq magazine in 2018 where he spilled a lot of tea about the people he knew but he also mentioned that he had over 60 friends that had died that year and when he started listening them like david bowie and stuff like that it reminded people that he had scored so much in terms of not just the awards that he racked up but just the experience that he had from the big screen to the small screen. he scored the color purple. we got we are the world which it was a pivotal

song at the time and is to this day legendary that he was even able to bring all those people together and on the small screen we got the fresh prince of bel air in part because of him. rest in peace, quincy jones. there will never be another one like him. >> no, such an incredible legacy. in terms of where the world, look, and the '80s if the phone rings and it's quincy jones calling to ask you to come sing, you go sing. i mean, period. thank you very much. as we said, talk about someone who will just never be forgotten. >> i'm going to be singing we are the world because we are going to need as we go through this election. here we go, friends. here we go. that is the only way to say. thanks for much for joining us today. this is cnn news central. cnn newsroom up next.