the third hour of election day voting at this particular polling site. all smooth. no line. the longest we saw was just after the polls opened with 20 people back. right now it's good. all smooth. i did speak to the first person in line who said she was not sure if she was going to vote but ultimately decided to do that and how one reason was reproductive rights. >> isabel rosales out there in the field. kate, over to you. >> hello. we are in pennsylvania. i don't know why i was surprised . we have been and bensalem high school all morning meeting with voters . we met with trump voters and harris of voters which is fitting because of bucks county where we are is one of those critical swing counties in pennsylvania . how bucks county go could say a lot about how pennsylvania is going to go with its big prize of 19

electoral votes. we will be here all day. >> sara in wisconsin. thank you offered joining us. cnn's special coverage of election day in america continues. i'm anderson cooper in new york helping cnn's special coverage of election day in america. right now polls opening and several western states including california and nevada. americans are entering the final hours of casting in

person votes in a race that is too close to call. the polarized nation will finally make its voice. either kamala harris or donald trump we each spend their final day of campaigning in swing states pitching competing visions for america. control of congress is up for grabs. democrats hope to lift the house and republicans want to capture the senate. the fbi is establishing around-the-clock command post for election threats. investors say there's been an increase in threats this election year. our correspondence of fanned out across the country and in the all-important battleground states that could decide the race . there's a lot to get to through this our pick the single most important battleground may be pennsylvania with its 19 electoral votes and daniel freeman is in lancaster county. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: good morning. we are in lancaster county in the state of pennsylvania. i am in millersville borough, a little town southwest of the city of lancaster. we are at a polling place in the middle of two polling places. one at a funeral home and one where we are at the municipal building. i want to take you inside to give you a flavor of what we see here today. the judge of election said we could be 10 feet from the polling place

itself. you can see we have both parties here and then behind us is where folks are voting. this particular spot is interesting because lancaster county is a traditionally red area. former president donald trump one in 2016 and 2020 is the biggest traditionally red county in pennsylvania but democrats are trying to compete and if they can get their margins up, that could give us an idea of how close the commonwealth will be. this site earlier this morning there was a line around this corner right here . they have almost 300 ballots cast today. they have 1100 ballots ready to go at this polling site and the judge of elections says so far turnout is looking good. we will monitor everything out here and talking to voters . do we have one we can speak with quickly? hey. how are you doing? what's your name? >> janice? >> my name is danny. you just voted? how was the experience?

>> quick and easy. >> would like to hear that. who did you vote for? >> yes. >> donald trump. >> reporter: why did you vote for former president trump? >> the economy more than anything. >> reporter: that was the biggest issue. >> and his stance on immigration. >> reporter: how do you feel about the level of turnout? lancaster county will be very important for former president trump hopes to carry pennsylvania, right? >> probably. yes. i think it will be pretty close in this county. yeah. in this county. >> reporter: are you nervous about his chances today? >> a little. >> reporter: why is that? >> i'm confident from what i see, except in the city. that's where most of the votes are. >> reporter: thank you for your time. appreciated and thank you for voting. that's the most important thing. have a good one. a flavor of what's happening out here. traditionally red county. we will see if there are more

voters like we just met as we spend more time at here today. >> danny freeman. thank you. polls opening in nevada. the national guard on standby. stephanie is at the stadium in las vegas, allegiant stadium. what are you seeing there >> reporter: there is a lot of excitement here today and that is because people are excited to vote here at allegiant stadium. you just open the gates at 7:00 local time and if you look you were standing out here but have now gone through there and making their way into allegiant stadium to cast their vote. we spoke to two women who got here at 5:00 in the morning. voting did not start until 7:00. they were very excited to vote on election day. i would be remiss if i did not mention there were a lot of raiders fans just as excited to get inside the stadium to vote. as you were mentioning. you do have the national guard on standby. governor lombardo in nevada putting 60 national

guard troops on standby as they've done in other elections. also work on and washington where we seen ballots burnt , the national guard is also on standby. all of this as different municipalities are looking to make sure this is a safe and fair election in the states. the energy will be continuing to ramp up in nevada we here at allegiant stadium the rater rats will come by later on. that's how they keep people enthused with djs throughout the day as more people make their way into allegiant stadium so they can cast their vote just as the polls are opening. >> stephanie elam. thank you. now we go to madison and josh campbell. what's it like there? >> reporter: i love election day. he served as an election worker and a precinct captain and see the inspiring moment where people are coming out to vote and the work of the volunteers spending their time to make democracy work. i went to get to the voters. let's bring in a couple guys that we

have guillermo and joey. guillermo is the first time voter picky were the first time. tell me why you came out? >> it's one of those few things that everyone is afforded to do so i think it's important everyone, and speak their mind and have a say about what goes on and what happens agreement any bigger issues on your mind that attribute to the polls? >> definitely the economy. what is huge. i do think this is the most important election of our lifetime. it's important to vote, especially for young people so i urge any young person wanting to go out and vote today. so many issues on the ballot in so many things to vote for. >> reporter: is a first-time voter, what is your message to people who save my vote doesn't count? >> every vote counts. you will have to live here and experience what comes through from your vote. it's important you accept that and come here and have a say on what goes on. >> reporter: are you comfortable telling me who you voted for?

>> i will keep that under wraps. i do urge everyone to go out and vote. it's super important. at the end of the day there are many people out there who have the same mentality of my vote doesn't count. when you have a bunch of people that think that, it could sway an election. >> reporter: the vote is secret. no one knows how you voted but the important part is they are coming out to vote. it's worth pointing out this state is one of nearly two dozen where you can register the same day, like guillermo did. what you need to do is bring some form of identification like a driver's license or military i.d. or passport , as well as proof of residency and you can vote. officials are continuing to get that message out. even if you haven't registered to vote yet, there is still time. >> wish to point out in wisconsin that joe biden won by 20,000 votes in 2020 so every vote in wisconsin is vitally

important, as it is everywhere. thank you. both campaigns believe they have multiple paths to 270. let's go to phil mattingly at the magic wall. >> at the magic wall we are waiting for votes to start to come in and we will report those later tonight. this is the forecast. where you see gold, those are the seven battleground states we have been talking about them for the last several months. there are two clear pathways for each candidates. if you talk to the campaigns they would say that's the easiest way to get to 270 electoral vote threshold. if you are the harris campaign, all you need to do is win three states and you can get above 270. or at 270. those of the blue wall we talked about that donald trump imploded in 2016 for the republican side. joe biden won those states back. wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. that would get harris to 270 even if she loses north carolina, georgia, arizona and nevada. what about the trump campaign?

watch where the candidates spend money. that will tell you what they're thinking and when it comes to the republican campaign, they are spending a ton of money and time in the commonwealth of pennsylvania and georgia. if they hang onto the only bataclan state donald trump won in 2020, north carolina, donald trump is at 270. if you're the harris campaign and you lose pennsylvania and georgia , two states joe biden one in 2020, does that mean it's over? not necessarily. as this moves along, this is a different election. not everything will track with 2020 or 2016. we've seen donald trump in north carolina a lot the last couple days. say kamala harris flips north carolina toward the democrats for the first time since 2008 and wins michigan and wisconsin. she would need either arizona or nevada to put her over the top. there are

multiple pathways for both candidates and the big question right now is our voters and the trends in many of these states the following what has happened in the past? this is the map we are waiting to fill in . this is 2024. 2020. a couple counties and those blue wall states we're watching through the course of the night matter not necessarily because they will tell the be all and all of the race but what they will show is there are two counties in wisconsin that barack obama won twice that donald trump won in 2016 and joe biden one in 2020. door county and sauk county. in michigan, saginaw county , extraordinarily close back in 2020 when joe biden was able to flip it back. what about pennsylvania? there are two clear bellwethers and this commonwealth. erie is tops among them. a blue-collar town where the older population in

the community and counties are critical to watch. also north hampton. a critical area of the state for both campaigns. obama to trump to biden . what happened tonight? you see how close the margin is and we will watch those through the evening. i'm joined now by our senior political analyst gloria burger and mj lee, who is in washington. pennsylvania for both candidates is important . >> is the most important not only because of the 19 electoral votes but they both need it to win and that's why you see them spending so much time there. he was talking about bellwether counties. look at bucks county in pennsylvania. a very wealthy county. it used to be republican but has trending democratic since 1992. you can look at that tonight. even though pennsylvania will not finish counting early, we know that from history, look at that county tonight and you will see which way it goes and i can tell you something about whether it will be a good night for kamala harris or donald trump. but there are so many

large questions , i think come out there that need to be answered tonight. not only in pennsylvania but these other states . and i think the question to me is , did kamala harris succeed in distancing herself from joe biden enough? 70% of the country thinks it's on the wrong track. how did she overcome that? it's a very difficult hurdle for her and she has emphasized character, but, the question is , is she able to overcome the questions about the economy and immigration? >> mj , what is the president doing today? has he already voted? >> reporter: the president, obviously , is in a different position than what he expected the position he would be in even a couple of months ago . just to sum up. this is been an extraordinary and unlikely campaign in so many ways . the

president, of course, after that cnn debate where he had such a poor performance that shocked many across the party ended up having to drop out and that is the reason why we now have kamala harris versus donald trump race. the president, for the most part in the last couple of weeks , has taken a back seat. we have seen a number of times where he has misspoken or had these political gaffes, which is what democrats had feared all along . and it's clear that as the vice president is trying to forge this path forward and create a campaign and a candidacy that is completely her own, there has been a little bit of distancing . we heard the vice president go from saying i can't think of anything i would actually do differently than the president has over the last 3 1/2 years to saying my administration is going to be completely different from that of the

president. this is been a balancing act for the vice president and i think it's been stark the ways in which we have seen the president not have a prominent role in this campaign. he has not been out there campaigning aggressively alongside the vice president and that's not a big coincidence at all. >> it's incredible, gloria , it's been so fast paced for what feels like years but certainly the last several months since that debate that nobody anticipated having the climate and the effect it had on president biden's campaign that it had. and the sheer velocity of this race ? >> imagine how joe biden feels. he will be watching election returns in the white house tonight and it's not his race anymore. and this happened so quickly. and i think, you know, he is a big boy and he understands that kamala harris had to run her own race. but he

also understands that he hasn't been asked to be out there a lot because he has made a lot of mistakes and because he's deeply unpopular in the country. that is a hard thing for a president

>> -- but she also aggressively courted republicans with the country over party message she returns to harvard university tonight pick a big homecoming for her. this is a place the community describes as a mecca. here's what she's thinking. take a listen.

you know it comes down vary narrow margins. counties the country. expectations are will be up to tonight. after the selection, we have to ask ourselves why it takes so long. there countries out there that don't have our resources who are delivering vote as as quickly. in miami-dade county, over a million people live here and the results come back quickly. with the election tonight, it is going to be a late night. i think you will be up late and we will be up late. very helpful donald trump will be the 47th president. >> you know campaigns and you know what this is like. what will people be looking for tonight when the polls close as

early indicators of how things might be going. >> it is called pennsylvania. i think one of the things you look at, all the states are counting ballots differently and separately. and publicans have done better in the pre-election day vote whether it is through mail or in person.'s really the election day vote will be critical. the republicans have the same margins of victory? are we performing at the same levels in the form of turnout and the like that we have in past elections? so far, not every state is reporting on an hourly basis. in florida, we see strong numbers for republicans. it is not a state that is considered a swing state anymore. we will be looking for that in other places as well. we go into this election day much stronger position than 2020 and terms of the number of votes from our side that are

already in. obviously we have to see what happens on election day. we don't know how people voted. nowadays, given how polarized things are, party registration is a good indicator of how people plan to vote. >> we were just talking about the more female voters that seem to be going for vice president harris. it seems like the former president has looked at trying to turnout and reach out to lower propensity voters and men. to the joe rogan podcast and others. do you think that has been successful or smart play on his part? >> i think for young men in the country, for people of young men, 18-35, it is tough. job opportunities are difficult to find. the things that were available to previous generations by your mid-20s, he would have a job that would pay you enough to own a home and start a family and begin to save for your future and so forth, it is harder today then

it has ever been. you have to turn that frustration into a vote and into policy changes that make life better for working men and our country pick and it is a population of voters that don't follow around political junkies. these are people where every day are trying to get ahead in life. you have to turn that frustration into a vote and take political action. so they put people in office that actually care about what they are facing and will put forward policies and things that help people like that. not only do i think it is a smart play politically but i think it is essential for the future of the country and that issue be confronted and be solved. and i think obviously, we will find out today whether those efforts were effective. i certainly think president trump enjoys a tremendous amount of support among younger men and our country. that support has to turn into votes and that is what we will be watching for today and what we are hopeful of. >> vice president harris in her closing day or two was not even mentioning the former president by name. want to play something the former president said after

midnight last night at his final campaign rally. let's take a look. >> she is a cricket person. evil, sick, crazy -- it starts with the b but i won't say it. i want to say it. >> he was talking about nancy pelosi. obviously there were a lot of people in his campaign that had a very clear idea of what they wanted his closing argument to be. the economy or the border. are you concerned about some of the tangents he has been going off on the last few days? >> this is a man who has been called adolf hitler and his supporters have been called garbage and compared to nazis by major media outlets. he has to punch back even harder. >> he used to call him a fraud. >> let me tell you something.

if you call somebody adolf hitler, there is really nowhere else to go. those the worst thing you could label anybody . >> that was his vice president that called him adolf hitler. >> that was not. major outlets on this country. >> jd vance. >> no. to put up imagery. maybe it wasn't your network although i could point to things in your network that label anything he says is violent rhetoric including jokes and including things that are off the cuff. he has a unique communication style and he is not going to change the day before. this is the guy who has been subjected to relentless and ruthless attacks against his character and against everything you can imagine. yes. he is going to punch back. no doubt about it. to argue that in the last 24 hours, after you've gotten oprah winfrey -- and celebrities can endorse who they want. but last night she said something at a rally. if you don't vote today, you never get a chance to vote

again. really? come on. this is silly stuff. >> your candidate has been saying that for weeks now about it is the end of america and it is the last election. this is the rhetoric he has been using. i get it. you say oprah said it. and it was jd vance that called him america's hitler. >> jd vance has already addressed that and addressed it in the past. he feels very differently about donald trump today. he is his running mate and is a strong supporter. there are a lot of people that will vote for donald trump today that didn't vote for him in 2020 or 2016. you know what they are saying to themselves. one donald trump was president, life was more affordable, the country was stronger. and ultimately, that is what will matter. when people put gas in their car or have to pay their bills at the end of the month, they believe they will be better off under donald trump then a, here's presidency. that is what will matter on a daily basis and for the future of the country. no doubt both sides are saying that this is

the definition of an election that will determine the future of the country. that is one thing we can all agree on. let's go vote today and make our choice and be blessed to make that choice at the ballot box. i believe our country will be better off, not just over the next four years but for future american generations, if donald trump is elected the 47th president of the united states. >> senator marco rubio, appreciate your time. >> stay with cnn. special coverage of election day in america continues after this short break!

welcome back to cnn special coverage. voters right now going to the polls to make their voices heard. 16 electoral votes are up grabs in the critical battleground state of georgia. we have more from the polling place in lawrenceville. what is the turn out like there? >> reporter: good morning. we are here at the registrar's office where the votes will be tallied up. we wanted to pull the curtain back and show you the life of a ballot. since october 21st, preprocessing of absentee by mail ballots has been happening here under state law. what you are seeing in the

corner is unique to this morning. at 9:00 a.m., tabulation could officially start and that sees rows of machines you are looking at here that were used in early voting are being physically shut down by these volunteers that will be sequestered later. the data will be ripped from memory cards. those memory cards will then be transferred down about 90 yards behind the camera there to a tabulation room and will be adjudicated and then they will wait until 7:00 p.m., at which point they can start uploading the official results to the secretary of state's' office. the election supervisor tells us by 8:00 p.m., we will see about 60-65% of the vote and that will be fascinating to watch. it is the surrounding counties in the suburbs that both campaigns will be watching very closely. >> when polls close in georgia, they will have what percentage of the vote? >> in gwinnett county, they will see about 60-65% of the

votes that have already been cast. statewide, according to the secretary of state, we will see about 70% by 8:00 p.m. so large bulk of the votes that have already been cast, we will see earlier in the evening. >> numbers coming in fast. >> now to the swing state donald trump won, north carolina. 16 electoral votes on the line we have more from a polling site in wilmington, north carolina. what are you seeing their? >> reporter: giant lines. a democratic governor won in 2020. i would usually the moose lodge in new hanover county. a purple county and a purple state. democrats keeping hope alive. we spoke to a mother and her daughter who were here at the polls very early this morning. here's what they have to say about why they were out so early. >> i love election day. i love being out here to vote. it was important that i brought her with me so she understands the

importance of it and why the get up and do this. >> is this your first time voting? >> i'm not allowed to vote. >> she was also very tough. she threatened to do karate on me. in the parking lot, you have the democratic temp and the republican temp. there was a break where there was very few voters. officials inside expected to be busy. >> there were two polling locations in fulton county, georgia that her back open after closing because of non- credible bomb threats. what do we know about that. we just heard from nadine williams that confirms there were non- credible bomb threats reported causing the temporary closure of two pulling locations in fulton county for about 30 minutes will security

officers confirmed these were not credible. these locations are not up and running again and the county said they will try to get a court order to keep the locations open earlier this evening to allow any voters that might have been disrupted to cast their ballots. fulton county is overwhelmingly democrats. i talked to the president of the southern poverty law center who said they don't want this to dissuade anyone from voting and for people to understand voting is safe and secure and they should still show up and cast ballots. anderson, and fulton county, this was already planned. there is a security officer at every one of these precincts. when a threat does get reported, they have a security officer or police officer on site to check this out. that is what happened in this case. a small disruption in voting and hopefully not something we continue to see today. >> next, sources and said the trump campaign tell there is not one thing that will make or break the president's chances.

we continue after this short break.

i'm in virginia where voting is underway. we see a steady flow of voters walking through the doors casting their ballots . we know in this county, fairfax county where i am, 52% of the electorate in this county have cast their ballot. the majority of those early votes. we also are seeing less of energy out here. intensity. stress levels are extremely high. we have spoken to harris voters and trump voters. he see that red tint. that is the republicans from fairfax county. and to the right you have your democrats of fairfax county. we see the majority of the voters coming in and out of here. they all say they are casting the ballot for harris, however i've spoken to several other voters who say they are casting the ballot for trump. those who say there casting a ballot for trump. they say the reason is the economy and immigration. the harris voters save abortion and

democracy are the top issues of top of mind. anderson? >> thank you. we will check in with you . top trump advisers told cnn they are optimistic and believe a win or loss boils down to one issue -- voter turnout. one senior adviser said if the people who we think will turnover president trump turn out, that he ought to win. let's get over to phil mattingly and the magic wall. what are the building blocks to watch ? >> edge much is i desperately want to mock the most tired cliche in politics that it comes out to turn up they are not wrong. this is the map as things stand. it will start to fill in red and blue over the course of the coming hours this evening but let's flash back and get at what the trump adviser is saying. let's start in pennsylvania. it's the most critical state based on visits for candidates and spending by candidates. but they're talking about this this. it's not just how they do and strongholds for the trump or biden campaign. it's if they're able to keep margins down in places where the

opponent will win. what i mean is this. if you are the trump campaign and you watch montgomery county , one of the critical counties outside of philadelphia in 2020, you know the margin and joe biden's run-up was 100 -- 319 thousand votes when it came to how it comes together in pennsylvania and that carried. can donald trump keep the margin down? in 2016 in these areas hillary clinton 158.9% took the trump campaign is trying to hold those counties down in terms of overall output and the looking at the philadelphia county where they believe they have made inroads and there is softness with black male voters. for the biden campaign in 2020 is when you look at the results they ran up a huge vote in these counties and did well in philadelphia and in allegheny county but if you track through this part of the state and scranton where joe biden is from him the campaign was able to hold down the margins in

these republican counties compared to 2016. the story wasn't just these collar counties. it was joe biden's ability to hold down margins. i want to get to population shifts over the last several years. this is the atlanta metro and a critical driver of joe biden's victory in 2020 and pushing into republican counties. 136,000 new people have moved in to this area in the atlanta metro. white voters are down population was 63,000. hispanic, asian and black have a huge influx and surge of new, more diverse electric in the area. what will that mean? there's a realignment and will that continue with the trend we've seen over the last couple of cycles or will there be surprises? there will likely be surprises and in maricopa county total population has been a surge in arizona pick

219,000 across the demographic groups of thousands have added over the last several years. what does that mean? joe biden was able to flip maricopa county in 2020 for the first time in generations. that drove his ability to flip arizona since 1996. can he do that again? the answer will likely lie in that population surge of new voters in the critical county. my team of analysts are here with me. expectations? where is your head at today? >> listening to the quote from trump people, like o.j. simpson was about football announcer because he would say things like at the end of the game it will come down to who gets more points. this is the problem with election day. you are stuck with these platitudes because you don't know anything and we start diving into the data and friedrich nietzsche said , he who looks into the crosstabs, the cross tabs will look into you? you start becoming this crazy data person. he was an underrated

savant. anyway. i think everyone is in this crazy holding pattern flying over the airport. >> a crazy airport holding pattern quoting friedrich nietzsche. i love it. >> and it's only 10:00 in the morning. >> the problem people have is of probabilistic tide doesn't mean a tine result 50-50 in the polls does not mean it will come down to razor thin margins. it could be two football teams are equal but that does not mean that one will not way outscore the other experiment do realize that making football team analogies with anderson cooper -- >> i've been doing an intensive course in sports analogies to get better as an anchor. are there places , obviously pennsylvania , are there places you are looking early on as the votes start to come in you think? >> it's pennsylvania for trump

if he wins north carolina and regains georgia, pennsylvania get them to 270. i'm looking at two groups. the trump campaign and outside group spent a lot of money targeting older jewish women and suburban moms on the educational issue. met with the objective of winning of substantial number but on the margins. 2% to 3%, which can make a difference in a close state that the current president wanted by 80,000 votes in 2020. i'm also looking at younger men. low propensity voters. can the trump campaign effectively target and mobilize them? if they can then it's going to be a good night for the former president. if they can't, is a certificate vulnerability that will likely cause him the state and i would like to add quickly not utilizing nikki haley may also reveal itself to be a mistake. i know the former president views her as perfidious. he doesn't like disloyal people but in electoral politics is about addition and not's obstruction.

a substantial number of republican voters like nikki haley and her style of politics. it would've been smart to utilize her >> disloyal because she wanted to run against him. she is clearly offered her services. they have not been of interest to the campaign. he was talking about getting out low propensity voters. he raised that last night whether that strategy of reaching out to get younger guys who don't necessarily go on about much is effective and you have the ground game to get them to the polls? >> right. it's risky. if rebasing electoral strategy on a cohort of voters who do not usually come out about, that's inherently a risky plan . and the trump campaign has done a very nontraditional thing in outsourcing a lot of it's ground game to outside groups, which just means the campaign has less synthesize data to work with. campaigns are looking on election day as data is coming in. they are checking people off the voter rolls and say that vote is taken care of

. and our wing resources to get people to the polls as we get closer to them closing. the trump campaign does not have total visibility into that data. they can't necessarily trust the fidelity of the data coming from outside groups, they are at a disadvantage >> maybe people at home do not know the extent to which a campaign can track. can you talk about that a little bit? i think it's news to a lot of people. like a well organized ground game beans they know, okay. this particular person has come out. he came to the polls at 9:00 and boated >> campaigns have poll watchers in each district and each precinct watching as data comes in and reporting. data is getting reported officially to the secretary of state and the county. but the campaign is also able to see 30,000 votes of comment from this area. 100,000 votes from that area. lines along. they are gauging and able to see that data in real-time as it goes and the campaign poll watcher is

reporting that information back to the boiler room where the campaign leadership and the data covers are sitting there synthesizing and analyzing the data and redirecting resources . >> a lot of those rallies and concerts you've seen , it's about that. in order to attend a concert or a rally you have to register so you know this is a boater that is highly invested in this campaign and you can track if that voter has already turned in their ballot to vote and you can micro target that voter. i can assure you there were voters at the concert last night who did not vote , they are getting calls this morning being reminded to vote >> we three were party and now you're getting reminded. >> it wasn't a free party. in pennsylvania i'm looking focused on the lehigh valley. it's the third largest puerto rican community in the country and boy did they pick on the

wrong community at that madison square garden rally. i think it's going to mean a five plus change dose payment you think the rally -- >> listen. yeah. they picked on haitians but they happen to be no haitians that have a huge number in swing states. what puerto ricans they made a major mistake yesterday ricky martin flew across the world. fat joe flew across the world to be at that rally and said to puerto ricans, where is your pride? it was like -- in moonstruck? it was that scene where she slapped nick cage and said snap out of it for puerto ricans. >> cher reference. i understand that. i do get the cher reference. >> something kate was talking about . synthesizing the data. usually months before election day , when you are targeting and engaging specifically micro targeting low propensity voters you need to engage them around

seven or eight times. need to be able to have infrastructure in place to know we have hit four or five counties. we've targeted 30,000 people in those counties. we know their addresses and who lives in the home and if they've ever voted or even registered to vote . that sets another set of barriers you need to engage in register them. having been in place makes a huge difference. when you're seeding the infrastructure to outside groups , it does beg the question how effective are they? how experienced are they? are they given that data back to the campaigns of the campaign can say we've hit several counties here and we can take that off the list pick reshuffled dollars to the other side of the state. >> is that a potential weakness? >> a potential huge weakness. i note some politico in wisconsin saying the ground game there from the republican side is an embarrassment . they don't know the names of counties. they don't know what they are doing. some are making up numbers particularly in a state like wisconsin where it is notoriously difficult to poll and are also blind on the ground . you could see a big

swing there. >> teddy. stay with cnn for special coverage of election day in america continues.

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i am anderson cooper. it is election day in america . for millions of americans, this is it, after months of ugly politics, you now have hours to cast their ballots in the 2024 election. across the country most polling sites are open with washington and alaska joining the list moments ago. many polling places reported lines for the sun came up. donald trump and kamala harris spent the final day campaigning at pitching their competing visions for america, the control of congress is also up for grabs today. democrats help to flip the house and the publicans want to capture the senate. our correspondence i found out across the country in important battleground states. voters in those seven battleground states could decide the race we had the

all-important commonwealth of pennsylvania, danny freeman is in lancaster, pennsylvania. >> we are little southwest of the city of lancaster. we are at the municipal building. what is funny about this polling location, which has been pretty busy we have seen a steady flow of voters, this parking lot has two polling locations, one at the funeral home and one right here. i'm going to take you inside so you can get an idea of what we are working with. the head of this site said the rules and make them stay 10 feet away from the actual place. this is the room, i am sorry, this is the room where voters are voting. here are the republicans handing out the i vote stickers and candy as well. in this area of the commonwealth is a red county. the reason we are here is that democrats have been playing in this county in ways they had

never before. we will see with the margins are in this particular spot. you can see democrats are here, they have moved outside since the day has turned lovely over the course of the day. this is probably the lowest time in terms of the voters who have been coming through. early this morning the head of the polling locations that there was a line all the way around the building. they are expecting for folks to turn up here as we get closer to lunchtime. they have about 1100 ballots ready inside of this polling location, ready for voters to come and grab. so far they are around 300 ballots counted and cast so far in person. keep an eye on this polling paid place at this date moves forward. >> thank you very much. we were showing a shot of doyle said, i believe it was, the line there is around the block. let's get to madison, wisconsin. >> reporter: a steady flow of borders here in ward 55 in downtown madison. let's bring in two voters. we have lily, we

have maddie, graduate students from the university of wisconsin, graduate of the university of wisconsin. why did you come out? >> there has been a lot of rallies around and a lot of excitement it is a huge day. i feel like you have to go out and make a difference . in a state like this you can but i just have to make my vote count. >> what issues are on your mind coming out ? >> i did have the pleasure of going to the kamala rally a couple of days ago and i am really feeling inspired to protect women's rights and my own body. >> is that the same thinking among your circle of friends and family ? is that a major issue? >> absolutely. all women's rights and just seeing a female leader for the very first time in the u.s. would be amazing. >> your thoughts on seeing the first woman president? >> i think it is all exciting. >> any other last-minute words that people should know , maybe

those sitting on the sidelines that have not gone out to vote ? >> just get out and vote, it will make a difference. everywhere is tight. you cannot sit back and hope that other people are going to take care of it. >> cannot say better than that. anderson, back to you. >> let's get to the battleground state of arizona, the polls have been open for about three hours. ed, how is it looking? >> reporter: we are here to get a sense of the voters here in maricopa county . this is by far the largest county in the state of arizona, about 60% of the total vote in this state will be cast here in this county. that is why we are here , to really get a sense of suburban women voters and how the abortion issue is playing out. are they driving away from trump? we talked to a variety of women today. there has been kind of a no true consensus on which way they have voted. we

have heard a little bit of everything here at this particular polling site. people are dedicated to this process . at this particular site we have heard from several people who have waited in line for more than an hour this morning. there are almost 250 voting centers across maricopa county . the county has a website where you can go check the times and how long you have to wait to vote. this is one of the longer centers. you have to follow through this area to walk into the building. this is as far as we are allowed to get to this situation. inside people are casting the ballot spirit i heard one woman a little while ago as all of these people, volunteers with various campaigns were giving her flyers and one woman said she is still undecided as she was walking inside into the building. exciting moments here . many people that we have talked to said they have seen a steady stream all morning long of voters coming out in surprise arizona and here in

maricopa county him it is going to play a significant role in how the election will turn out in this battleground state. >> still undecided going into the voting place. i am curious to know what she ended up deciding. thank you so much. of vote totals begin to come in tonight, some key counties would give us clues on who ultimately will win. what are the counties to watch? >> to be honest there are about 50 in each state. we are sort of getting results yet, and eight hours we will. that means we should look back. i am going to track back to where our reporters were but they were all in critical counties i will start with maricopa county. if you watched any coverage in 2020 you probably had maricopa burned into your brain. this is seeking 1% of the entire states voting population. this is a huge driver of the vote, obviously but it is the primary

reason that joe biden was able to win in 2020 it flipped to blue for the first time since 1956. this is also a republican county, republican dna. the question going into tonight, can kamala harris match joe biden's margin here? the first time the democrats flipped it in a significant amount of time . we know, if you flip down here in pima county, this is a democratic stronghold, they could run up a big vote here, can she match or come close to what joe biden did in maricopa back in 2020 ? that is where ed was. let's flip over to where josh campbell was in wisconsin. the home of madison , 10% of the voting population, this is not a place for donald trump is competing or thinks he will win by a significant amount. this is a place where kamala harris needs to run up a huge vote. look at the margin in 2020 joe biden won by 50 points how much bigger can you get? the reality is when we talk to democrats

come if they could push this up to 78, 79% in terms of the vote, you can close it out almost entirely through dayton county. it is obvious the home to the university of wisconsin. we are looking at milwaukee, the largest county in the state, whether trump can hold the margins down there but also the counties outside, particularly that has been moving away from a public into last several months. i want to go into pennsylvania, dan freeman was done here in lancaster pennsylvania , this is not affected to be a harris win or a flip the question for the trump campaign, he won by 15 points and 2020 button 2017 the margin was wider. places like western pennsylvania and allegheny will be a democratic stronghold, butler, washington, trump's margins fell in those areas. can he those backup to matchup for what we know will be a strong turnout for

democrats and those counties. >> one of the amazing things about what you will be able to do all throughout the day is comparing trump's turnout this time around to turnout in 2020 and 2016 it is rare to have that history to look at. every state has its own rules about how votes a candidate counted and reported. i want to bring in our chief correspondent paula reid . she is tracking when we will see results. walk us through what to expect. >> people are eager to know when they will learn more about which way the races leaning. let's start with the battleground states here on the east coast starting in georgia. the polls close at 7:00 p.m., you can expect early and mail-in boats will be reported first followed by cast today. the smaller counties will report the bulk of their poor votes before the larger urban counties. all of the state votes are affected to be reported tonight. let's move on to north carolina where the polls close at 7:30. first

reports are expected to be mail-in boats followed by early votes and the ballots cast today. nearly all votes are expected to be reported tonight except for provisional ballots which could be a larger share of the total because of new voter id laws in the state. and also because of the impact the hurricane had on north carolina. now, moving on to pennsylvania . one of the most closely watched states in the entire electoral map. there polls close at 8:00 p.m., large counties are likely to report significant numbers of male in votes after the polls close, but it could take several days for all of the mail-in ballots in that state. election officials cannot begin processing the mail-in ballots until election day. now moving into swing states and nutmeg midwest in michigan, polls close 8:00 p.m. eastern time, reporting varies by county , all of the votes are reported by midday wednesday, moving onto wisconsin polls there

close not a clock p.m. eastern time. the state typically reports all of its results on election night, large minutes the pallet is like a report mail-in and early ballots early wednesday. moving on to the west coast. some straggly states . arizona polls close at 9:00 p.m. votes are not reported until an hour after the polls closed then you get early and mail-in votes reported first and then counting could continue for several days. in nevada the polls close at 10:00 p.m. eastern time, no votes are recorded until every polling place in the state is closed. most counties release mail-in ballots first and then ballots postmarked on election day accepted until november 9th. counting will continue for several days. the answers are coming, we should know something tonight but the answers might be slow coming . >> paula reid, thank you. >> millions of americans casting the pallet like in

north carolina where we find cnn's miguel marquez. let's join him alive. i was looking? >> reporter: lines, lines, lines, voters, voters, voters. this is the shortest line has been. 6:30 until now it has been jampacked . both campaigns want to win this county, it is a purple county , new hanover in a purple state. democrats are hopeful to take north carolina this year. they have come closer in the past, we will have a lot more on cnn special live coverage coming up.

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back with you now on election day in america. voters coast-to-coast heading to the polls, nevada is one of several battleground states expected to be pivotal to decide on who wins the white house. stephanie, how does it look this our? >> things are going smoothly. we have heard clark county as things are continuing on we are

able to go inside and take a look at what is happening inside of allegiant stadium. they have 98 polling setups right there for people to go in. so much so they are waiting for people to show up to get inside and vote. i can update here on this app that clark county has and so far today we have been open for an hour and 17 minutes at this location and they have had 274 people make their way in here to vote just to give you an idea of how people are showing up. we had a lot of people here before the polls open wanted to be in line. many people expressing they wanted to vote today on election day to be part of a historic day, whichever way that met for them. that could be to seem. there were a whole lot of people that wanted to vote because this is the first time that nevada has opened up allegiant stadium just off of the las vegas strip to voters. this is the first time they are doing it, a lot of people who

might be fans of the raiders also want to come out and cast their vote in this historic election and also in this historic place for the first time. we are seeing a lot of movement there and a lot of people continuing to trickle in and make their way to cast their votes. >> that is the same right now. stephanie abram, thanks so much. moving to battleground michigan, carly atwood is at a polling site. what is it look like there? >> we are eight miles south of grand rapids in kent county, it is a critical county in this battleground state. i want to say was taken place here at brookside church as folks are coming in, polls have been open since 7:00 a.m. come if you look over here voters come in and they fill out their information to make sure they are in the right precinct, there are two precincts that are voting here at brookside church. what they do is they move over to this table here. this is where they check in with the clerks. you will not

see many voters right now but there has been a pretty steady flow of voters going throughout the day, maybe when we get around lunchtime more folks will come in. once they check in with the clerks, they get their ballots and then they moved to these private places where they are able to fill out the ballots. these are paper ballots across michigan. once they have filled out the ballots they move over to the tabulator, they put the pallet in and they work out. i have been talking to folks all day and it has been an easy process for them to vote here in michigan, here in the county that is considered a urban, suburban area . one of the reasons for that is because a lot of people cast their ballots here in michigan early. there was the opportunity for them to do absentee ballots and there were at least eight days of early voting across the state. a lot of people have cast their ballots in advance of today. of course, we are talking to voters who voted for both candidates in michigan so far be it

>> kylie atwood, thank you so much. >> control of congress is also at stake, a single seat could tip the balance for four years. let's talk about the balance of power. >> keep in mind, both chambers, 435 members of congress are up for reelection and a number of u.s. senators. a chamber currently divided 51-49 , every race matters. for democrats to hold majority, there are a number of matters. there will be 11 key races that we are paying attention to, particularly in this area were here they track with the blue wall that is so critical in the presidential election. when we talk , both republicans and democrats acknowledge the state of montana is a place that they will have a tough hill to climb. tester has been able to do before, whether he can do at this time with presidential turnout in a state that donald trump is inspected to win by handy double digits will be a

big question. we know west virginia is certain to go to republican hands, that is one win. joe manchin retiring at the democrat not competing hard. that is 50-50 if the democrats do not pick up seats. montana would be 51 that would be the majority . the big question for democrats, they hope jon tester can hold on. they are also watching tammy baldwin in wisconsin, the race in michigan and probably the most important, share brown , who has consistently as ohio has gone further and further into the red:been able to hold on with the working-class mentality. he has been able to hang on. the state moved far in the other direction , can he do it one more time against bernie marino? that is a big question. not expecting the harris campaign to play, it has not played much in ohio. the northeastern part of ohio will be interesting, similar demographic makeup as pennsylvania, there could be some signs that are interesting. what about the house this is close, everything

seems close. what is most fascinating about this cycle when you talk to republicans and democrats is the most important seats the bulk of the tossup critical seats are in blue california and blue new york. they know democrats, if they need to win a lot of the seats back some are in districts that joe biden won and in some cases handily in 2020. it is a 220 to 212 majority for speaker mike johnson. if democrats pick up a handful of seats and don't lose many they will be in the majority. the biggest concern when you talk to people who worked on the hill for a long time, there is a narrow sliver of seats that are being contested right now. whoever wins the majority tonight over the course of the coming weeks because california takes forever to count, it will be a slim majority no matter what whether it is speaker jeffries or speaker johnson. >> our panel is here and is

joining us from washington. gloria, i think republicans are confident that if donald trump wins they need one seat in the senate and if he loses they need two seats. >> i think they are confident about the senate. i think they believe that jon tester really has an uphill battle in montana . i think they are measuring the drapes. i think they are feeling very good about that and i am sure chuck schumer is nervous. democrats were dealt a bad hand, they had twice as many seats up this cycle to defend. that would be tough in a presidential year and a lot of red states that her up with donald trump obviously popular in these red states. it is a tough call. >> i spoke to nancy pelosi last night, she was convinced that democrats will take the house. >> i think it is possible. i

think the house is likely to rise or fall along with the presidential race. historically particularly in places where democrats need to take these seats back to take the majority, new york, california, those are generally voters if they come out to vote with kamala harris they will pull the level for democrats in congress. i think the house is likely to ride on what turnout looks like for kamala harris i think there is absolutely a chance the democrats take the house. >> if does not win, what is his role in the republican party ? >> that is a big question that a lot of people try to figure out as you move forward to 2028, do you see a reformation of trumpism ? by that i mean populist nationalist position emerged or combined with some of the more traditional aspects of conservatives, by that i mean the george w burst era or

wing of the party. i would imagine you need a candidate who can call us both of those desperate groups together in order to run an effective campaign, particularly if the vice president wins she will likely front again you will need a coalition to be viable. i do not think he would necessarily go away, i just wonder what the appetite would be if the party realizes we structurally , strategically need to move in a different direction if we are to see some type of electoral success in the future. >> i think the maga movement will lift beyond donald trump. >> really? >> i do. >> no one would call donald trump an elder statesman. i do not think he will fade into the woodwork. i think the movement that he created is just not going to go away if he does. >> i think it is a open question does maga is him, does trumpism exist without trump for one, and two , what level of influence , or maybe some

and the republican party say interference does donald trump have if he loses this election continues to exert his role as the de facto leader of the party . is he laying hands on someone that he believes is the future of maga like vance , or is he tearing down everyone tried to take that mantle because he views it as his alone. i think those are two big questions that the republican party will have to grapple with. >> it depends on what happens today. mj, what are you hearing about the balance of power x >> i think for the harris campaign it is putting the cart before the horse. there were a lot of conversations about what she could do legislatively, how will this actually affect the appointments that she would be able to make to a future harris administration. for right now, it is safe to say that their focus on trying to win the race. i think the thing that i picked up on most come in terms of how they are feeling about tonight and this week is

optimism. cabbie audit bullishness, depending on who you're talking to. this is a candidate and a campaign that i think from the very beginning they have been so elaborately careful about billing themselves the underdogs. even after the initial first few weeks when a lot of folks were saying, she could not have had a better start to the presidential campaign, even then they were unwilling to say, now we feel like we got this in the bag. now, i think what has been interesting about the last couple of days , to the last week or so, we have seen a little bit of bullishness creep in, particularly in the way they have talked about the early voting data that they have seen and the people who have made up their minds in the last couple of days or so. they say that these people are hearing the rhetoric that is coming from donald trump , that is coming from trump surrogate and it is having an effect. i say cabbie audit and i lean into that. at the end of the day, kate can

speak to this, i think democrats are so mindful of the fact that this is after all donald trump and donald trump supporters and they do not think they should be underestimated. >> kate, there could not be two more different closing arguments. i do not even know if the former president is making a closing argument at the close of the campaign . >> closing rambling. it is so interesting that donald trump has spent the entirety of this campaign doing nothing to try to expand his coalition . i think you see that on display here the final day of the campaign. trump up at his final rally playing the hits , talking about his previous grievances, making it about him . by contrast, you have molly harris out saying , i am building an inclusive future and i want you to be a part of it. come get in the tent. and you have trump saying this is all about me and at the end of the day this is about whether i

have been vindicated for having lost an election that i refuse to admit that i lost. it is interesting to me that at a time where anti- sentiment is pretty high and i think trump had the opportunity to run a campaign and bring in people who felt disaffected and he chose not to do it. >> he would not even bring in nikki haley. he did not even want to campaign with her. donald trump's closing argument was about grievance. in her closing argument, they were careful not to mention donald trump she had been talking a lot about donald trump, criticizing him and everything else and calling him unhinged and the litany . in the end she didn't. >> she really did not have to. he has put himself out on display. she is making the forward-looking argument and making the case for herself and she does not have to talk about trump -- >> the trump campaign had clear

ideas of what the closing argument was going to be . it is not a message he was delivering consistently and -- >> economy and immigration. last night he said briefly that we are better off four years ago. he briefly said it. it is a question that a lot of voters are asking. a lot of folks are critical of former president and his rhetoric and his message has been dark and bleak in terms of his closing argument. for a lot of people their future is dark and bleak. there is a significant amount of uncertainty, particularly economically for a lot of people. i was reading a pew research analysis that came out last year, more americans remember the past been better than the future. that says a lot about the contempt that people have for the political class, not just democrats but also the republican establishment and that's why i think donald trump has a unique ability to say a lot of things that people will dismiss because of his critique of the problems that people are going

to face and struggling with. for me as a strategist looking at the harris campaign , the critique that you gave about donald trump that many democrats have argued for months and months and has yet to propel the vice president in the 100 days that she has been able to form her campaign , to have a strong enough lead for certainty that she could potentially win, that says a lot >> we will see. it is all decided to day. thank you all. >> still ahead, how the campaigns are doing this final hour. we will go live to each campus headquarters after this.

welcome back to cnn special coverage, election day in america. right now voters hitting the polls across the country with eyes on seven crucial battleground states. let's check in with some of the campaign. priscilla alvarez joins us from the harris campaign headquarters at howard university. alayna what are you hearing? >> we got updates that donald trump is currently voting in palm beach. we knew he planned to do so today. i think a big

question i'm looking for is we know there are porter reported watching him do this and if you ultimately come out and speak to them. as for the vibe within the trump campaign they are cautiously optimistic, that is what they are telling me. there is that underlying anxiety, i think, and unease , given how close this election is. no one knows what will happen. they recognize that this is essentially a coin flip. a big thing on their minds today is turnout. turnout is a major part of every single election. because it is so close they are watching it closely. i remind you, part of the focus of this is because over the last year now, really the trump campaign had outsourced a lot of their ground game get out the vote operations to outside political organizations, those including charlie kirks , as well as elon musk america pac. we know that there have been questions and they have been scrutinized whether they have been able to meet their goals. today is that judgment day. one other thing i

want to point your attention to, we will see him tonight at his election watch party at the convention center here in palm beach. i remind you, four years ago on the morning after the election, donald trump came out and declared maturely that he had won the election. we know that did not happen and those were false claims. i think that is one thing to keep in mind as we are waiting and watching what will happen later today. anderson. >> let's get to priscilla alvarez with the harris campaign. what does vice president harris had planned today? >> reporter: the vice president is behind closed doors and tell later tonight. even if she is behind closed doors and not on the campaign trail, she is the to spitting in a sleet of radio interviews as she continues to mobilize voters and some may be on the fence. in those interviews she has previewed a little more of what her evening will look like. take a listen.

>> where will you be tonight on this very important day? >> i will be at my alma mater at howard university . before that , i have a tradition of having dinner with my family . we will do that . i have a lot of my family staying with us and during the day , all day i will be talking with folks and reminding them to get out to vote. >> reporter: the vice president has often talked fondly of howard university, her alma mater , it is something she will lean into today certainly by hosting the election night party. it is also concluding what has been a full circle moment for her, she said, but also a truncated campaign for the vice president that only started after presidential by the stepped aside over the summer. in the final hours, the campaign is trying to tap into the good vibes and the optimism that they think launched her candidacy from the beginning and keeping donald trump's

name out of these final hours and focusing on the vice president and her agenda. also told, anderson, by harris advisors that internally they are keeping heads down and continue to mobilize voters especially on issues like reproductive rights. we have heard from voters they are going to the polls with that in mind and they hope that plays in their favor as the team says they will be calm and confident as the votes come in. >> tank you very much. >> our political correspondent maggie haberman will be at the trump party tonight. she joins me now. what are you hearing from the campaign? how confident are they? >> reporter: they are projecting a lot of confidence but i think there is some anxiety below the surface. they have gotten less certain in the last couple of days, part of that is because donald trump has had a rough closing last 10 days, as we have seen. part of

that is because democrats are projecting more optimism in some specific battleground states, republicans have not seen voters of their own coming out. however, they point to early vote totals by pure registration america republicans are doing better than democrats and it will be decisive. they don't know. they are coming into this election with trump in a better position poling weiss as his campaign often points out, then he has in his last two. it is hard to account for what has happened in the last 10 days after the madison square garden rally which was a debacle. >> when you look at tom's closing message, i am not sure if it is a closing message or a continuation of stuff he has been saying, insulting democrats, we played a clip of him calling nancy pelosi a pitch several times, calling them evil and pushing unfounded claims of widespread cheating ,

it is clearly not what his campaign wanted. >> reporter: no. you can see on the faces when he goes off script and teleprompter how stressful it is because he could be saying anything. it is like watching a car driving and swerving around the road. in terms of what he said about nancy pelosi, that is what he is privately saying about kamala harris when she got into the race come to a number of people around him. what we have seen over time is he is saying this more publicly and it is pretty dramatic, at a rally a couple of days ago he talked about how he should not have left the white house at the end of his term despite having lost and despite having another president certified in the electoral college victory and then the shooting of reporters. we are used to him saying things that are well outside the political norm . most candidates don't do that in the closing days of the he

typically has not done that in his closing days. we will see what effect it has. >> harris campaign officials have warned they think trump like you did in 2020 declare victory before all the votes are counted. in 2020 he was lying, he lost. is that something trump's team believes will happen again? >> reporter: the trump team is hoping that will not happen. i think the bigger question, who knows what donald trump will do, the question is what do trump allies due on social media and that is something to watch for. >> maggie hammerman. thank you very much. >> several hours to go before the polls close grid abortion is also on the ballot. we will go to florida next.

>> we have a great country but we have a country that is in trouble . it is in trouble in many ways and we have to straighten it out . crime is through the roof. we have people pouring through our borders, not exactly perfect they come out of prisons, they come out of prisons, 13,000 people convicted of murder. we do not need this in our country. we have enough difficulty , we do not need that. i think people saw that but it just seems that the conservatives are voting very powerfully. just finish it up. i feel very confident. we went

in with a big lead today , and it looks like republicans have shown up in force. we will see how it turns out. it seems they have really shown up in force. i just got a call from dan patrick and texas and he said they have never seen anything like it. look , regrets. we always have regrets, i cannot think of any to be honest , to use her expression, i cannot think of any. i think i ran a great campaign, i think it was the best of the three. we did great in the first one, much better in the second one, but something happened . this is the best, i would say this is the best campaign. >> -- the possibility that you and vice president harris may not get to 270 electoral votes

by tonight? >> it should never happen. this should never happen. -- if they used paper ballots it would be over by 10:00. paper ballots would only cost 8% of the cost. if they would use paper ballots, voter id, proof of citizenship and one day voting it would all be over by 10:00. it is crazy . they use very expensive computers and i am hearing in pennsylvania they will not have an answer until two or three days from now. i think that is an absolute outrage. maybe it will be later. paper ballots . the mail and was not working it was corrupt . at 10:00 in the evening they had 37 million votes counted and done and they had a winner and a loser. i am

just hearing in certain states it is going to be a long time. it will not even be close , it will not even be that close . they say i'm going to win the state but it will take a long time. >> -- >> i am hearing the same things you are hearing. i am hearing and some states i'm up by a lot. >> we will have a special group of people among many of whom you know . in addition we will have 4000, 5000 people at the convention center. on the assumption i win, i don't know if something else happens , i don't know what will happen in terms of declaring victory , in normal times i would go over to the convention center say at 10:00 or 11:00, i just do not know. it looks like we have a substantial lead, it looks like

we have many more republicans voting today than democrats and they have the lead and that means you are doing well. -- just stop talking about that. i was honored to get joe rogan last night. he is a big deal, he is a very respected person i must tell you, megan was fantastic, she got up and said things that were amazing. i think i ran a good campaign. i had good policy , i want people to come to our country but legally. we want strong borders and we want people to come in. to me that was a big issue . i may be wrong, a lot of people may say inflation, ablation is a disaster. i think that's the

second issue. i think the first is the border. we cannot allow criminals into our country. you have 13,000 plus murderers allowed to roam in our country , they will not be allowed . you have drug dealers , you have terrorist , you have a tremendous amount of people that should not be in our country and we need stronger borders. personally, i think it is the number one issue. we will see how it pans out. but i think it is the number one issue. >> donald trump speaking in west palm beach, florida after casting his vote with his wife by his side. mj, what stands out to you? obviously we have not heard from -- i don't think we have heard or seen harris vote. >> she voted by mail. watching the former president, this seemed to be classic ,

quintessential donald trump right up until the end , leaning on issues that he feels comfortable with talking about . talk about crime being through the roof, talk about the issue of immigration -- >> crime is not through the roof, the latest that's show crime down. >> immigration and people coming in through the borders questioning election integrity saying i'm going to win this and it is not even going to be close. it is rich of the former president to say that he ran and inclusive campaign, his rhetoric the last few weeks is far from inclusive , if anything it has been incredibly divisive . really painting at every corner of the different groups of people as soda being the other. i think just watching him on election day, talking like this, you cannot help but think about the bigger arc of the donald trump campaign this time around.

anderson, it was not that long ago when we were wondering is this a different donald trump as a candidate? is this a different donald trump in terms of the campaign? a little more rational lacks a little more politically strategic far more on message than we have seen years ago. i think the last couple weeks we saw how much real donald trump was always sort of there underneath that façade with the rhetoric that has been so amped up, offensive and divisive , racist and misogynistic. i will say having covered the harris campaign , there is a little bit of a sense that they feel okay sitting back a little bit and letting the people see donald trump saying these things and deliver that message that they want to deliver on the contrast really for himself. he is certainly doing that in part. >> let's listen a little bit more.

>> -- >> i have no pressure whatsoever. i am winning those cases, the biggest case was the florida case and it has been won. i appreciate that. next question . >> -- regardless of what happens tonight, is this your last campaign ? are you done after this? >> i would think so. it is sad . i think we will have a very big victory today. >> very good, thank you. >> i don't like talking about that until i find out how we do.

>> --, we are not looking to do damage. you know my terms are easy . i would like them to be successful country, but they cannot have nuclear . i think secret service has been a little bit tougher , to put it mildly. i see more machine guns than i have ever seen in my life i feel very confident with the secret service. i think they have stepped up. for a long time they did not give us the help or the assets as they say, manpower a woman power they did not give it to us. we would have rallies with 50,000, 60,000 people. >> after donald trump voted in west palm beach, florida, alayna treene joins us. the jump team, donald trump has in the last two days and weeks has been alleging voter fraud without any evidence. all of

the videos that have been circulated in trump world, there are explanations that things have been debunked. i talked to a top election official in pennsylvania who is a republican who is trying to get out the message that these are untrue statements which already the former president has been laying the groundwork for. >> absolutely. i think one of the more notable things and what he is saying as he is holding court with the press right now is he was railing for minutes against paper ballots and against the processing and really america should go back to in person voting saying that he had hoped and wished the results would be announced tonight. that was part of it. the other part is depending on how this goes , we will absolutely see a lot of challenges. i don't think we

have to say we think, we have seen him challenge things in certain states, like in pennsylvania, the process and the integrity of the election. one thing i found out is a donald trump was asked on whether or not he would get out to the convention center tonight and declare victory parade one thing that i would argue is he seems like he is listening a bit more to his advisors. he did not immediately say i plan to get out there and make a big speech. i think that is one thing to keep in mind read we know he did that in 2020, it is very unclear what he will do this evening. >> mj and alayna thank you. minnesota's democratic senator amy klobuchar will be joining us she is campaigning on behalf of kamala harris. senator, good morning . the polls have been open for almost 4 hours where you are, how are you feeling about the vice president's chances? >> very positive. she ended this campaign on a high note , which is going to take a right into the white house , unity,

optimism and joy and donald trump to me has been spiraling down. i know he claims the end to be appealing to women and he calls the woman leader the b word. somehow yesterday he decided to get into fluoride after the man he claimed he wanted to put in as hhs secretary said he wanted to limit fluoride or get rid of fluoride in drinking water , so i guess he is ending with more cavities. he has continued to deny the election results and what you just said in your report, 97% of jurisdictions in america have backup paper ballots and the only ones that don't are some counties in texas and louisiana. i can see the campaign spiraling. >> it is nuts this controversy of not having paper ballots. even voting machines have paper ballots, there are backup paper ballots. it is just not the case, it is a very strange

thing that he continues to lie about. >> what i see is this excitement out there. i had seen it when i campaigned in states for our senators including bob casey and jared brown, kenny baldwin, ruben gallego and jackie rogan, never count out jon tester and what is happening in texas and florida. i predict, when you look at what's going on under the surface with millions and millions of doors knocked just this weekend, like 3 million women are voting in droves, you have a lot of women and men who have had their democracy voters, they do not want to have salt on our democracy and then you have people who do not want to see in their businesses, they don't want to see a $4000 tax per family, they're worried about the economic proposals and they

mostly do not want chaos with employees. i think there is the thing boiling under the surface and people coming up to me all the time in diners and airports and saying i am a conservative and i cannot vote for him. that is what you will see show up. they may not be answering polls, but she is doing so well and i think there's a good reason to be confident. only if you vote. everyone in the country has to get out and vote, even if it means lines. you stand in lines for tons of things, coffee every day, people can stand in line to vote create this is our duty as americans. >> i present your time. thank you. >>