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revenue. no wonder the economy's doing well. no wonder consumers are spending money. >> she has chosen the rhetoric of far if eric of dick ato have, of petty tyrant. that's not about her, that's revealing in her heart what she thinks about the people of this country, half of the country, who align with donald trump. ♪ how do you like me now? ♪ how do you like me, now that i'm on my way in? ♪ muck. stuart: just love it. how do you like me now? [laughter] another nice day in new york, i like to point this out -- lauren: do you know we had 29 days without rainfall in new york city until yesterday in. >> in a row? lauren: yes. stuart: first clouds i've seen in a long time. the sun's back out today to, i just love it. it is wednesday, october 30th. to the markets. yes, the nasdaq did hit an all-time, intraday high today. we're up 21 points right now on the nasdaq. the dow is up 138.

big tech, something of a mixed picture. most of them are up. alphabet, amazon, microsoft up. apple, nvidia down. the 10-year treasury yield all over the placeing right now at 4.25%. now this. i don't get it. kamala harris made her last major speech before the vote next week. she claimed to be a unifire but spent most of her time bashing her opponent and his supporters. she says she can be a leader who can unify americans. she spoke about the republicans who were supporting her. yeah, that is unifying. she pledged to listen to experts, to to those who will be impacted by decisions i make and to those who disagree. she said i don't believe those who disagree with me are the enemy. i'll give them a seat at the table. ah, but there was a deep undertone to of trump hatred. that is the opposite of unity. that pushes half the country away. you can't call your opponent a fascist and a dictator and

pretend you want his supporters at the policy table. how do you unite the country when you've spent four years dividing it? the border, illegals, crime, inflation, those are the areas of division that go beyond mere if policy disputes. the biden-harris team has split this country, and now they know it's been four years of failure, they plead for unity. it's almost like leagued for forgiveness. and then -- pleading for to forgiveness. and then there'd biden. he called trump supporters garbage. yes, i know he tried to walk it back, and today harris came out and said she disagreed with it. but biden said it. he said it on tape. he said it on tape, and he said -- and it reveals a level of contempt that makes a mockery of harris' shallow calls for unity. third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ ♪ stuart: all right. i want you to listen to the full

sound bite of biden calling trump supporters garbage. >> just the other day a speaker at his rally called puerto rico a floating island of garbage. the only garbage i see floating out this there is his supporters. stuart: the white house tried to clarify those remarks saying the president referred to the hateful rhetoric of the madison square garden rally as garbage. and harris also just said she strongly disagrees with that garbage comment. kaylee mcghee white joining us now. is this biden's deemployer if,s moment just like -- deplorables moment just like hillary back in 2016? >> it absolutely is. and you know what? for as much as democrats like to complain about trump's to divisive rhetoric, he has never once managed to insult half of the country as garbage, nazis or fascists. and yet the democrats have a moment like this just about every single election cycle. and there's a very simple reason why. the democratic elites in washington cannot stand the fact that the average american voter,

someone with no political power like my if mother-in-law who still works in an auto factory or my grandpa who poured concrete for a living growing up, democrats can't stand the idea that those are the people who get the final say over who is in power in washington d.c. democratic elites are furious that the average american voter gets to take their power away from them. so they are lashing out as they always do many in an attempt to scare people to keep the democrats in charge. you know what, stuart? i don't think it's going to land this time i. didn't back in 2016, and it's definitely not going to now. stuart: listen to what donald trump says about harris' attacks on him. >> perhaps more than anything else it's a campaign of hate. campaign of absolute hate. kamala intends to conflict and keep this misery going, and she's going to keep it going as long as she can because that's the only way she can get elected. she's going out and only criticizing, talking about

hitler and nazi because her record's horrible. stuart: it looks like the joy campaign is over. but my question is, does the hate campaign really resonate with voters? >> the hate campaign does not resonate are voters. and you know what? the joy campaign kind of did. there was a moment there back in july when she really did have this surge of momentum because people were feeling positive about the state of the country for the first time really since joe biden came on the scene. kamala harris is the person who killed her own campaign of joy, and she has cone that repeatedlt repeatedly by using incendiary rhetoric. and, again, this is something that democrats fail to see, that when you are insulting donald trump, you are also insulting the people who elevated him into politics in the first place. he got to washington, d.c. because tens of millions of american voters wanted him there. you cannot insult him without insulting them as well. stuart: yeah. what are trump supporters going

to think when they're called garbage? unthinkable, really. kaylee mcghee white, thanks for joining us. fox business' special election night coverage will begin november 5th at 5 p.m. eastern to. back to the markets, please are. plenty of green now, the dow is up 1133 points, nasdaq up 23 points. 113 points. mark tepper's with me today. a.i. and the cloud growth, that fueled google's strong earnings. >> yep. stuart: will it also help microsoft? they report later today. >> i think so. obviously, you see from google strong cloud numbers as far as growth goes, also strong search numbers. but with microsoft the the cloud demand is going to be there. the demand for data centers and things like that, that will be there because when you look at the cloud, i mean, aws is number one, microsoft is a very close second and google's rather far behind the two of them. but, stu, one of the biggest issues microsoft has had recently which i view as an opportunity to buy more if you're not already involved in the position is that demand has

exceeded supply forthem. they haven't had enough data center supply. they've had issues with capacity. so that causes a selloff today and/or tomorrow, i would be looking to add there because that's a short-term headwind that presents a long-term buying opportunity. stuart: all right. eli lilly, they reported this morning. sales of their weight loss drugs missed expectations, and the stock concern well, now it's down 4%. earlier it was more like 10%. >> maybe they've already picked off some of that low hanging fruit, right? if you've got 35% body fat, maybe you're already on a glp-1. the demand profile's a little different when you get down to 25% body fat and when you go all the way down to 15% body fat where someone's just doing it for cosmetic purposes, that presents a challenging landscape. eli lilly said compounding pharmacies are not a problem. i've talked about this in the past, i do think they're a problem. i'm not 35% body fat, and if i

wanted to buy a bottle of this stuff right now, i could have it delivered to my doorstep without a prescription in probably 22-3 business days -- 2-3. i do think that's a problem for not just eli lilly, but anyone else who's in the market. stuart: fair enough. starbucks, they're looking to be in a turn-around situation. they report after the bell today. what are we going to see? >> there is a 12-month story. obviously, there's a lot of promise and hope around this new ceo they poached from hi poet lay. when you look at the kinds -- chipotle, but the wait times are a big turn theoff for a lot of people. when inflation erodes your budget, this is one of those discretionary purchases that tends the get cut during those times when the economy's weakening. but i do think that this guy's going to right the ship. i do think they're going to be more operationally efficient and 12 months from tow you should be looking at a strong stock, but you're going to have to wait and see. siewfer start you're not prepared to wait, are you?

>> we own it. stuart: oh, you do? the. >> yeah. i think investors are now in a situation where they are less concerned about delivering results today, and they are more focused on 12 months from today. stuart: thank you, mark. stay with me for the hour, please. lauren's looking at -- better take a close look at super micro computer. lauren: they're losing almost a third of their value just like that. their accounting firm is out. ernst & young says, quoting, we are resigning due to information that has a recently come to our attention which has led us to no longer be able to rely on management if's and the audit committee's representations and to be unwilling to be associated with the financial statement prepared -- stuart: ouch. it doesn't get much stronger than that. >> oh, my gosh. that's -- i mean, without saying fraud, they're saying fraud. that does not sound good. stuart: yeah, it doesn't sound good at all. i want to look at reddit. i think they've hit a record high. they're up 411. what have they done?

41%. lauren: they are benefiting from a. a.i. on two project toes. one, the licensing dealses, they're giving their content to google and a.i -- openai, but also to help them grow their own day that base with -- database. stuart: you got anything to say about reddit? >> i do. i think a lot of that comes from the meme stock frenzy from a few years ago where they attracted so many users in the roaring kitty games where people wanted to know about gamestop or whatever the hot stock of the moment was. lauren: i also think it's the tiktok culture in a way. sometimes especially younger people don't no -- go to the main sources of news and information, they go straight to the community, realtime information and feelings. stuart: move on to to wigstop. i think they're -- wingstop, and they're down big. lauren: their costs are going up. their same-store sales counseled the expectation. they rose by over 20%. stuart: hard to fell good news in a 17% selloff. lauren, thanks.

coming up, there's a good chance democrat senator sherrod brown could lose his re-election bid. if he does, elizabeth warren could get more power in the senate banking committee. oh, dear. we'll explain that one. donald trump promising that if he wins, there will be peace in the world. >> i will end the the war in ukraine, should have never happened, would have never happened. i will stop the chaos in the middle east. stuart: okay. but look at this, a new headline says ukraine is now just with struggling to survive, not to win. that as north korean if troops are approaching the battlefield. we'll ask kurt volker if it's biden who loses ukraine. that's next. ♪

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stuart: the israeli military says it's nearing the end of operations or the planning of operations on both fronts of the war. they have eliminated dozens of hezbollah militants over the past week. trey yingst in tel aviv. trey, does that mean we're getting closer to a ceasefire? >> reporter: yeah, stuart, good morning. absolutely, it does. diplomatic efforts are item going to end the war between israel and hamas. a senior hamas official signaled the group is open to an agreement as negotiations continue with the help of the can qataris, the egyptians and the americans to reach a short-term deal. reports do indicate an agreement is unlikely before the u.s. elections, but fox news is told that conversations continue each day at the working level. u.s. officials will be in the region later this week the move the ball forward as these efforts play out, the death toll continues to rise inside gaza. 88 palestinians were killed in a strike on northern gaza tuesday.

the director of the hospital spoke out about the lack of medical supplies and personnel to treat the wounded. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we are talking about zero capabilities. zero medical supplies and zero medical personnel. after the arrest of a large number of medical personnel specializing in surgeries. there's only one doctor left, a pediatrician, when cannot provide any surgical services to these injured people. >> reporter: with operations ongoing in gaza, the decision,, f announced the death -- the idf if announced the death the of four elite soldiers. shifting now to israel's northern front, the israeli military released a new video showing the capture of a hezbollah commander who surrendered in southern lebanon. we've also seen a new video of soldiers being evacuated from the battlefield as the ground operation continues. now with the focus on the southern and northern fronts, all eyes remain on iran with guess about if the islamic

republic will respond to those israeli strikes over the weekend. stuart? stuart: trey trey yingst, thank you very much. take a look at this headline from "the economist." ukraine is now struggling to survive, not to win. former u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volker, joins us. mr. ambassador, biden delayed delivery of sophisticated weapons the ukraine, and now they're facing a fight just to survive. is it possible that biden will be responsible for losing ukraine? >> well, stuart, it's too early to say that ukraine is going to lose are. i think this can still be turned around. but you're absolutely right to say that the level of assistance the u.s. provided and the speed of that and all the restrictions have put ukraine in a far worse position than would have been the case if we had acted decisively much earlier. stuart: so they've not lost yet, but they're on -- it's looking grim, would you say that? >> it is. if you look, if you look at the front lines, the the russians are making slow but steady advances in the east towards a couple of key logistical nodes

around some cities. they're looking the take other some key economic areas such as the most productive coal mine in ukraine, and they've brought many in these north korean troops to fight inside russia in the kimsing region -- cursing region, and this is a mixed picture. russia's making gains, but they're also dependent if upon north korea because they don't have the troops or artillery themselves. stuart: they're getting a lot of help from north korea. this is a surprise, isn't it? all of a sudden a, within the past couple of weeks, north korean troops arrive in ukraine. what's going on? >> it's an indicator. it's an indicator. yeah. for past year, russia -- the past year, russia has been dependent if on artillery shells from north korea, now they've got about 12,000 troops that are coming from north korea. that sounds like a large number, but 12,000 is about how many soldiers russia loses in a 2

2-week period -- 2-week period, so it's not going to be a decisive gain, and these are troops that have never seen combat before. so it's unclear they're going to make much of a difference. what is worrying the steady gains in the east that russia's making. stuart: what is russia getting in -- north korea getting in return? >> that's a great question because i have to suspect that russia is helping north korea with missile technology which is very much counter to our interests in asia, to see north korea with improved missile technology. stuart: putin has launched a massive test of russia's nuclear forces including firing missiles to simulate a response to a nuclear attack, and u.s. officials in intelligence services say china is on track to double their nuclear arsenal by the end of the decade. many ambassador, it seems like we are -- mr. ambassador, it seems like we are entering a new nuclear arms race. >> well, we're watching a couple of things. i to completely agree we should be concerned with china's

buildup of greater numbers of nuclear weapons. we have not planned for the type of deterrence against china as we had done with the soviet union for decades. in the case of russia, i think these are threats that putin is putting on the table in order to influence our thinking, in order to deter us from providing the kind of support for ukraine that we could do. and one other point to this is because of the reticence we've had and the way we have supported ukraine, everyone around the world sees that that is because russia has nuclear weapons, so it creates a very powerful incentive for countries to increase their nuclear stockpiles. so the hesitancy has actually produced a very courageous result. stuart: good lord. it's a mess all around the world, isn't it? mr. ambassador, thank you very much for being with us. you know what you talking about, and we appreciate it. >> thank you. appreciate it, stuart. stuart: okay. the pentagon is running low on its supply of air defense missiles. ashley, i presume this is because of the war on israel. ashley: yes, in large markets a although the defense department

says it doesn't publicly disclose its stockpiles because that information, of course, is classified. also could be leveraged by iran and its proxies. but there are worries that the u.s. is running low on some types of air defense missiles, in particular intercepter missiles that are fats becoming the most sought concern fast becoming the most sought after defense weapon. it would hurt the ability of the u.s. and its allies to keep pace with the unexpected and high demand created by the wars both in the middle east and ukraine. since the war between hamas and israel began last year, u.s. ships have up launched more than 1.8 billion dollars' worth of interceptors to stop iran and its proxies from attacking israeli and ships traveling throughout the red red sea. the concern though, stu, is each individual missile that is fired takes months to to replace. so it's not hard to see how those stockpiles are going down quickly. stuart: indeed. ashley, thank you.

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stuart: all right, two hours into the trading session, the tow the's up 130, nasdaq is up 43 points and mark tepper's still with us. he's got his stock picks with us. the first one i find somewhat surprising, philip morris. >> it's surprising. you don't see that many people talking about being behind philip morris anymore. the story with these guys over the last decade and beyond has been they're selling fewer cigarettes at higher prices. and that's not a story investors like the hear all the time. but what they've done is they've really transitioned towards smoke-free products which now

make up 40% of their revenues. in the process, they've gone from growing the company mid single digits to now double digits. so they're growing faster. and when you think about the narrative, stu, and we've talked about this before, tobacco tobacco is not good, but now nicotine -- people are out there having productive conversations about the benefits of nicotine. and they own zyn, which is the nicotine pouches, nicotine contributing to better concentration or mental performance. and with the narrative changing, i actually really like this stock. stuart: got it. mark, thanks very much, indeed. now this, the former ftx engineering chief will be sentenced today. he has already pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering. lydia hu outside the courthouse in new york city. how much prison time is this guy looking at? >> reporter: stuart, he faces up to 75 years in prison according to the sentencing guidelines, but it's safe the say he'll very likely get much

less than that especially when we consider that sam bankman if freed, the ringleader of this fraud, was sentenced to 25 years after he was convicted of taking roughly $10 billion from ftx customers. singh will now be the third member of bankman-fried's inner circle. we've had the former ceo or ftx digital, he got seven and a half year, and also the former ceo of sister company alameda research and bankman-fried's exgirlfriend, caroline ellison, she got two years. singh's attorneys are urging the judge to be lenient. they're asking for time served and supervised release which basically means no prison time at all, and singh's lawyers are underscoring sing h's what they call immediate and exemplary cooperation with the government. in other words, he flipped, he started cooperating, and he did so very quickly. prosecutors, meanwhile, are also

emphasizing singh's cooperation, and they are telling the judge that singh deserves enormous if credit for bringing the campaign finance offenses to light. prosecutors say that without singh, the political, financial crimes may never have been discovered. and you can see right here on your screen these three players funneled at least $722 million -- 72 million in illegal campaign contributions to politicians and interest groups on both sides of the aisle according to public records. and, stuart, it is these very charges that singh pled guilty to, the intent to commit campaign finance violations, that separate him from co-conspirators like caroline ellison. and that could be the very reason that he might get more than just the two the years he got. sentencing starts today at 3 p.m. stuart: lydia hu, thanks very much. back to the markets. my next guest became the youngest full-time trader on the new york stock exchange when she was just 22 years of age.

lauren simmons joins us now. lauren, welcome to the show. you've been called the -- [laughter] wolfette of wall street. what's the biggest factor for the market right now? is it a.i., the fed or the election? >> you know, it's all of those. right now there's a lot of volatility the going on in the market. certainly, uncertainty going on with the election, it is earnings season, potential interest rate cuts and then we also want to think about the con to text of rising bond yields. -- the context. this is giving a lot of uncertainty to investors, but i certainly think that investors are doing a good job at not being reactive to the news and really looking at their long-term plan and making sure that they are diversifying their portfolios so that there is no asset class -- stuart: you know, we've had a very nice rally. the nasdaq hit an all-time intraday highed today.

the dow is at a high, the s&p's been at a high. why that rally? what's behind it? >> i mean, i think the rally, again, all news -- i don't like being reactive. i think today, yeah, we're up, but, you know, yesterday we were up and we closed down. so i think for me i'm really just looking at what is to come in the next coming weeks and taking it day by day. stuart: okay. the ceo of morgan stanley, he says the era of zero interest rates and zero inflation is over. lauren, that's not what the markets want to hear, is it? no, it's not. >> no, it's not. i do believe he is right in that sentiment, and just looking at, again, potential interest rate cuts and what the feds are looking to do in the future along with -- and also just looking at the rising bond yields. the bond yields haven't, they

haven't gone down, and so that's also worrisome if as to what is the future of the market. stuart: okay. lauren simmons, thanks for joining us. we always appreciate it. thank you very much. >> thank you so much. stuart: michael bloomberg has reportedly made a massive donation to the harris campaign. how much? lauren: the new york times says the check was $50 million, and that goes toward the future forward super pac. he has donated to it before for president biden. okay, $50 million, that's a drop in the bucket for michael bloomberg. there's only six days left. why now? stuart: yeah, why now in. >> reportedly, he wanted that donation to be kept private. i mean, kamala harris doesn't need the money, right? she's got over a billion dollars in fund raising, is why with six days to go are we doing this story that he reportedly gave $50 million? stuart: i don't know the answer. >> were other donors saying, hey, mike, you've got to

contribute? if he reportedly got on the phone with her and they discussed his economic plans? >> not to mention there's been a mad dash for people to get out and vote early too -- lauren: more than 50 million of them. >> it just seems a little late in the game. stuart: what's he up to? influence in a future hearst cabinet? i don't know. speculation are. coming up, while the harris campaign is focusing on hate, trump is talking about hope. >> i'm here today with a message of hope for all americans. the american dream will come back. but for that to the happen, we must defeat kamala harris and stop her radical left agenda. stuart: well, the question is, whose message resonates most with voters? we're going to try to dig into that. but first, california's sultan sea reportedly a gold mine for lithium. the department the of energy says this could be the key to u.s. energy dominance. that's a bit strong. we'll get into it, it's next. ♪ if.

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the last month it is up almost 200percent. that's a proxy for trump in the election. there's the 1-month chart from lower heft to upper right, straight up. not a bad deal. california's governor, gavin newsom, he's setting a aside big money the tackle the homeless crisis. ashley, how much are we talking about? ashley: this latest round close to a billion dollars to help with housing, shelter and homeless service outreach across california. but, you know, critics say newsom's administration has already spent billions of dollars tackling the problem with very little effect. well, the governor spended to that criticism at a news -- responded to that the criticism at a news conference in los angeles. watch. >> these encampments and tents, people are dying and suffering on our watch. there's nothing humane about stepping over people on the streets and sidewalks. so that's where we're going to be really reinforcing our energies and prioritization. we are addressing those rightful concerns that are expressed. this is not status the quo --

status quo, today we are not announcing an old strategy. we continue to the it rate and are advancing a much more targeted strategy that's focused on results and accountability. ashley: well, in july newsome issued an executive order directing state agencies and departments to come up with plans to clear encampments from state properties while asking local governments to do the same. despite all of the billions spent, the latest data shows nearly 186,000 people now live on the streets or in homeless shelters in california. that's up 8% since 20 the3232. a lot of money spent, but the problem still remains. stu? stuart: thanks, ash. the nearly-abandoned sultan sea in california is sitting on a massive deposit of lithium. that's the metal that's crucial in making batteries for electric vehicles. max gorden is there for us. how much lithium are we talking about? >> reporter: stu, we're talking about a massive amount

of lithium. the u.s. department of energy estimates that underneath our feet right now about a mile down is enough lithium to create 375 million ev batteries. now, to provide some context, there's only about 3.5 million ev iss on the road in the u.s. right now, so how do we get all of this out of the ground? you can see these steam plumes rising up on the horizon. that's geothermal energy that's being produced, and the lithium is in the brine. several projects are planned to extract the metal from the brine and pruitt energy in the process, one of them spear ifheaded by control terminal resources. they have investments from both gm and stellantis and promises to use green geothermal revenue to power its processing facility, eliminating the need to send the raw lithium with overseas. >> it just happens to be hot brine, so it has energy within that describe, and it's renewable energy. >> reporter: though there are

concerns about how green this process will be and a lawsuit has been filed by a community and environmental group, the lawsuit claims the countiment hasn't fully analyzed how hazardous waste will be processed and that water use from the process will allow the salton sea to to cry up faster. dry up faster. community groups aren't necessarily against this project. it's going to be a big economic boon to the region, but they want the courts to enforce more environmental are regulations. stu? stuart: max gorden, thank you very much. back to politics. wall street keeping close tabs on the ohio senate race. why is it so important, lauren? lauren: because if senator sherrod brown loses, he's up 1 point according to the rcp average. if he loses to bernie moreno, he also loses his chairmanship of the powerful senate banking committee, okay? that's the committee that has jurisdiction over banking, deposit insurance, price

controls. who would replace him? they typically go by seniority, but mark warner, jack reed, they're chairs of other committees, might not trade, and jon tester is in a tight race of his own. next up, senator elizabeth warren. stuart: but she would only become the chair of that committee if the democrats retain control of the senate. if control of the senate switches to the republicans, she could not be -- lauren: but she could still have influence as the top democrat on the committee. the ranking member. stuart: you're from ohio. how does the race, look to you? >> it's obviously very tight, but i will tell you in just seeing all the commercials from the two candidates, even some of the democrats that i know -- and i don't know a lot, but i know a few -- [laughter] even they are questioning what does sherrod brown actually stand for right now. because he's kind of been doing the kamala harris flip-flop where he's always been anti-trump, but now he's pushing out some content that makes him look pro-trump. i think even some of the

democrats are like i don't know about this guy anymore. stuart: not so left wing, is what he's trying to look like. lauren: he is anti-crypto, and crypto groups are pouring $40 million plus into that one race to boost moreno. stuart: got it. look at the dow 30, please. i'm sure we're going to see quite a lot of green. more green than red, and the dow is up 2020 points. -- 200 points. democrats drumming up fear around the election. some people are going on the air telling women the election is a matter of life or death. the boston globe's carine hajjar takes that on next. ♪

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stuart: this is just coming at us right now, the trump campaign has sued bucks county, pennsylvania, over what they call voter suppression. alexandria hoff is in bucks county. tell us what happened. >> reporter: well, stuart, yesterday was the final day for on-demand mail-in voting, that is a process unique to pennsylvania. it's not really early voting, but it's a chance to submit your mail-in ballot in person rather than through the postal service. and it is a cumbersome process where voters can apply for the

ballot, fill it out and urn fit in on the spot. the county election office was marked to close at 5 p.m. you can see video with a sign being placed cutting off the line around 2:30. >> we just got up here, and they said they reserve the right to cut off the deadline anytime they see fit. >> when i was in line, i saw them come out to close the line off. i understand this isn't a polling place, but the reason these people are here is because they don't trust the system. >> she gave me options, and then i can go and vote on election day, so i don't feel suppressedded at all. >> reporter: of course, some people do though. county election officials say they had to cut off the on-demand mail-in voting line because it could take 10-15 minutes a person and that the 5 p.m. deadline was actually for those applying for a mail-in ballot the submit or send. workers cited a lack of resources although $45 million was granted to counties to help them operate this election. >> in pennsylvania our elections are run at the county leavitt.

concern level. and county boards of elections are responsible for individual staffing and resource decisions. >> reporter: now, bucks is perhaps the most critical of swing counties and this early on-demand mail-in voting, this is more popular with trump voters. so that's likely where the trump campaign sees this to be very unfair for those who wanted to submit their ballot yesterday. the common if wealth secretary does say anyone who is in line before polls close on election day, they will be able to cast their vote. stuart? stuart: thanks very much. donald trump left voters in pennsylvania on an optimistic note. >> i'm here today with a message of hope for all americans. if i win, we will quickly build the greatest economy in the history of the world. we will rapidly defeat inflation and very simply we will make america affordable again. the american dream will come back. but for that to happen, we must defeat kamala harris and stop

her radical left agenda. [laughter] stuart: carine hajjar joins me now. is the momentum on trump's side at this stage of the game? >> right now it's anyone's game if you just look at the top line of the the polls. so in two key states, michigan and pennsylvania, they are literally tied. it is even. but when i look below the poll, kind of get deeper into the polls, you see something interesting which is most voters in pennsylvania, for example, over 50%, think that life was better under trump compared to 27% today. so that's a really crucial metric. and it also reflects economic feelings. people felt that the economy was better under trump in these swing states, and that's crucial for winning an election. and i think that that does put it in his favor a bit. stuart: so look underneath the surface, and the momentum is with trump at this stage. >> i think that's fair, yeah. stuart: why do you think harris switched from joy, that was her campaign a couple of weeks ago, now it's very negative and hate trump. >> i think it's a last ditch

effort at really pushing people to vote, making them feel urgency about a trump administration. and, you know, certainly it seems to be backfire being. i think that the comments -- backfiring. i think the comments around a nazi rally at msg was an unwise move not only because you're demonizing half the country, but most voters feel that is hyperbole. and i think it's a political mistake for democrats to make. stuart: democrats and some people in the media with are warning women not to support trump. they say it is a matter of life or death. watch this. >> voters know right now that he is killing us. i'm talking about us, women. he is killing us. >> the stakes literally are life and death for every woman in america. it's not hyperbole. >> and if you think he's kiddin- >> he's not. >> -- he's not. he doesn't care if you to live or die. >> if we don't get this election right, your wife, your daughter, your mother, we as women will

become collateral damage to your rage. stuart: respond to that, life are or death. >> i think it's more of the hyperbole that voters are getting tired of and, look, abortion is democrats' strongest issue. i've been in states with very close elections like e was recently up in new hampshire where the governor's race is the closest in the country, and that is what the entire campaign is about, abortion, abortion, abortion. it's both a curse and a gift for republicans because i think that, you know, women don't just care about abortion. their highest ranking issue right now is inflation and the economy. so if a party is focusing just on one issue, it is an important issue, i don't want to downplay it, and it's strong for democrats, but the economy is important as well. education is important for mothers and children. so blessing and a curse. stuart: got it. carine hajjar, thank you very much, indeed. i know we'll see you again real soon. >> thank you. stuart: today is national candy corn day, so here's the wednesday trivia with question.

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stuart: today is national candy corn day. ashley, you are first. it is going to be in the millions. ashley: any answer is ridiculous but i will go with number 4. 9 million. lauren: a lot, 5 billion, number 2. >> i'm going to run with option 3, seven billion. stuart: i will go with number one, 3 billion. that is 35 billion pounds of candy. >> how many cavities? stuart: the original name of it was chicken feed. lauren: raise your hand if you like candy corn? >> not my thing. blue one a good one. see you again tomorrow. and three second, david asman will appear. david: don't like candy corn? stuart: i never had it