this is it . really, tomorrow is a. tomorrow is election day but this is the last day of campaigning with just hours to go before the first polls open. both candidates are racing to make their final pitches to voters in key battleground states. vice president harris crisscrossing pennsylvania where she will bring her campaign to a close with a message of optimism. she will end her night in philadelphia with a star-studded event. >> former president donald trump will also be in the keystone state today. he has already held a rally in north carolina. his final stop will be in michigan. trump is striking a much darker tone on the campaign trail, invoking violent rhetoric against reporters and casting doubt over election integrity. a new poll in iowa has delivered a gut punch. according to campaign insiders

this has the former president fuming. this shows harris up three points in the reliably red state that there is no clear leader. it correctly predicted trump victories in iowa in the last two elections. we should note it is one poll. our correspondence our life for us. let's begin with steve, traveling with the trump campaign in reading, pennsylvania. walk us through the former president office closing message today. >> i think we are having a problem with his earpiece. >> he is very focused on reporting and could not quite hear me. we could go to eva mckend who is in allentown, pennsylvania, with the harris campaign. what should we expect to hear from vice president harris in these final hours before election day. >> reporter: i think it is worth noting how the vice president is closing out her campaign. last night in east

lansing, michigan, she did not mention the former president by name. i asked about this. a campaign aide telling me they are focused in these final hours on presenting a tone of hope down -- and optimism as she tries to characterize herself as a new way forward. can she credibly make that argument given that she's the vice president? it is up to the voters to decide, but this is what it sounds like on the campaign trail. take a listen. >> we have the momentum because our campaign is tapping into the ambitions, aspirations, and the dreams of the american people. >> reporter: for the past several months they've put a high priority in pennsylvania. they begin the day in scranton, joe biden country wilter -- where they will valley with canvassers. she then heads to allentown, pennsylvania. this

is the campus of muhlenberg college. it's also the home to a lot of latino voters. or than 30,000 puerto ricans. she then goes to reading, pennsylvania. it is notable who she is campaigning with, congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez. she then ends the day with rallies in pittsburgh and philadelphia. she stalling folks, come off the sidelines. we don't want to wake up the day after the election feeling like we did not do everything we could to bring home a victory. >> let's go to steve, who can hear us so he can tell us about what is happening there with former president trump and his closing message. >> reporter: the signage on the wall says dream big again. trump will fix it so that is obviously the closing message the campaign is trying to get

across. he is continuing to attack his political opponents, including former first lady michelle obama. take a listen. >> michelle hit me. i was so nice to her. out of respect. i was so nice. she hit me the other day. i was going to say, i would love to hit her now. -- am i allowed to hit her now? they said take it easy. my geniuses up tight. what do you mean. she said bad about me. i can't hit back? they said sir, you are winning. just relax. is that good or bad advice? >> reporter: those remarks came in north carolina . one of two stops the former president has in the tar heel state, obviously putting a lot of emphasis on north carolina. talking to the team on the ground, we know that the crowd was noticeably thin. i will

tell you looking around the arena here we actually have some footage of what it looks like just an hour before he is scheduled to speak. it is maybe 30% full. granted, it is a monday. this is a well-traveled area and crowd sizes don't mean anything that donald trump has put such a premium on his crowd size and the brand he has built around the enthusiasm that it is quite notable how absent this audience is in such a key battleground state. you mentioned the iowa poll earlier. that certainly has republicans rattled, particularly because how it showed women voters . i have heard from those and they say the polling and this gender gap does not match the data they are seeing in who is voting so far. they feel good about the rural turnout so far. they are encouraged by the early voting turnout overall. however, those

are the warning signs we've been hearing for weeks from republicans that the gender gap will be a problem for donald trump and the iowa poll is just one more canary in the coal mine. what really matters is what happens tomorrow. we will wait and see if those polls turn into results. >> steve, thank you so much for that report from reading, pennsylvania. we are joined by oklahoma republican senator mark wayne mullen on this final day of the campaign. we have some suspicions about how oklahoma will vote. i don't think we are going out on too much of a limb. i did want to ask you about something that could impact election day for many in your state and that is the tornado threat that has closed schools . what are you prepared for and how might this impact voting? >> it won't impact voting at all. oklahoma is used to tornados unfortunately. it's

like florida getting used to hurricanes. we had record number early voting especially in rural areas. there's only one place that is the county seat and there was lines way out the door. we did not have three-hour wait lines like some counties, but we are prepared. trump will win all 77 counties so it's not a big issue. i'm not trying to say this any type of way, but i will be surprised if kamala harris wins five precincts. we are trump country. we bleed trump. >> certainly which is what i meant about suspicions of how oklahoma will go. i do want to talk about some of what we've been seeing on the trail. former president trump said, i should not have left, meaning the white house. he also said

anyone trying to get him would have to shoot through the fake news and i don't mind that so much. just a short time ago today he said that nancy pelosi could have gone to jail for ripping up that copy of his state of the union address a few years back. this is kind of out there for a closing message. >> listen, people want to focus on the rhetoric but really the election is about the economy on the border. if you want to focus on the rhetoric we can talk about it. we can talk about what president trump or president biden said about trump supporters by saying we are garbage. we can talk about the rhetoric hillary clinton has constantly put out there by saying we are deplorable's. we can talk about what kamala harris calls us as nazis and comparing the madison square garden rally to hitler.

>> she does not to that. should -- >> she compared it to in 1938 rally. >> she did not. >> we can go through and pull up clips . there's multiple clips calling him and comparing him to nazis. what the news does is distract us from what the real issues are. voters are not talking about the rhetoric. i've been all over the country. i've been in every battleground state multiple times. not one time have i been asked about the rhetoric except on news. everybody's concerned about the economy and the outrageous inflation and securing the border. there is no way the left can run on those topics because it is their fault that we are in this position with the economy and the open border. they had to revert to rhetoric. they only play -- pay attention to one side. >> i guess that is my point. those issues, voters want to

hear about that. he is in north carolina, crucial for the electoral map strategy. do you think voters there, some of whom if we are talking about the economy, they are thinking about it even more than usual. they've just been through this terrible natural disaster. do they want that? do they want that kind of talk or do they want a steady hand? >> what president trump constantly does is does a really good job of keeping and capturing the audience attention. he always talks about the border. he always talks about the strong economy. he's a businessman because he understands the economy. he always talks about bringing america back to making america great again. he also talks about fixing it. he makes points all the time that harris and the biden administration broke it and he will fix it. that is an honest statement. at the same time he panders to the crowd a little bit talking

about what michelle obama said about him. he did not say anything bad about her. he says should i go back at her because he has a tendency to go back to people. is talking to the crowd and engaging with them. the crowd loves it? that's why you see record numbers everywhere. the last stop i was with him was in wisconsin and there was 25,000 people there late at night cheering him on because they love the guy. we saw that over and over again. i don't care if i was in albuquerque or las vegas or phoenix or detroit michigan or milwaukee or all the other places i've had the privilege of going. the same crowds turnout for j.d. vance because they understand what the people are wanting to talk about. at the same time they get the crowd riled up and that's not a bad thing. they get a lot of laughter and people have fun at these rallies. that's why they come. >> you mentioned albuquerque.

you were there last week. we saw you speak there. he said at that rally that he won new mexico twice which he didn't. he lost it by eight and 10 points in 2016 and 2020 respectively. do you think he can win new mexico? >> i think he has a real opportunity there. we are seeing positive numbers everywhere. if you look at 20 poles, one may have it bad but the other may have it up. either it's a tossup or he's leading by one, two, three, or four points. you look at nevada, michigan, wisconsin, north carolina, georgia, with nevada. we under stand that we are down but it is still possible because we are within the margin of error. what president trump has done is he has not taken anything for granted. he is taking the fight to the enemy camp. he stood there in detroit, he stood there in albuquerque. he went downtown to madison square

garden in new york city and presented his message and record number people are turning out to support him. so what else does he have to do to win? he is truly working circles around kamala harris and nobody can debate that. the amount of rallies he's doing, the amount of telephone calls he's making . it's amazing to see his energy level. >> we obviously know he wants to win. if he does so he will be incredibly happy. if he loses and the election is certified, do you think he will concede that he lost? >> we are not talking about hypothetical questions because we are going to win the race. >> it is not hypothetical. he lost before. do you think he will concede? >> how about asking what happened in 2016. everybody talked about including hillary clinton and nancy pelosi who said he was an illegitimate

president. >> hillary clinton conceded the race. will donald trump concede if he loses? >> there's no point of even talking about second place. we are going to come in first. >> you know how elections go. you better consider the possibility that you can lose. if he loses will he concede. he's lost before. >> we don't inc. about what i. we will think about winning. anytime i stepped into the ring are on the mat i never thought about what would happen if i lose. i stepped out there believing i was going to win. if i ever did lose which i didn't, if i ever lost a fight -- >> we are not talking about cage fighting. we are talking about the presidential election. >> we are not thinking about what might or might not happen. we are thinking about winning. i guarantee you both sides will claim foul no matter who wins.

>> of course you are thinking about whether you win or lose that is inherent in an election. that's how people -- >> i get that but we are not focused on that. what we are focused on is bringing the message to the american people about the economy and the border. if it does not turn out the way we wanted to we will deal with that at the time but right now that's not even an option. there is only plan a and that is to win and bring back the country. >> senator, thank you so much for your time. we certainly hope that the severe weather bypasses oklahoma. >> i appreciate you thinking of us and maybe i will get a visit with you tomorrow. next, the battleground georgia. estate that is a possible target of russian misinformation. >> the top election official will talk to us about election security and current claims about election fraud being spread by members of his own party. stay with us. an election like no other and it all comes down to this.

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georgia is one of the seven swing states up for grabs in the selection -- this election. joe biden won that state and upset fewer than 12,000 votes. 4 million people have already voted. >> viral video is fueling misinformation and exposing a rift inside the republican party. a video circulating appears to show immigrants voting with multiple fake ids. the republican secretary of state office warned it was a fake and u.s. intelligence believes it is linked to russia but some trump supporters say they do not believe it. we are joined by gabe stirling, the chief operating officer of the secretary of state office.

thank you so much for being with us. you and other folks in georgia have been battling misinformation. are your attempts to correct the record breaking through or are you finding that folks are still believing stuff that is false? >> the vast majority is getting through , but there is a cadre of people who you tell them the sky is blue and they will say no it's not. you are not going to save some of those people. they want to believe it so badly that they have to. >> we are seeing a lawsuit that was filed yesterday by the rnc and georgia republican party pickett challenges hand returned absentee ballots that were received in fulton, the cab, called, when it, and chatham counties. it claims allowing voters to return absentee ballots in person to election offices over the weekend and monday violates state law. does it? and if not

what are the plaintiffs trying to do in your opinion? >> a court already ruled on this on saturday morning saying it obviously did not violate law. the registrar's office, you visit and drop them off. it is in the code. there was an issue with fulton county not telling people that ahead of time. they were legally within their rights but they handled it wrong. i think now part of this they are trying to stir up people to think there is an issue going on when there really is not an issue going on. the entirety, there are four locations open in fulton county and there's 305 ballots out of the 4,020,000 ballots cast so far. nobody is arguing. these are legal votes. actual voters who requested by the deadline and are trying to return it. all of us across the country including the united states postal service says,

don't mail them now it is too late. this is the only way to get them in so the votes can be cast. >> poll watchers are a key component. we have learned in georgia the republican party has tapped a handful of folks you can describe as election skeptics . do you have any concerns about these folks? >> they are georgia citizens. if they have their's credentials they can go through the process. i encourage people who are skeptics to watch the process. you realize you have been fed a line of untruths for a very long time. understand that the system is secure and safe and only legal people are voting and told me legal votes will be counted. >> you don't anticipate any issues? >> one of the things i talk about when i talk to republicans and democrats alike is that it ought to be in big

block letters on the first page. don't be a jerk. if you walk in there and you are polite, listening, follow the protocols you will be fine. if you will be disruptive he will be asked to leave. we want to make sure boaters have a very good voting experience where they feel safe and secure and the process is not interrupted. if they see something the protocol is to call the lawyers back at the office. they are not supposed to interfere or do anything. there are times where there can be aggressive people on both sides. we have had democrat poll watchers stop people from voting. we have tried to treat everybody fairly and evilly -- evenly in exercising their duties. >> don't be a jerk seems like a good general rule to have for life. the fbi is investigating some threats against at least one election worker and at georgia county, that is according to multiple sources with direct knowledge. is there much you can share about that?

>> we are trying to keep it as low-key as we can. there was an individual that came in and it appears followed along with the letter that was just file and violent . they are investigating . the fbi is working with local law enforcement. our office was involved early on. it is disturbing, but i think the people do this kind of stuff have a mental condition on top of that. these are your neighbors, your fellow americans, fellow georgians. these guys are just doing their jobs. they are being threatened this way and it's not fair. i also know that particular office and all of our offices are resilient and nothing will stop them from doing their job. >> glad to hear that. hopefully this was an isolated incident and we don't see a repeat of it. we very much appreciate your time. >> thank you. get out and vote.

>> every vote counts, but those in pennsylvania to -- could tip the scales and decide the election. we have a closer look at what is happening in the commonwealth where both candidates are rallying supporters today. this election stay with cnn. with more reporters on the ground and the best political team in the business. follow the candidates, follow the voters, follow the facts. follow cnn.

a shortcut to understanding exactly where geographically campaigns are focused on election day is to look at their schedule. vice president harris has five stops in pennsylvania and trump also has

two. >> and all the battlegrounds, the commonwealth, it is the biggest prize with 19 electoral votes. it's winter moves that much closer to that magic number of 270 electoral votes. we have our panel with us, cnn senior political analyst and our national political reporter. we are also joined by larry, the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. gloria, five stops in pennsylvania. >> is that all? >> that's how you know somebody is not flying commercial. the idea of five stops anywhere is insane. trump making two. does it all come down to pennsylvania? >> it is hugely important. you have a huge number of electoral votes. her easiest path and his easiest path is to win pennsylvania. that is why they

are both spending so much time there. the thing that is interesting to me about harris is that if you look at the latest bowling from pennsylvania, she is winning with late deciders. that is important. there was one pole that had her winning with them by 53 to 45%. she wants to take advantage with that. she wants to go to pennsylvania and say, come on in the water is fine. that is what she is doing there. the overall polls show that they are tied, but you've got to find the votes where they are and that's what they are doing. they are all cherry picking them. >> what is your view on this last day of campaigning for both harris and trump? >> i think gloria put it well. she said it is the biggest packet of electoral votes of these seven swing states. i do not think having the name commonwealth means anything. i

live in the commonwealth of virginia just to point that out. let me give a contrary point . 19 electoral votes in pennsylvania, but if you win north carolina with 16 and georgia with 16, that is 32. you could lose pennsylvania and wisconsin and you would still come out ahead by three electoral votes. there are loads of pathways to get to 270. we often focus too heavily on just one. election nights are full of surprises usually. >> if we have learned anything in recent years it's that we cannot have any idea what is going to happen. we should not have that hubris. i should wonder as we look at where the candidates have been going, so many visits to north carolina. a lot of visits for trump. what is going on? >> this is the biggest change from on joe biden was the candidate to win kamala harris

if the candidate. the trump campaign largely ignored north carolina when joe biden was the candidate. it is 16 electoral votes. that is just three less than pennsylvania. if you can carry north carolina and one other state, kamala harris could still lose pennsylvania. the trump campaign knows this so they are ramping up and trying to make up the difference . that is why they are spending huge money. even if kamala harris does not win the state they have forced the campaign to spend lots of time and money they were not planning on. >> harris took away some ad money from north carolina which was a clue that they thought they were not doing so well but now they put money back into north carolina so i think there is a sense in both campaigns that the race has tightened in that state. >> i am curious to get your thoughts on the op-ed nikki haley put out over the weekend and the wall street journal. obviously a former presidential

candidate and rival of donald trump who said some descriptive things about trump on the campaign trail. she wrote, i don't agree with mr. trump 100% of the time but i do agree with him most of the time and i disagree with misses harris -- misses harris all the time. that makes this an easy call. how much of appeal with this have to disaffected republicans . >> i think it would have more appeal if she was actually out speaking. i'm not sure that an op-ed will make a difference to people in rural pennsylvania. i could be wrong but this nikki haley and donald trump relationship is fascinating. clearly it became strange during the primary and they basically have been, are you going to call me first? are you going to call me first? she said i will go on the trail but he has to call me and he did not want to call her. >> is this a missed opportunity? or the fact that

it would bring up all of the things nikki haley has said about donald trump in the final days of the election, is that something he wants to deal with? >> the first thing is, it is way too late for nikki haley to have any impact. i think even if she were out there campaigning , how many millions of people have already voted. probably half of what the final result will be. second, for the most part while voters are intelligent, they will not be scouring the newspapers for advertisements or opposites from nikki haley or anybody else at this point. third, isn't this just typical trump? he can't bury any hatchet except in his opponent's back. that's what he wants with nikki haley. he wants her to do what mitt romney did. remember when mitt romney wanted to be secretary of state and he came crawling to trump to get to be

secretary of state. trump embarrassed him at the dinner they had an embarrassed him a little bit later by refusing and not asking him to be secretary of state. this is the way trump operates. nikki haley knows that better than anybody. >> i think she was trying to do cleanup. she came out and said, you are trying to appeal to the provo -- the borough vote too much. that was not well-received so i think she wrote this saying, i really agree with him on the issues et cetera and he is the one who did not want her on the campaign trail. he will never forgive her for what she said about him. she said some really bad things about him like he was unhinged and too old to be president. those things don't go away. he for gave governor kemp because he really needs him, but he does not think he needs nikki haley much. >> surprising that she spoke at

the rnc alongside governor desantis. i wanted to give you -- get your thoughts on something gloria just pointed out. the idea that the campaign is trying to go after the bro vote. these are low information low propensity voters. how big of a bet is that? how we ever seen a campaign where they are talking to different camps. they are going for the bro vote will harris is trying to court young women. >> between the two you pick the women. they are 53% of the electorate in all 50 states and the district of columbia. the potential payoff there is far greater for harris. as far as the bro vote is concerned, i just don't think it will payoff to the degree the trump people think. not only do they

have the low propensity to vote, but you have to divide them . there are pros that are college-educated. they would probably split their vote. they will not be overwhelmingly for donald trump. it's the noncollege young males who would be strongly for donald trump. they are the toughest to get out. >> larry, thank you, gloria and alex thank you to you as well. still ahead, tech billionaire elon musk has posted a flurry of false and misleading lames about the election on his own platform. new research shows just how much pickup they have received. we will have details next.

on the eve of election day we are getting an in-depth analysis of how elon musk is using his money and his social media platform for misinformation. >> this is analysis coming from the center for countering digital hate. it finds that the blizzard of misleading election claims, 87 have been viewed more than 2 billion times on his social media platform, x. what more are you finding in this new analysis and what could it mean for the election? >> reporter: elon musk has not only given more than $118 million to help the trump campaign, he has also pushed messaging on the platform where i should remind you, he has the most number of followers than anybody else. now we are getting some interesting numbers for how much this

messaging on his own platform is actually worth. this analysis comes from the center for countering digital hate. they found since elon musk endorsed donald trump in july his posts have amassed more than 17.1 billion views. they did the math. how much would the same number of views cost, they found it would be worth $24 million if somebody was to pay for that number of views. they also looked at elon musk spreading misinformation . they counted 87 specific posts that they said contained misinformation. they found that they were viewed more than 2 billion times. i'm sure as we are speaking they are continuing to ratchet up. i want to give you an example of one of these misleading posts. one of the things he has continued to push is that democrats are flying or moving immigrants around as a way to try to move the boat or turn swing states blue. he said triple digit increases of illegals in swing states over

the past four years, he said voter importation at an unprecedented scale. i should say there is no evidence that democrats are in some way purposely trying to move immigrants whether illegal or not around the country to try to change voting patterns. it just goes to show you how the misinformation can spread so widely on his own platform. i should note that overall things on x since elon musk has bought the platform have changed and shifted toward the right and toward misinformation. the wall street journal had a new study where they created a few x accounts and said they were interested in crafts, sports, cooking. they said within a short period of time they were blanketed with political content and much of it leaned towards donald trump and toward questioning the integrity of the election. >> an important analysis. thank you so much for joining us. still ahead, vice president kamala harris kicking off her

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power to end the war in gaza. >> in the meantime the war rages on with hopes for a cease-fire or hostage deal on hold until apparently after the election. new intrigue after the arrest of an aide to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. why was that aid arrested? >> reporter: he is one of four people who have been arrested, but there is a gag order. the full details of the scandal are not yet in the public domain. it all focuses on a leak of classified information that the authorities who are investigating say jeopardized the war aims of israel. specifically we are talking about the aim of releasing the 101 israeli hostages that are being held inside gaza. it all boils down to the transfer of documents. they were hamas

strategy documents, to a couple of european publications. it seems it was said in these documents which are believed to have been tampered with or changed in some wake that hamas was planning to transfer the hostages it held across the border with egypt and elsewhere. it is something that benjamin netanyahu picked up in his speeches as well. at a time when there were intensive negotiations underway for a cease-fire agreement and a hostage release, it was used by netanyahu as a way of saying, israeli troops cannot get out of the area. it totally derailed hostage negotiations and nobody was released. the prime minister's office has denied any wrongdoing, but the suspicion amongst many israelis, and this will be

investigated, is that the prime minister's office may have had something to do with it. it reiterates the idea that benjamin netanyahu who has been creating obstacles for his own political reasons, to a cease-fire agreement. again, his office denies that but it is part of a much bigger brewing controversy in israel. >> matthew chance, thank you so much. we want to head to scranton, pennsylvania, where vice president harris is speaking. >> my posters and my flyers. i put them all in my car and i drive to the local grocery stores. i pull out my ironing board and my duct tape in my posters and flyers. i walked to the front of the grocery store outside and i would stand up my ironing board. it makes a really great standing desk. i would use the duct tape to tape my posters on the outside of the thing and i put my flyers

on top of the ironing board and i would require people to talk to me as they walked in and out of the grocery store. i will tell you. that is how i love to campaign. i don't do it as much anymore obviously but what you are signing up to do and what you have been doing, let's enjoy it. i know that you do. i can feel the mood in here because it is the best of who we are as a democracy. that's what the campaign has been about. we are a people driven campaign. we love the people and we see in the face of a stranger, a neighbor. that is the spirit of what we are doing. over this whole era of this other guy, what it has done with all that talk that has been about trying to have us point fingers at each other and divide each other, it makes

people feel alone. it makes them feel like there is nobody standing with them. the way i have always been thinking about the campaign in these next 24 hours is as we are getting out the vote, as we are canvassing, let's be intentional about living community, building coalitions. reminding people we all have so much more in common than what separates us. there is power in that. there's lasting power in that. it is about the win and it is about more. it's about strengthening our country and reminding each other we are all in this together. we rise and fall together. that is the strength of who we are and everybody here. that is the strength of bob casey. we have to get him back in the senate. that's the strength of mayor cognitive in all she has been doing. it is

about leadership that is the kind of leadership that we want. they are leaders, we are leaders that understand that the measure of our strength is not based on who we beat down. it's based on who we lift up. that is what we are going to do. over these next 24 hours, i know everybody is here including our youngest leaders. i see you over there. i know you are not ready to vote, but you tell the adults in your life why it is important they vote. over these next 24 hours, let's enjoy this moment to knock on a neighbor's door and in their face even if we have not met them, know that we have a lot that we care about in common and we are optimistic about the future of our country. we love our country and that's what the fight is about and about the promise of america . the promise of

america being represented by everybody who is here. i thank you for the time you have taken about your busy lives. there are a number of things each one of you will be doing right now. you are here and we are all here together under this one roof as a community of people who care and who are dedicated to the hard work that it requires. when you love something you fight for it. that is what we are doing. that is what we are doing. we love our country and we are fighting for the best of who we are. thank you. i love you. [ chanting: kamala ] >> thank you. >> let's vote! let's get out the vote! let's get out the vote! let's get out the vote!

let's get out the vote! let's get out the vet! let's win! all right. let's get to work. 24 hourshours to and i'm so grateful for everyone here. i'll just end with this point. i have the privilege, i have the blessing of being able to travel around our country. and i'm telling you guys, we are good. we're good. we're good. we really are. i mean, every -- i go into rooms with people who, again, seemingly have nothing in common and have everything in common. rooms of people of all kinds of different backgrounds, of ages coming together, in the sense of just the collectively. we're good. and so, we're going to keep doing this work with

the optimism that it requires to be strong. everyone here knows, in the context of your family, in your life, when you believe something is possible, you put in the hard work, and you know it's good work, hard work is good work. it's joyful work, and we get the job done. let's get this done. thank you, all. >> we've been listening to vice president kamala harris speaking at a canvassing kickoff event in scranton, pennsylvania. this is obviously a room of campaign workers in which she talked about doing the hard work, the good work, she described it as. she said, let's enjoy it, these last 24 hours of campaigning. the vice president there sharing some optimism for the future of the country, talking about going into rooms where there are very different folks that don't share much in common, but who are coming together to do, as she said, good work. she said to the crowd, quote, we are good. she obviously has multiple events throughout pennsylvania today, really focusing on the

commonwealth. >> that's right. four more stops there today. you know where her focus is, it is in pennsylvania. and she's going to her day surrounded by a celebrity-studded event. just a huge blowout in philadelphia. also this hour, former president trump is set to focus on must- win pennsylvania, which holds the biggest electoral prize of all the swing states. he's scheduled to speak in reading just moments from now. and he did begin his day with a stop in north carolina, and he'll also be heading to michigan later today. our correspondents are live for us all over the trail. let's begin with cnn's eva mcken. she's with the harris campaign there in pennsylvania. eva, the candidates' messages on this election eve could not be more different. talk to us about what more we're hearing from the vice president. >> well, boris and brianna, the seasoned behind me reads "a president for all," and that really speaks to the strategy here in the closing hours of this contest. you hear the vice president not even mentioning the

former president by name. you know, calling him the other guy, because the campaign tells me that she is focused on a message of unity and bringing coalitions together. you know, at this point, the former president's comments, his record have now been well litigated. and it is time to excited people about the election and her affirmative vision for the country. but they also think that they can message directly to the puerto ricans in this state, more than 30,000 of them, right here in allentown. they are trying to build off of that event at madison square garden, about a week ago, when that derogatory comment was made about the island. they think that they can seize on that and use it as an opportunity to talk about the vice president's long support for puerto rico. take a listen. >> my commitment to puerto rico is long-standing. even when i was in the united states senate, as a representative of california, i took on a responsibility forfor myself, of also prioritizing

the needs of puerto rico, because i was aware that puerto rico did not have a u.s. senator. so i was responsible for getting more resources to puerto rico. >> reporter: so she's just going to be barnstorming the state. after scranton, she heads here to allentown. after allentown, she is in reading. and then after that, she ends the day with big rallies in pittsburgh and in philadelphia. boris. brianna. >> eva mcken, thank you so much for bringing us the latest there. let's go to steve coturnno in g ing, pennsylvania. talk to us about the former president's closing message in this last 24 or so hours. >> reporter: when he was in pennsylvania just a day ago, he said he should have left the white house in 2020 after losing the election. that's the message he gave to the state. the signage on the wall here says, trump will fix it, and dream big again. and that is certainly

the message his campaign is trying to get across. but at his rallies, he continues to attack his political rivals. take a listen to what he had to say earlier today in north carolina. >> michelle hit me -- i was so nice to her, out of respect. so i was nice. she hit me the other day. i was going to say to my people, am i allowed to hit her now? but remember, she ripped up the paper behind me? you know, she could have gone to jail for that. you're not allowed to do that. she's a -- i think nancy pelosi is a disgrace. by the way, the press will say, oh, he rambled. no, that's not rambling. you know what that is? that was genius. that's the weave. >> reporter: now, the fact that donald trump was spending one of these final days in north carolina shows just how concerned his campaign is about that state. he was there saturday, sunday, and monday, spending time in a state that really didn't expect to be so competitive at this point. back when joe biden was the democratic nominee, they

were starting to shift resources out of north carolina, into the blue wall states. but with harris there, it has become incredibly competitive, and you can tell by the time and energy that they have put there of late. the closest victory in 2020 was in north carolina. later today, he'll be, like you said, in reading, pennsylvania, right behind me. and he has another stop in pittsburgh, as well. kris kris crisscrossing this area. donald trump lost bucks county by just four point four years ago in a result that was really reflective and mirrored closely the statewide results in this race. and he has put a lot of effort and energy into trying to increase his margins here. i will say that the turnout today so far for this event is quite thin. there is a lot of empty seats left in this arena, and donald trump is now supposed to speak in the next hour here. so i'm not saying that's a

sign about what we can expect in pennsylvania by any stretch or in this county, but donald trump has built his brand around his ability to turn out large crowds, and so far in the stops today in north carolina and here in reading, it is noticeably thin here. >> all right. we'll have to see if that changes in the next hour. steve, thank you so much for the report. let's bring in our panel now we have cnn senior political analyst, gloria borger. we have cnn political analyst and national political correspondent for axios, alex thompson, republican strategist and president of valkor, matt maurice, and chuck rocha. to you guys. i just wonder, size up where we are right now, your description of this final day of campaigning, how you see the race. >> well, i think what you're seeing right now -- let me take you inside the campaigns. half of the people that are going to vote in most of states have already voted. each one of these counties, the president of the other campaigns have captains. they have precinct maps and we know, this morning, for example, in pennsylvania, i

polled all the puerto ricans who have yet to vote, there's 87,000 of them who haven't voted. the good news is, there's over 120,000 of them who have already voted. so there's a strategy to go turnout those puerto ricans who were offended by what happened at madison square garden. just one of those. think about that over hundreds of offices, over union halls in pittsburgh, over what's going to happen with the rallies. the rally is to energize folks who not maybe are going to be torn between donald trump or her. it's between between going to go vote and who's going to sit at home. >> and if you're talking to the harris campaign, you'll need all 80,000 of them. when you look at where turnout is today, the gap between republicans and democrats is more than half. you would have actually have a democratic lead of over 1. 1 million votes going into the election in 2020. today it stands about 400,000. that's the type of number that the harris campaign recognizes. it's why you see the vice president there doing, what was it, four stops today. because they have a turnout problem right now. you talk to any democratic strategist, republican strategist, turnout is down in philadelphia. right now, if you were

the harris campaign, you're sweating, going into tomorrow. because you have to try to get a lot of people to show up to vote, who don't normally show up on election day. and that's the thing i think we're looking at, the difference of voting patterns between republicans and democrats. traditionally, republicans show up on election day, always win the election day vote. democrats don't. and they're now going to be much more independent on election day turnout. i think, also, another reason you're seeing them focus so much on north carolina and pennsylvania is that both campaigns, if you ask them, think there are some numbers in wisconsin that show them that trump is already walking in to win in wisconsin tomorrow and that's why you're seeing so much focus on these two states. >> doesn't donald trump also have to worry about turnout among the voters that he has really tried to get, which is young men who don't, you know, generally come out in large number? you know, they're low propensity voters. i mean, she's trying to turnout voters who vote, largely, women, for example. but what about that? >> you're right. and you do have a number of low- propensity voters who need to show up. look at all the

polling, traditionally this year, which is very different than any election cycle we've seen recently. donald trump does better with registered voters than likely voters. in part, it's because of that support he has from the more infrequent voter, the lower propensity voter. however, a lot of those voters are showing up. if you break down the early vote totals, there's a higher percentage of high propensity than low propensity democrats in these states. >> if you look at the early vote numbers, i went in and looked, and they are up. donald trump, for the first time, he said, don't early vote, don't vote by mail. he told his people to vote and they are voting. 43% of the republicans who have voted early are people who voted last time on election day. they're eating into the election day vote. as a strategist, they may have more people show up, but are they really cannibalizing their own vote? >> one other caution about all of the analysis about early voting is we're comparing this to 2020, when there was a pandemic, right? and many of the early voting rules

were greatly expanded. in some ways, 2016 would almost be a better comparison. i think in some ways, we don't understand how voting patterns have shifted from 2020 to 2024. >> you are right about that. if you go back to 2016, 2012, 2008, republicans rarely lead going into election day. this is going back to historical numbers in '08, '12, and '16. >> but early voting has greatly expanded since 2020, in a way it wasn't. >> it's interesting, because those numbers are up, but you've gotten a mixed message from donald trump. sometimes he's at rallies and he complains about early voting, saying that there's, you know, a lot of tom foolery going on with early voting. and then he says, go and vote early. so i think there's been a little bit of a mixed signal from the candidate himself about -- don't you think? about early voting? >> well, there has been -- in the past, and he has conflicted, but clearly, there's a

pied piper method going here. you're seeing the increase in turnout right now. it's a reason, why, by the way, the republican national committee were the ones that wanted to ensure there were extra days of in- person early voting. absentee mail- in voting is different. republicans still have a skepticism of it, but early in- person voting has increased. >> i have a question for you guys. there was this poll that came out over the weekend in iowa, that has created all sorts of opinions and all sorts of asking forring online, especially, what did you think, matt, when you saw that kamala harris was leading donald trump in this one poll in iowa among women by 20 points. do you think that reflects a broader sentiment ? >> i think there are a few things at play. one, iowa is iowa. it's not a battleground state this year. you don't have millions of dollars in television ads, you don't have candidate visits, you don't have a turnout operation turning out lower-

propensity voters. the campaigns are sort of on their own. it is at the whim of the national media, so to speak, and how voters are going to be able to actually get their information there. that's one piece. the other piece, if you talk to most operatives on the ground, you'll remember that iowa is one of the largest homes of the obama-to- trump voters. more counties, i believe, than just about any other state who voted for obama twice and then voted for trump twice. you have a lot of these voters who do not always participate in the polls. you hear about the silent trump voter. iowa is the epicenter of some of that. there's a little piece of that. you have the fact at last a unique circumstance in iowa and you have a six- week abortion ban, which has driven some, you know, response from particularly women in iowa, as well. so i think donald trump's at risk of losing iowa. i don't, but it may not be the same margin as four years ago. but it's very iowa-specific. >> before you go, i want to point out to our viewers, this poll has shown some accuracy before, especially late in the game, which is why it's getting so much attention. >> look, this just in, breaking news, don't need a hairy- legged man like this to tell you that women are pissed and they're mad and that's what's really

going on. you don't have to be some great scholar to figure that out. and that's what you see in this poll. she said six months ago that donald trump was winning by 11 points and ann was right. and when the vice president got in, she re- did the poll again and had the president winning by four. that's just movement over time. i don't think that one poll is one thing, but you see movement over time. i worked in iowa since dick gephardt. all of this white hair on my face is real. i've been in iowa working a lot of time. it's flat, it has a lot of corn, and a lot of white women who are mad. >> and the biggest voting bloc in this country is white women. if there's even just a small shift nationwide in that vote, we could be looking back on friday and being like, that was the key to the selection and we were all missing it. >> well, senior women in this poll went for her by a 2-to- 1 margin. that's nothing to sneeze at. and independent women went for 28- point margin. so there's only so much you can extrapolate from one poll. i get it. but when you look at this, you say, what's going on with

women here? is this something that we can look at like neighboring states. is this older women who remember what the country was like with roe, who have daughters to be affected by the supreme court decision? there are a lot of factors in play here. and i think this poll reflects that because of the abortion ban in the state of iowa in particular. >> i was just going to say, it is hard to hang something -- you can't hang anything on one poll at this point in the game. but i think what we can say is that once we see what happens with this election, we're going to be able to look back and say, that poll captured something or that poll was an outlier, right? >> 100%. >> you'll know one way or the other. >> all right. chuck and matt and alex and gloria, thank you so much. what a spirited conversation. we appreciate it. still ahead, there's one big question to be answered after polls close on election day. how long will it take to

call the presidential race? we're going to take a look at just how long it might take for some key battleground states to go over each and over ballot. and we are following another important race. it's the battle to replace longtime senate gop leader mitch mcconnell. we have more on the behind-the- scenes jockeying to be the upper chamber's top republican, when we come back.

for many of us, tomorrow night might be a long one, present company included. >> that's right. but there are a handful of states to watch that could give us some indication of how things are going for both of these candidates. each one of those states has different processes and rules for counting ballots. and we love processes and rules for counting ballots. it makes things really interesting, fun, and protracted, which is why we have zachary wolf joining us now to tell us what to watch for on election night. what should we expect! >> the first thing we need to realize is that we're not in a global pandemic anymore. so there's not quite as much mail- in balloting going on. hopefully that will speed things up. we heard that in all of these seven states, these key states. we've heard over the course of three hours, the first polls will close around seven. the last polls will close around 10, in these battleground state. there are others that go later. but between these hours, we'll see the polls close. and some of the secretaries

of state say that things can go pretty quickly, like in georgia in particular. by 8:00, we could have a pretty good idea of where things are going. the caveat is, if it's close, anything could happen. it could take a while. and there, they are pre- processing the mail- in ballots. they've literally taken them out of the envelope, which sounds like a mundane thing, but that really slowed things down a few years ago. but there are two states where they're not doing that, two of the battleground states, that's pennsylvania and wisconsin. they close a little bit later. pennsylvania, that was a state four years ago, it took four days to determine who was going to win there, that was when we knew that joe biden was going to win when they finally did get pennsylvania. it could take a while. now, the republican secretary of the commonwealth was on cnn this weekend, and he did say that they've done some things to speed things up. they have some new equipment, they're doing some other things, so it could go much faster, but if it's really close, we don't know how long it's

going to take. everybody just needs to be patient. >> pack your patience! >> pack your patience! >> that's our favorite thing to say on this show. and it comes in handy today. >> appreciate you setting us up for that, zach. zach wolf, thank you so much. to whoever wins the white house, the fate of their agenda may rest with the senate. so while we do not know who is going to control the upper chamber of commerce after tomorrow, we do know that will be a big change. >> yeah, minority leader mitch mcconnell, the republican, is stepping aside. and whoever follows in his footsteps will have a big say over what bills pass, which ones fail, and what the rest of the agenda looks like. cnn's lauren fox joins us now live. lauren, who is seeking this position knowing that they may draw the ire of donald trump if he is to be elected president? >> yeah, i mean, right now there are three candidates in this race. rick scott of florida, who is long seen as sort of this long- shot candidate in the race. then you have the two johns. you have john cornyn of texas and john thune of south dakota. now, john thune is currently

the republican whip. that means he has a lot of insight, a lot of conversations with these members day to day, because he's the one who has to make sure that legislation moves on the floor and that republicans continue to be united in decisions about what to do with democratic control over the last couple of years. meanwhile, you have john cornyn, who used to have that job. both of them have been crisscrossing across the country, trying to stump for their colleagues, trying to earn votes of both people who are running for re- election and potentially new republicans, who will come into the senate. so that is what they have an eye on right now. but they're both raising a lot of money. we're talking millions, tens of millions of dollars right now for their colleagues, right to win this race. i think it's really hard, though, for some republicans, because they like both of them, right? you know, you heard shelly moore capito tell her colleague, manu raju, there's not a bad option between the two johns and a lot of republicans are not saying how they're going to vote, and this matters because of the huge question mark as to whether or not donald trump endorses

in this race and whether members care if he endorses. because this all happens behind closed doors. they have a closed ballot election, they have a secret election, and they come out and announce who the new republican leader is, nobody knows how an individual member has voted. that really raises the questions, does a trump endorsement matter in this race? and mark wayne mullen who is close to john thune, wants john thune to be the republican leader, he's been talking to trump a lot about this and his advice for the former president is, stay out of the race. >> hmm, interesting. okay, the map, and i'm not breaking any news here, it favors republicans. how are they talking? are they talking like it's a foregone conclusion that they're going to win the senate, or are they being cautious? >> well, i think republicans are very confident that they're going to win the senate. they are being cautious about by how many seats, right? are we talking a narrow republican majority or are they talking about a real sweep? and this makes a difference. because you have some republicans who sometimes cross party lines and vote with

democrats. i'm thinking of someone like lisa murkowski, someone like senator susan collins. and if republicans have just a 51- seat majority, it really does empower those republican senators to cross the aisle and vote with democrats. and this could matter if you're talking about a potential trump presidency, where those republicans could block certain nominees that he wants in his cabinet. you also could have the scenario where harris wins and these senators cross the aisle and work with democrats to approve her nominee. so, it's a huge, huge question. and it matters a lot, if you have 51 seats or 54. >> yeah, lauren fox, thank you so much for the update from congress, thank you so much. still ahead, inflation is down, but the issue continues to be on voters' minds as election day nears. what impact could it have on the race for the white house? we'll discuss in just moments.

while campaigning, vice president harris has placed a considerable emphasis on creating so- called opportunity economies, pushing home ownership, small business loans, and also child tax credits for americans. >> but the economy and inflation specifically may be her achilles heel should voters ultimately decide to send donald trump back to the white house. cnn's matt egan is here with a closer look. matt, if trump wins, how much of that would be due to inflation? >> well, boris and

brianna, inflation would have to be at the very top of the list. fwlamgs inflation became a problem for president biden almost as soon as he took office. prices were skyrocketing at the supermarket, the gas station, virtually everywhere. a lot of that had to do with supply chain problems and covid and russia's war on ukraine, but fair or not, inflation really quickly soured many americans on bidenomics. and vice president harris again and again has been forced to defend the administration's track record on the cost of living. the problem for democrats, as that chart shows, is that even though inflation has come down, dramatically, prices have not. they're still going up, just at a slower pace. and there is a snowballing effect with inflation. it's cumulative. moody's found that the typical u.s. household is spending more than $1,100 a month, more than they spend when biden took office, just to get the same goods and service. it's true that paychecks are up, too. they're actually up by

a little bit more than prices. but that's not great, right? if you're working your tail off, you get raises and you feel like you're just treading water. now, former president trump, he's really seized on this economic anxiety. he's promised to confront inflation by really shaking things up. he's promising big tariffs, big tax cuts, and massive deportations. and his economic message is resonating with voters who are frustrated with the status quo. the ironic part, though, is that economists, they're not buying what trump is selling on inflation. in fact, many of them are warning that trump's economic fixes would actually make inflation worse. that his agenda is inflationary maybe very inflationary. in recent days, there's opinion an open letter that's been circulating. it's gotten more than 300 signatures from economists who are opposing trump. and they wrote, just as mexico didn't pay for a wall in his first term, china will not pay for trump's tariffs in

he's given a second term, you will. and yet, if trump ends up winning, we will look at inflation as one of those forces that propelled him back to the white house. >> of course, the big thing this week is the election, but the fed is also meeting this week, matt. could we see another rate cut? >> well, brianna, there's so much uncertainty over the next few days, but the one thing that does look like a slam dunk is another interest rate cut from the fed. the market is pricing in a 98% chance that the fed cuts rates by a quarter of a point on thursday. of course, the crazy thing is that the fed may be deciding interest rate policy at a time when we may not actually know who the next president is, nor which economic policies are likely to be enacted. but another rate cut would, of course, be good news for consumers, especially everyone struggling to pay off credit card debt right now, because interest rates, although they're coming down, they remain pretty high. boris and brianna? >> matt eagan, thank you so much for the reporting. >> thanks, guys. still to come, you may

have seen this, former president trump expressed support for a plan by robert f. kennedy jr. that would order the removal of fluoride from the country's drinking water during a potential second trump term. we'll take a closer look at the science, next.

former president trump is expressing tentative support for robert f. kennedy jr. 's new plan to order the removal of fluoride from public water supplies in a potential second trump

term. trump told nbc news that he has not talked to rfk jr. about the proposal yet, but, quote, it sounds okay to me. >> the practice of adding fluoride to drinking water is under scrutiny right now after a judge ruled the epa must regulate it more because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children. cnn's meg terrell joins us now live. meg, the cdc and the americanamerican association continue to back the benefits of fluoride, right? >> yeah, they do, boris. fluoride is a mineral that can prevent tooth decay and it started to be added to drinking water in the u.s. in 1945. the cdc has called it one of the greatest public health interventions of the 20th century for its promotion of dental health. it's also been added to most tooth pastes since 1975. and so we have seen some recent reviews of data looking at whether after that point, adding fluoride to water is as beneficial as it was before that point. there was a cochran review that came out last month, for

example, that showed that before 1975, adding fluoride to drinking water could prevent about one tooth, on average, from getting affected by tooth decay. after 1975, they said that came down to about a quarter. however, as you pointed out, those major organizations say this is a safe and cost-effective way of preventing tooth decay, which they say can be a major public health issue, particularly for less advantaged communities. so they still really support the safety and the efficacy of adding fluoride at optimal levels to the drinking water. guys? >> talk to us about the concern, the safety questions and concerns about it. >> yeah, so we have been starting to see these emerge more. there was a judge who just ordered the epa to take a closer look at this. and there was a review by the national toxicology program that looked at the evidence and found that at levels twice what are recommended for adding fluoride to the drinking water, there is a potential link with lower iq in children. and so they are asking for more research into this.

they say at the lower levels, those that are recommended for the levels in drinking water, there isn't enough data to say that there is any safety risk there, also for adults. so they are saying that there should be more study, more looking into this, but right now, these major organizations say that this is a really important public health practice and that the levels that are recommended for drinking water, it's safe and beneficial. >> we'll see where it lands and we look forward that research that you talked about. meg terrell, thank you so much. police forces across the country are increasing security efforts for election day and beyond with deep divisions over this election and the long shadow of the january 6th attack on the capitol, police in several cities are on high alert. >> cnn's shimon prokupecz is taking a closer look at the preparations being put in place right now. >> know where those polling locations are, but don't go unless you're explicitly requested to respond. >> reporter: police departments in battleground states across the nation are gearing up for the 2024 election like

never before. >> i've been in this business for 25 years. i can't think of an election where we have had as much planning and preparation for safety. a lot of that has to do what happened on january 6th. >> if it is reported to us -- >> reporter: cnn granted access to a madison, wisconsin, police briefing on what officers should anticipate. >> what we look for in criminal intelligence is not only day- of protecting the ballots, if there's going to be any protest activity. >> it's interesting, because the battleground states, the chiefs have really been -- i feel like you guys have all been talking? >> me and thousands of police chiefs all over the country are really taking this very, very seriously? so if something happens in another part of the state, i want to be aware of it. i want to be able to let folks know, hey, this is what happened in georgia or arizona or pennsylvania. >> reporter: it's not only problems on the ground

that worry police chiefs. they're concerned with social media. >> the disinformation worries me. we will be responsible for correcting that narrative. >> reporter: cities say they're ready. philadelphia courts are canceled on election day, to free up hundreds of officers. in georgia, panic buttons have been installed at precincts that will alert law enforcement. and in arizona, plainclothes officers may deploy in parking lots of voting sites. >> our first path is also going to be de- escalate and see if we can just defuse the situation. >> a lot of focus on november 5th, election day, but law enforcement is also very concerned about the days after the election, as votes are being potentially tallied. and also, the certification process, which take place here at the capitol in december. >> the apprehension is about what happens after that. if the will of the people, you know, isn't done or people

don't accept the results. >> this is your ballot. activate it. >> reporter: for pat butler who's been an election volunteer for nearly five decades, she says she isn't worried. >> for me to see people coming out the vote, it's just remarkable. >> hop in. >> do you feel like you need to prepare differently? >> we want to try to prepare for, you know, worst- case scenario. but i do believe that depending on who wins or who loses, the tenor of the conversation will change. we hope that there's a concession speech and it allows people to heal and move on and put what appears to be a divided country back on the same path. >> our thanks to shimon prokupecz for that report. it is a key district in the heartland of the u.s. , one that could play a role not only in the presidential election, but also when it comes to the balance of power in congress.

up next, we'll speak with a democrat trying to unseat the gop incumbent in nebraska's second congressional district.

could it really all come down to a blue dot in a sea of red? that's what nebraska's second congressional district has become known as, and it's now a critical path to both 270 electoral college votes in the white house and also potentially control of congress. a lot is riding on this reliably republican state and its blue dot. here to discuss is democratic state senator and congressional candidate, tony vargas from nebraska's second district. first, tony, thank you so

much for being with us. i want to outline your race for our viewers, because you are in a re- match with republican congressman don bacon, who we had on the show last week. this is a district in the maha area, one of the most competitive in the country, one that biden flipped in 2020, but it went on to re- elect your republican opponent. i wonder, what is different about this cycle and especially how turnout in a presidential election might impact your race? >> well, thank you, boris. well, there's a couple of things that i think are really important about nebraska's second district. the first is, this is an independent place. this is where trump won in 2016, this is where biden won in 2020, and it's also the place where we have been knocking on doors since pretty much day one of this cycle. we have knocked on 15 times more doors than two years ago and also voters have seen what a republican congress have done when they're in leadership, which is one of the most ineffective congresses in any of our lifetimes.

they're looking for new leadership. this is republican and democrats and independents alike that are coming across the aisle to support our campaign and make history tomorrow for nebraska's second district. >> so do you think vp harris is going to run up the numbers enough that it will change the dynamics in your race? >> i think there are two things that have been happening since day one of this election. the first is, there are groups of voters that we have been talking about that have been excited for change for this district in nebraska's second. there are people from all different walks of life that are coming out of the woodwork. and also that harris and walz have been inspiring and igniting different groups of people to also get excited about not only winning this electoral vote, but winning back the house. this is about whether or not we can actually govern, whether or not we can pass budgets. but this congress has shown that they are unable to govern on their own, and so we need to make sure that we're winning back the house, we're seeing the motivation with harris and wall, and seeing the motivation with our campaign, as well. >> i want to ask you about something congressman bacon said last week.

he argued that you have launched dishonest attacks on him regarding abortion. obviously, an important issue. he expressed support for your state's current law. it's a 12- week ban with some exceptions. do you not believe that he's being honest? >> you know, i think what is important are the facts. and i think congressman bacon would love for nebraska voters to forget that he was an original co- sponsor of the life-to-conception act. and he didn't just cosponsor it once, he cosponsored it three separate times. this is a full abortion ban in the constitution with no exceptions for the life of the mother, rape, or incest. it has no carveouts for ivf. and he's realizing this is out of step with nebraskans. doesn't matter if you're a republican, democrat or independent. he's realizing this is unpopular and now he's trying to distance himself because it's political inconvenient. this is not the type of congressperson we need representing this district. i want to focus on the

real facing nebraskans, cost of living, addressing inflation, creating jobs, and providing these freedoms for women in nebraska's second district. unfortunately, congressman bacon is out of step with them, he's afraid, and it's important that people know what his real record is and how important it is for reproductive rights for women. >> health point out that he supported that bill more as a statement of principle, a messaging bill, and that it effectively did not take any action against abortion. it didn't mention abortion, and the last time it came up, when the language changed, he did not support it. i do want to ask you about immigration. because that's another key issue in this election. your website argues that both parties have failed the country on immigration. i wonder, this is something that frequently argued and i'm curious to get your response. do you wonder if the biden administration's easing of humanitarian restrictions led to the record number of illegal border crossings that we saw in this administration?

>> i think the responsibility we need to focus on right now is what congress can and should do. it's the office that i'm running for. and what i've seen right now are republicans and democrats alike. we're not able to solve this issue, because there's too much partisan gridlock. and instead of complaining about it, it's the reason why i'm running. i'm the proud son of immigrants. i believe that we need an earned pathway to citizenship, we need some real reforms, but also we're seeing what is happening at our border. we need border secure, we need to improve the funding and increase the capacity to address these issues at the border. it's why i publicly stated, i would have supported that senate- led, republican- led border security package that border security and patrol associations supported. i would have supported it, because it's important to help address this issue and i've i've across a lot of things in nebraska legislature, and this is another example where we need leadership. republicans right now didn't want to solve this problem, because donald trump told them not to. and unfortunately, we need democrats right now to solve this issue and come

across the aisle and work on it for the american people. >> tony vargas, candidate for nebraska's second house district. we appreciate you joining us and sharing your perspective. >> thank you. >> of course. and down the stretch they come. both presidential candidates making their final pitch to voters, with a lot of emphasis on one state or commonwealth, in particular. we'll take you there live, when we come back.

it is almost here, election day in america arrives in a matter of hours. hours. and we are keeping a close eye on the campaign trail as the candidates are taking their final lapse through the battleground states in their race for the white house. today former president trump is set to rally supporters in pennsylvania which holds the biggest electoral prize of all the swing states. >> vice president kamala harris meantime is macy -- making a major push for the keystone state. she is spending her entire time on the ground there working her 18th trip there since july. cnn polling shows harris with a narrow lead. it

is still close and still within the margin of error. there is no clear leader right now. >> or correspondence or spending this election eve on the trail following the candidates. let's go now to priscilla with the harris campaign in pittsburgh. priscilla, talk to us about the vice president strategy on this final day before the election. >> well, senior campaign officials have said and even said today that they think they have multiple pathways to 270 electoral votes but pennsylvania is always key to that. the most favorable path over the course of this election cycle has been the blue wall, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin which explains why the vice president is spending her day here today here of course in the commonwealth. over the course of the stop so far she is trying to project optimism by not naming former president donald trump and trying to outline a new vision ahead. take a listen. >> but over these next 24 hours, let's enjoy this moment

. to knock on the neighbors door and in their face, even if we have not met them, know that we have a lot that we care about in common and that we are optimistic about the future of our country. that we love our country and that that is what this fight is about and about the promise of america. and the promise of america being represented by everybody who is here. >> now, pennsylvania has included a converging of strategies that this campaign has tried to employ via going after the red rural counties and trying to peel off those gop votes appealing to latino voters and just locking in their coalition in the cities and suburbs and in talking to campaign officials they tell me that what they are banking on is their ground game. they have talked about this frequently, especially in pennsylvania, having field offices in multiple counties including the blue ones and the red ones and they say that they are doorknocking has been positive

and they're hopeful that that helps them get out the vote. now, the vice president, we are learning, will be spending tomorrow in washington, d.c. where she is going to be calling into radio shows in yet another appeal to voters and that is what this moment is really about in talking to any campaign official on the harris campaign. they are solely focused on mobilizing voters . they wanted to capitalize on early voting when that was possible in states and now they want to make sure the people get out to the polls tomorrow, especially in crucial states like this one, pennsylvania. >> live for us in pittsburgh. thank you so much. let's not go to grand rapids, michigan . following the trump campaign. the former president set to speak there later tonight. give us a sense of how trump world is feeling behind-the-scenes with poles set to open in a matter of hours. >> it really depends on who you talk to. most of the senior adviser say they're cautiously optimistic and that is because of at least two things that they tell me that they're

looking at. one is those early voting numbers. we know that traditionally in the past republicans have voted on election day but we have seen a larger number of republicans doing early voting. of course there is a caveat with that. are these people going to vote on election day or not? if they are, they're not going to show up on election day. republicans won't get the same big boost that they normally get on election day if people are voting early but there is a belief that a lot of these people are not people who are necessarily going to shop on election day. this early voting is an extra surge. the other thing they have been looking at is voter registration numbers. they believe they have seen a surge in republican voter registration numbers in the last several months which they believe will translate into republican votes. the big question here is whether or not

their ground game strategy pays off, particularly in areas in which they outsourced. we know in pennsylvania they had elon musk's pack doing a number of doorknocking as well as implementing a lot of background game. back at her not to be an issue for them given the reporting that we have seen around what those door knockers are doing. we know they relied heavily in arizona on turning point. charlie's organization to drive out low and mid propensity voters. they believe this election could be decided on the backs of the low and mid propensity voters. those are voters who either have never voted or don't typically vote in an election. there is a belief among republicans in particular but really among the political class that those low propensity voters, the used to lean democratic, now they lean republican. they're going to show up to the polls on november 5th. they would vote for donald trump that's his teams believe. the question is whether or not they actually show up. it's a risky strategy to bank on people who don't traditionally vote because they might not actually go to the polls. his team says they feel like these numbers are indicative of the fact that

donald trump could still win this election. there is no one i talk to who doesn't think this is going to be close, who doesn't think this is going to be determined in the margins. they fundamentally believe that every vote counts and i've been to a number of rallies in recent weeks and that is very clear. not only is donald trump saying it but everyone leading up to donald trump is essentially begging people in the audience to get out and cast their ballot saying that it doesn't matter if you are here, we need you to show up on tuesday. >> and we know why he chose to end his campaign in grand rapids? >> well, you might be surprised to learn that donald trump is a very superstitious person and he ended his campaign in 2016 at this very arena in grand rapids, michigan. as we know, donald trump went onto the white house after that election. i'm told a big reason they chose this venue is because of that superstition. they're trying to do everything they can to replicate the results of 2016. we will see if it works. >> from grand rapids, thank you so much. the so-called blue wall of michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania are expected to play a decisive role in determining the next president and the last new york times poll shows a dead heat in the

wolverine state. democratic stronghold turned into a battleground. let's discuss with congresswoman debbie. a democrat from michigan. congresswoman, thank you so much for being with us. you've been gracious with your time and you joined us multiple times. from the beginning you are saying it's not clear yet who would have the advantage in michigan. a few weeks ago you said the same thing. we are now one day before election day. i wonder where you think things stand and which candidate you think has a momentum there. >> so, it's good to be with you and 24 hours left and a little more. i do believe continues to be very tight. the tightness we are seeing around the country but i have moved myself to a new phrase that you are now nauseous lee optimistic. so, it's a great phrase. i did not know, one of my friends said it is a term they used but i've been on the ground. you know this. i've already done six campus today.

as soon as i'm done with you i'm right back out there. there is movement from a month ago. there is movement in the union halls and union workers realize that donald trump has said that they should be fired for walking a picket line. there certainly movement amongst young african-american men and the college students are really recognizing what is at stake. it is still very tight. i'm not going to -- we are doing our work. we are not going to stop until the polls close and i hope young people are in line until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow because they just didn't listen to us and do the early voting. so, it's time. >> congresswoman, you mentioned union workers and african-american voters, i'm curious to get your perspective on arab-american voters because in several key communities , in hamtramck, i hope i said that

right, congresswoman, the mayor there endorsed donald trump in dearborn the mayor declined to endorse a candidate. you also have your colleague declining to endorse. you think of vice president harris loses michigan, will it be because she did not break from president biden enough when it comes to middle east policy? >> so, i'm going to answer the question this way, the arab-american community is not monolithic. some of them are going to vote for donald trump. the mayor that endorsed him last saturday, a friend of mine, is a republican. so, that did not surprise me. some are not going to vote , some are going to vote for jill stein and some are going to vote for kamala harris and i will tell you that i think in some ways donald trump may have made a mistake going to dearborn on friday because he reminded the mayor of dearborn who you just

talked about, donald trump will never be my president. he reminded people of what donald trump -- what he did for president. he declined to endorse and points to president biden but i have heard other arab americans , it's reminded them . the first thing he tried to do got stopped from doing was the muslim travel ban that deport's asians and threats against the humidity -- community. a rally on friday night that's been misreported. she told people to vote the democratic picket. she has not endorsed because this issue is so personal to her but there are a lot of people remembering donald trump not only has said things, he has a track record.

people are hurting. people are hurting in the jewish community and the arab-american community and it is one of the issues that is an issue in this campaign. >> i am also curious about your perspective on the approach from harris in the closing hours. we heard from her short time ago talking to campaign workers at this canvassing kickoff event. she was very optimistic. she did not use donald trump's name and similarly over the weekend at her most recent rally she did not specify who she was talking about when she was attacking the other side, the other guy, et cetera. i wonder what you make of the contrast just a few days ago when she was explicitly laying out her view of the danger she believes that trump poses to the country. is that the right approach in the final few hours? >> look, she is, i think it is very important now that we begin to focus on how we are going to come together post to this election and people, you know, there were people that wondered if mi erasing the fact that donald trump doesn't like me was a mistake and it wasn't

because donald trump goes after political enemies. he named them by name. i remind people that no one should ever say someone should point a barrel at somebody's face and he has threatened. he has talked about the enemy from within. he threatens to use our military forces. you need to remind people on some of the things he's saying right now, i don't want you to be shot for us. i want any member of the media to be shot. he is saying some pretty outrageous things this weekend. i think i'm feeling cautiously optimistic. i just want everybody to know that their vote wins. we have got to come together. we can disagree with each other agreeably but this is been the toughest, most vitriolic, violent, bitter, election i have seen in my lifetime. i'm not old but i'm seasoned and we need, for the sake of this country, to remember the united states of america. >> congresswoman, i appreciate you sharing your perspective

and the sentiment , i would like not to be shot for doing my job. thank you so much. >> thank you. still to come, and battleground georgia it is republican versus republican as election misinformation spreads. we're going to explain. plus, the threat of election violence. the national guard is on standby in at least three states and officials in the nation's capital are taking extra security measures on the eve of election day. and then, later, stormy weather could hit key battleground states as voters head to the polls tomorrow. we have that and much more coming up on cnn news central.

back in 2020, georgia was the closest raised in the

presidential election is joe biden just squeaked out a win by fewer than 12,000 votes. both campaigns are bracing for another close race in the peach state this year as well. >> there was a fake viral video that claim to show immigrants in georgia voting with multiple i.d.s. it's already fueling misinformation and exposing a rift in the states republican party, even as officials there have said this is part of a russian disinformation campaign, likely. this comes as a republican national committee and the georgia republican party have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging hand returned absentee ballots received this weekend in some of george's biggest counties despite the fact that there was already a decision on that very matter in georgia here in recent days. cnn is with us now from fulton county's election hub. what is the most populous county doing to make sure the

election is safe and secure? >> this is a brand-new election hub behind me. this is where they're going to be counting the votes tomorrow and we know these vote counting centers have really become magnets for misinformation. officials earlier were walking us through how the process is going to work and the steps they have taken to make sure this is a secure process. first of all, when you cast your ballot across the state of georgia tomorrow at these polling precincts there are going to be panic buttons in the event anything goes wrong and local officials need them. there are also going to be police officers at fulton county at their 177th polling precinct. that is the same in 2020. they are there to address any issues. when the polls close, when those tallies of ballots in those ballot images are on the memory sticks that are removed from the voting machines those memory sticks are going to have a police escort to get here to the elections hub where they are going to be tallied. there are going to be these cameras inside. they were showing us earlier, their filming 24/7 on the process of tabulating the votes. there's also going to be a police presence here 24 hours a day for as long as it

takes them to get through finishing in fulton county here, guys. >> what happens to those ballots that republicans are challenging? >> right. so, it was about $300 that came in over the weekend. there was more being dropped off today and republicans say they have been cast illegally. as you pointed out a state judge disagreed. republicans have gone to federal court. officials told us today that they're segregating those ballots which means they are essentially making sure that they are identifiable while this lawsuit goes on. it does not mean there picking them up and throwing them away it just means that while they are the subject of litigation they need to be able to know how to identify these couple hundred of ballots that are being litigated over, guys. >> all right. thank you so much. let's talk more about this now. upholster and a communication strategist. all right, frank, so, we are hearing, and i know this is all about sometimes what a campaign is projecting but they believe

they have multiple pathways to 270. so, is this, in your opinion, the harris campaign projecting optimism or do you see multiple paths as well? >> they do have multiple paths but every path goes through either pennsylvania or michigan. there is no way that either candidate can win without at least one of those two states. it is absolutely necessary. we are watching these accusations on the ground. it is very concerning because it tells me that we are going to have to same disruption that we had in 2020, an election that was clearly decided . there is a winner and a loser. i'm praying we don't have the same thing this time. you can already see it and i'm watching social media very carefully, i believe there is a very effective effort to challenge every one of these accusations and i'm glad we are not talking about the

polling because the polling is now done. it's now just about the voting and the counting of the voting and the verification of that count and, so far, it does not appear like any of these are grounded in any kind of fact but we know that there will be attempts and interference and it's just a real tragedy that here is the greatest country on the face of the earth, the greatest electoral system and the strongest democracy and it seems to be going through this for the second election in a row. >> yeah, i share those sentiments, frank. i do wonder what you think the most likely path is for vice president harris and for former president donald trump to get to 270. where do you see the likelihood of some of those things landing? >> the key for trump is the latino vote in arizona and nevada and what he said a week ago about what the comedian said at the madison square garden event. the stupid comments and the fact that they were allowed to stand may hurt trump , probably not in other

latino communities, clearly in the puerto rican community and that is a big deal in pennsylvania. so, he has to look at arizona and nevada because of latinos and in the south, georgia and north carolina because they are ever so slightly leaning republican. and then he only has to take one of the industrial states. i think harris on the other hand, she is ahead pretty clearly in wisconsin and for her, she just needs to sweep both pennsylvania and michigan and then it will not matter what happens in those southern states or those western states. both of them can lose a key state and still make up the difference but, my god, we have never seen it this tight. older union voters , these are the key voter blocks that will determine the election. >> frank, you mentioned the

comedian and, as we see, both candidates in pennsylvania right now, both visiting majority latino communities, correct me if i'm wrong, could you really see pennsylvania turning on that comedian referring to puerto rico as a floating island of garbage at a trump riley? >> it's going to be 1% election. it's going to be literally 50,000 votes between them. maybe hundred thousand. that is still 1%. so, whenever there is a negative message and trump had been doing very well up to that point with organized labor, with rank-and-file union members, he had been doing well in the latino community. that stops your momentum. similarly, because i want to be balanced year, when joe biden made that garbage comment, that is likely to bring out more trump voters , likely to agitate that trump base and ensure that every trump voter actually votes. the key is the people who want a

candidate but stay home and in the end they don't participate and right now, up i would've sat trump voters are more active, more engaged, more likely to vote. over the past 96 hours, i've seen the polling that i have been looking at, a slight shift that benefits harris among this intensity to actually participate. >> i'm curious to get your thoughts on the early vote because we have had 70 million ballots that have already been cast. some folks on either side have tried to tell us that they have the advantage because they see this in the data or the other side saying similar things. which side you think really has the edge when it comes to early voting right now? >> both of them. it depends what narrative you want to follow. both narratives are actually correct. harris is driving out female voters and she is doing particularly well, better than any candidate has done among women in time and

trump is successful in bringing out republicans did not vote early in 2020. particularly in those swing states. i can make a case for either side. in the end, it's really going to be the low propensity voters that make the difference. for harris, that is younger women, for trump, that is older men who don't normally participate in elections but feel that this one really matters. i know i'm not really giving you, i'm not being definitive because you can't be definitive. i'm being accurate with you because this is how divided we are. >> frank, thank you so much for that. we do want to head now to former president trump. he is in pennsylvania. let's listen in. >> tomorrow we are going to vote, vote, vote. we are right there. where right there. and then we are going to do something, a term you have never heard of, make america great again. that is what we are going to do. so, hello to pennsylvania. a very special place. i went to school here,

as you know. i spent a lot of time here. have a lot of friends here. i'm thrilled to be back in this beautiful commonwealth with thousands of proud, hard-working americans. great people. great people. you built this country , i have to tell you. you built this country. you're going to save this country too. because, you know, if we win pennsylvania, not me, if we win pennsylvania, we win the whole ball of wax. it's over. so, i would like to begin by asking you a very, very easy, simple question. are you better off now than you were four years ago? with your vote tomorrow, i will and inflation. i will stop the invasion of criminals coming into our country and i will bring back the american dream.

you can have the american dream back. what a shame what they have done to our country. they have destroyed our country but we are going to get it back and fast. we are a nation in decline but that will not be long, believe me. after four years of economic suffering, will we create the greatest economic boom the world has ever seen. it's all coming back, all those companies that left us with the jobs. they are all coming back. think of this. we are just one day away. we have been waiting. i have been waiting for years for this. and so have you. and so have you. we have all been waiting for years. one day, you have got to show up. i don't want any money. i don't want anything. just show up and bring your vote and if you had somebody

else that got a little lazy, bring that person too. say, jim, you have to get off the couch. come on. we've got a make america great again, jim. we are just one day away from what will be the most important political event in the history of our country. but you have to get out. we have to vote. to show up and vote. really, what we should do is swamp them. just swamp them tomorrow. you know, we have a massively -- i like telling you that, to be honest, we have a massively, first time ever, a republican was leading by a lot in early voting. it didn't happen. the republicans would always be way behind. they believe in going on election day so we will let you go on election day, right? but they waited until the end, always. democrats always have hundreds of thousands of votes

and then they catch them and you never know what is going to happen. but republicans have never been in the lead and not like this. it's a big number. so, we have to just get out, you know? the ball is in our hand. we are at the two yard line , maybe the one yard line, but it's in our hand and we put it over that and it'll be the biggest event maybe in the history of our country and let me tell you, it will be something much more important than that. it's going to save our country because our country is in trouble. but that's all you need to know and another thing you want to know is kemal a broke it and i will fix it and fast. america will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer and stronger than ever before. the selection is a choice between whether we will have four more years of gross incompetence and failure ,

that's what it was, four years of gross. nothing good happened. what good happened? they cheated on their numbers. you saw last week they cheated on all their economic -- we are in, like, a depression territory. i will give you advance notice. 12,000 jobs. when did you hear that? that's like for walmart. that's not for us. that's not for our country. it's 250. 300, 400, 100. 12,000. we lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs over the last month. think of that. it's going to be that or whether we will begin the four greatest years in the history of our country. we are going to make these unbelievable years. and we are starting from a negative. you know? we are starting from, like, about 15 yards off the field. we are not starting at the 20, we are starting from 15

yards off the field and speaking of football, maybe we can get the nfl to drop that relate -- ridiculous kickoff. what is that? i watched a game the other day and i said what the happened? they kicked off and nobody moved. oh, well. that is up to them. this will be the golden age of america. tomorrow, it's a beautiful term. i was proofing and reading and all that stuff and what a beautiful term, the golden age. we are going to be in the golden age. so, tomorrow, you have to stand up and tell kamala harris that you have had enough. you're not going to take it anymore. you are the most incompetent vice president we have ever had and joe biden was the worst president in the history of our country. kamala harris, you are fired get the hell out of here.

you are fired. this is a hell of a nice place. thank you. with your vote, we're going to win pennsylvania and we are going to defeat kamala and those radical left , what they are doing to our country. crazy nancy pelosi. what's about her? she has visa stock. big position. you know she started off with nothing now she is worth $200 million. how did that happen? so, she has visa stock and she sells her stock the day before it was announced that visa is under major federal investigation. i don't know. i wonder. do you think

she had any insider information? i don't know. it's disgraceful. honestly, she is a disgrace. they ought to throw her the hell out of congress. we are going to make america great again and it is going to be fast. we're going to do it fast. go fast track. over the past four years, kamala has orchestrated the most egregious betrayal that any leader in american history has ever inflicted upon our people. she has violated her oath of office. she has eradicated our sovereign border and released an army of gangs and criminal migrants from prisons and jails, insane asylums and mental institutions from all around the world from venezuela and the congo and africa, stealing countless american lives and these are rough customers that are coming. much rougher than almost anybody in this room other than the other night i had the penn state national

champion wrestling team. think of this. they have a great coach. they have won exactly 11 out of the last 13 national -- >> you've been listening for a few minutes to former president trump and what has been a particularly winding part of comments there. he was urging his supporters to implore their friends, who may be lazy voters, to get off the couch and vote. he was heralding a big lead for republicans in early vote which we have seen this lead but we don't know what it means. we just have to

be very clear about that. there have, obviously, been different circumstances here in recent elections. 2020, and, of course, before that early voting was a little bit different in terms of popularity, in terms of rules. so, it is very hard to extrapolate what we can see from this. we just need to be very clear as people are trying to read tea leaves here but he railed against harris and in their peppered, in there, boris was railing against the nfl kickoff rule change and nancy pelosi stock trades. >> yeah, the former president going on a number of tangents weaving, as he describes it, he seems to condense his argument to these voters in reading, pennsylvania by telling them the importance of the commonwealth in determining the next presidency. and comical, if we win pennsylvania, we win the whole ball of wax. he also asked them flatly to condemn -- condense his closing argument are you better off than you were four years ago as he continued to attack vice president harris and president biden. we will continue to monitor the president's remarks. when we come back, torch ballot boxes, threatened violence and the national guard on standby. the state of election security in just moments. stay with us.

the threat of violence after the election remains very real. across the country state and local officials are increasing security . in washington the fbi says it has established a command post to respond to election related threats. >> also in washington, officials are taking steps to install extra security measures around the vice president's residence and also at local businesses. cnn is following all of this for us. d.c. officials just wrapping up a news conference. what did they say? >> well, essentially they said they are ready and at this

point they have no information about any credible threats but the reality is they have been actively preparing for the worst, not just for protests but even for potential political violence, even writing in the coming days given what happened in 2020. they are really on high alert taking those active steps. for example, the room we are standing right now, this will be a command center open tomorrow, one of several in this area that will be packed with people. federal law enforcement, local officials, we know that the police department, even today and through the week will be fully activated. that means every officer will be on the street working 12 hour shifts, guys. as you mentioned, already others across d.c. are taking security measures into their own hands. we have seen businesses around the white house that are boarding up given damaged that they experienced back in 2020 and we have also seen fencing go up around the white house and

around vice president, harrises resident at the naval observatory. certainly a lot of people on high alert right now who are concerned about safety. take a listen. here's what d.c.'s police chief said just a few minutes ago. >> let me be clear, there will be no tolerance for violence in our city. no destruction or any unlawful behavior. as i've said before, we will hold all offenders accountable. we will not tolerate the destruction of property and we will not tolerate threats to public safety as well as the selection process. should it require additional time to know the results of the selection, we want everyone to know that we are ready to handle many different scenarios and we have the right people in place to keep our city safe. >> guys, the police chief said officers will be patrolling the areas around polling places tomorrow as well but law enforcement across the country are walking a tight rope on election day because they don't want to over police those polling places where they can become, they are worried it

could suppress votes that people are uncomfortable with that. so, they are really doing a balancing act there but definitely folks are concerned about safety here in the nation's capital just a few hours from election night. >> they definitely don't want to discourage voters from casting their ballots. washington state, oregon, nevada, they've all put their national guard units on standby. is that as a precaution or have they already received some threats. >> as far as we can tell at this point, it really is a precaution. obviously, we know what happened with the attack on the ballot drop boxes in washington and oregon but even the governors there have said at this point it is really a precautionary measure and we just heard from d.c.'s mayor who said that they are looking at potentially requesting assistance from the national guard in the weeks ahead. i think that is on the radar of a lot of state and local leaders given what we saw four years ago. >> all right, gabe, thank you

so much. we will have much more after a quick break. stay with cnn.

quick check of where things stand right now hours out from election day. the candidates making their final pitches. former president trump in pennsylvania right now and he will and his night in grand rapids, michigan, the same city where he wrapped up his 2016 campaign. >> meantime, vice president kamala harris is all and i'm pennsylvania. she is spending her entire day on the ground there in the commonwealth with at least five different stops. pennsylvania, of course, the biggest electoral prize out of all the battleground states. this is her 18th trip there since she launched her campaign in july. just a short time ago the harris campaign revealed when it believes they will start to see battleground

results. they expect near-complete results from georgia, michigan and north carolina by the end of tomorrow night. they think most of wisconsin's results will be in by wednesday as well as additional results in pennsylvania. maybe some optimism that we will get a quick answer on the question of who will win the presidential election. we want to pivot now to some of the other headlight this hour. the industry losing one of its trailblazing luminaries. musician and producer quincy jones passed away at the age of 91 in his home in los angeles. that's according to representatives. his decades long career included highlights like michael jackson's genre thrilling thriller album. >> nasa and spacex are set to launch a resupply mission to the international space station later today. a dragon spacecraft will be loaded with 6000 pounds of equipment, food, supplies, and several

experiments. coming up, storms could hit parts of the south and midwest tomorrow including key swing states. how the election day forecast is shaping up next.

at this point in the presidential race, it all comes down to voter turnout. so, what role will mother nature play in all this? >> let's go to meteorologist chad myers in the cnn weather center. what is the forecast looking like for election day? >> stormy overnight into tomorrow morning in places. in the sum of the battleground

states. right now we already have tornadoes on the ground in places with a few tornado watches but also tornado warnings going on at this point. yes, it moves into parts of arkansas and missouri but watch what happens tomorrow as the rain, kind of, slides off towards the east. i will stop it at noon. rain from chicago all the way toward st. louis, big cities there, of course, all the way to the gulf coast and by tomorrow night when voting is over things have calmed down. there will be snow in the rockies but the people out there deal with that pretty well. pick your state, storms from the gulf coast to the great lakes and then the colder air back to the west. not that cold though. look how warm columbia's -- columbus, 80 degrees tomorrow. showers in atlanta in the morning but late at best. let's get right to this. i'm going to speed through these because, yes, there will be showers and parts of wisconsin and also into michigan but the true threat is if there is over one inch of rain fall that is when the voters start to come down a little bit by 1%. will that be

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