getting ready. >> just open your camera and see underneath brian. >> you also get steve's menu. >> tomorrow is election day. >> president trump: the vote for biden is a vote for lockdowns, layoffs, and misery. if you want a vaccine to kill the virus, a job to support your family well, and freedom to live your life, then go cast your ballot for a man named trump. >> he lied to the american people. he knew it would -- [inaudible] he went on and on. he is a disgrace. >> sandra: here we are just one

day out from one of the most anticipated elections in u.s. history. today the final full day of campaigning. president trump will kick things off in north carolina. while joe biden heads to ohio. meanwhile the u.s. has shattered early voting records nearly 94 million ballots already cast with election day less than 24 hours away. we've made it this far, trace. good morning to you, good morning, i'm sandra smith. >> trace: it is indeed upon us. i'm trace gallagher. it will be a jam-packed day for both candidates. trump will end up in grand rapids, michigan. biden is focused on pennsylvania and ohio, key swing states that could determine the winner of this race. >> sandra: erin perrine is here to tell us about the president's strategy on the final day of campaigning. fox team coverage on the trail.

bryan ennis in pennsylvania, peter doocy in ohio. first to mark meredith standing by in fayetteville, north carolina where the president will hold his first rally of the day. what does the final day of campaigning look like for the president? good morning. >> good morning to you. it will include plenty of travel. busy day ahead for the president. he is starting his day in florida. making his way here to where we are in fayetteville, for a rally right before noon. over the weekend on the trail the president had plenty to say about joe biden, congressional democrats and what he sees as his opposition left wing mobs. making an outreach to black voters and people that he feels are fed up with the lockdowns when it comes to the coronavirus. >> president trump: this election is a choice between a crippling depression or a historic boom. it is a choice between a deadly biden lockdown. he wants to lock down the country.

>> during the rally the crowd started shouting fire fauci. not happy with the top infectious disease expert anthony fauci. he hinted he could see fauci leaving if he is reelected. >> president trump: don't tell anybody but let me wait until a little bit after the election. [cheering and applause] i appreciate the advice. >> that clip getting a lot of attention this morning. let's talk about where the president will be starting in fayetteville this afternoon, stops in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, back to michigan. the stops of course no coincidence, all battleground states that could swing the race either way. a new poll out this morning by monmouth giving us an idea what's going on in pennsylvania. still has joe biden ahead by up to 7 points if there is a large turnout for the race. every pundit and all of us are

watching so closely. mention what we're seeing on the ground in north carolina where the president won easily four years ago. but look how close the race is right now. the race is essentially tied giving us an indication why the trump campaign decided to come back here today. a rally supposed to happen thursday night. bad weather. 15 electoral votes. the campaign is putting time and energy into and back in dc tomorrow night with election results. >> sandra: key state we're watching, mark meredith, thank you. >> trace: joe biden returns to pennsylvania today along with senator kamala harris and their spouses as democrats fan out across the state in this last full day of campaigning hoping to capture a shrinking number of undecided voters. first the former v.p. will start his day in another key battleground, ohio, where the real clear politics average shows president trump leading by less than a point. peter doocy live in cleveland

and peter, good morning. what's on the agenda for team biden today? >> trace, first joe biden is going to be here with a final reminder for ohioans to go and vote. he will start making his way east into pennsylvania. beaver county first and then the campaign's grand finale a drive-in where the steelers play in pittsburgh. a big point of his closing argument he will raise taxes making those more than 4,000 a year and that includes drurnd -- 400,000. >> guess what, mr. president, i'm coming for you. >> today the campaign is dispatching their most valuable surrogate, barack obama, to georgia. seen inside the biden war room as an insurance policy if the more traditional battlegrounds fall off the board.

>> the states we want to win to pass 270 and expansion states. our map has grown more expansive. we may know the results election night, the next day. the one thing that is clear, though, we're going to make sure all of the votes get counted. >> this weekend biden stuck to the script but his attempt to tailor remarks to a philly audience on a sideways went side way. he called his coat with a delaware blue head on it. >> i was have the moniker of the senator. i married a philly girl, by the way. by the way, i got my eagles jacket on.

>> eagle, blue hen, both birds, joe biden should be here in ohio shortly. it will be his first trip to this state since he took a train tour out of the first debate more than a month ago. trace. >> trace: birds of a feather. >> sandra: f.b.i. is investigating an alleged -- here is the video showing the vehicles bearing trump 2020 flags surrounding the bus on a highway in texas on friday. the biden team says staffers on board called 911 and authorities helped the bus reach its destination. yesterday president trump tweeted this. in my opinion these patriots did nothing wrong. instead the f.b.i. and justice department should be investigating the terrorists, an arc consists and acknowledge agitators like antifa and joe biden fired back. >> a bunch of pickup trucks

with trump flags tried to run it off the road. the president saw it. took the video that someone had taken, and tweeted it back out and said i love texas. we've never had anything like this. we've never had a president who thinks it's a good thing. >> sandra: we should note neither joe biden or kamala harris were on that bus. >> trace: 11 people were arrested in new york city last night after fighting with police. a group of anti-trump protestors gathered at madison square park in manhattan preparing to block a street from pro-trump caravans that reportedly were heading to the area when the brawl occurred. the co-founder of the black lives matter new york chapter. trump supporters turned around after hearing of the confrontation with police. >> sandra: for more on this let's bring in erin perrine. do you care to respond to the back and forth that we just saw

between the candidates after what we saw on friday? >> well, i think that you are continuing to see a strong grassroots enthusiasm for president trump. these are patriots who want to be out there with their flags and safely doing so. we always encourage safely from our grassroots supporters. the president was right, we should be making sure there are an ongoing investigations into antifa and the violent rioters and protestors around the country. >> sandra: what are you feeling about the movement of the polls we've seen leading to election day with joe biden leading by a considerable margin in some of the key battleground states? >> we're well poised on this campaign to secure another four years of president trump's american exceptionalism in the white house. we have the ground game and the voter data to be able to get our voters out in these last

few days to make sure we win this. listen, it will come down to the message here. the message is clear. look at the unbelievable accomplishments of president trump, america first, the lower taxes, more opportunity, a 33.1% economic growth versus joe biden's 47 years of devastation poseying up to the radical left. making sure he supports -- his campaign put up bail money for his campaign staffers for violent rioters and protestors in minnesota. devastation with joe biden. >> sandra: i want the play this from jason miller from your campaign talking about expectations for democrats and what they will do on election night if indeed donald trump is leading with electoral votes. listen. >> many smart democrats believe the president will be ahead on election night. probably getting 280 electoral,

somewhere in that range and they try to steal it back after the election. >> sandra: isn't it misleading to use the word stealing it back considering we know some of the ballots will be counted after election, to suggest that the president can claim victory that night if he is leading with electoral votes? >> no, jason is absolutely correct there. this is the election integrity that president trump has been fighting so hard to protect across the united states. it means making sure that mail-in ballots have post marks and election security safeguards remain in place. what we don't want to see is on election night that we see the president has a lead and that because election safeguards were removed by democrats attempting to sew chaos and confusion into the election results they try to go and find more ballots and want the american people not to believe what they will see with their own eyes on election night. that's what jason is talking about. he is 100% correct.

democrats will try to steal this election from president trump. >> sandra: votes are regularly counted after election day. the president saying we'll send in lawyers if pennsylvania election is unfair. what does that mean? >> well, the president is very clear. if the election is unfair we'll make sure we protect safeguards. the thing, democrats have tried to upend the election system and put in chaos here in the united states. they want to remove safeguards like ballots and post marks so we know ballots are received and counted on election day. there is a deadline for votes. this election day. it can take time to count those votes but what we're worried about is democrats putting chaos into the system to try to steal this election from president trump. we'll make sure we're ready to go. funny that everybody is up in arms about president trump having lawyers at the ready when joe biden's campaign has been lawyers and tv ads.

they're ready for this as well. they'll try to steal this election. >> sandra: we have reported oh than that as well. i want to talk to you about this political article. "politico" writes about the trump campaign will continue campaigning after election day. it is reporting that trump may just keep campaigning after election day. campaign surrogates have been told to keep their november calendars clear for campaign events if the results are still not -- >> if 2016 is any indicator he will be going into tomorrow morning campaigning as well. listen, this is a grassroots army for the president and we'll make sure we continue to push so that tomorrow we have a decisive victory for president donald trump. american exceptionalism is on the ballot. jobs, opportunity versus endless lock downs and misery under joe biden. we want to win it fair and

square and we have the team and candidate to do so. >> sandra: great to have you here this morning. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> sandra: tomorrow is the big day. bret baier and martha maccallum will anchor the election night coverage at 6:00 p.m. eastern time right here on the fox news channel. trace. >> trace: tight security in the nation's capital ahead of potential election night unrest. authorities said to be putting up a non-scalable fence around the white house as businesses there in and around the city and country are boarding up store fronts. plus the race could come down to pennsylvania both candidates are heading there today. ou live election day coverage continues straight ahead. >> president trump: the people of pennsylvania aren't thrilled with that. who will vote for this guy? they keep -- i don't think it's close.

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>> sandra: businesses across the country boarding up store fronts in anticipation of potential riots around election day. here is what it looks like in washington, d.c. shop owners in several neighborhoods are covering up windows with plywood and meanwhile the white house is also beefing up security. crews are putting up what is being described as a non-scalable fence. the white house has a similar barrier this summer during protests for racial injustice. >> trace: the 2020 race appears to be tightening in battleground pennsylvania, a must-win state for both candidates as "pittsburgh post-gazette" endorsed president trump. is first time the paper is backing a republican since 1972. it is all part of an editorial titled the man and the record. byron york is chief political correspondent of the "washington examiner" and fox news contributor. always great to see you. i think it's a foregone conclusion the president is going to lose pittsburgh proper, allegany county.

the question is by how much? he did well in 2016 in the pittsburgh suburbs and this "post-gazette" endorsement maybe it picks off a couple points for the president. that's significant. >> well, it is a big deal and remarkable document. if you read it the editors of the "post-gazette" criticized president trump especially his personality, crude, rude, tweets are terrible, we're embarrassed by him but then it goes into his record and said before coronavirus he had built a very, very strong economy and would build it again. wages going up, keeping his promises on court appointments and the like. and they conclude that joe biden would oppose fracking, would oppose growth in the oil and gas industry that is absolutely critical in western pennsylvania, and then conclude that trump is the better choice.

it is a balanced editorial but leans in favor of trump. >> trace: i want to read some of it for you. you touched on it there. it is important because clearly there is no love lost between the "post-gazette" and president. they write quoting we share the embarrassment of millions of americans disturbed by the president's unpresidential manners and character. rudeness and putdowns and bragging of the truth. but under him the united states obtained energy independents for the first time in the lives of most of us. where would western pennsylvania be? that's where you have joe biden's energy policy coming into full focus here. >> yeah. i just spent eight days in pennsylvania and western pennsylvania in that area in allegany, washington, butler counties. and so many people that i talked to who were trump supporters are connected in

some way either directly or indirectly to the oil and gas industry and they say we have had good years because of president trump. and joe biden wants to end fracking. that is controversial. but president trump at his rallies has taken to playing a video of biden denying that he would end fracking and then video of him saying he was going to end fracking. it is an incredibly important, emotional issue in western pennsylvania. i would think that trump is actually stronger on the energy issue today than he was as a candidate four years ago. >> trace: what i found, byron, interesting in the op-ed. not just the fact they're saying if biden's energy policies come to fruition we'll lose jobs in pennsylvania. the former vice president keeps talking up the well-pay green jobs. the editorial says we don't think the green jobs will be coming to pennsylvania. if they come at all.

>> they just don't believe that story. they never have. democrats have promised a bonanza of green jobs in the past and they did not materialize. so the other thing that they will say is look, if you are trying to redust emissions, carbon emissions into the atmosphere, switching to natural gas is the most effective, reasonable, feasible way to do it. and very, very strong support for that in western pennsylvania. this is without a doubt the most important issue there. >> trace: we've talked a lot about western pennsylvania. bust you know look, if they talk about energy policy in pittsburgh and allegany county they're talking in philly and places like that as well. final thoughts. >> well, the real clear politics average of polls in pennsylvania has joe biden up by about 4 points.

that is a significant lead. hillary clinton on the day before the election in 2016 was up by 2 points. president trump just barely won by 44,000 votes that year. so it's unclear. it is close enough right now to be difficult to call. i do believe there are trump voters who will not admit to being trump voters. they won't say they're trump voters. the question is are there enough of them for him to win? >> trace: in pennsylvania biden is up 4.3 right now in 2016 same date hillary clinton was up 4.9. byron york, always good to see you, sir. thank you. >> sandra: coming off a big sell-off on wall street last week amid continued election uncertainty. big banks are running what they're calling war games drills ahead of election day to see all possible outcomes. what are the biggest concerns of investors? maria bartiromo will join us live on that next. >> president trump: we'll

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>> trace: bottom of the hour. time for top stories. both candidates barnstorming battleground states with less than 24 hours to go before election day. president trump begins his four-state tour with a rally in north carolina and then pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan. joe biden will make stops in ohio and pennsylvania.

>> sandra: positive covid-19 cases surging across the country. 31 states now setting new single day records. in october the seven-day average of new cases was 79,000. up almost 25% from a week prior. >> trace: in los angeles a man is in custody after a police officer was shot. suspect accused of opening fire on police after refusing to leave a grocery store leaving one officer with a minor gunshot wound. for more on these stories and more download the fox news app. take a picture of this qr code to get started. >> sandra: wall street looking to rebound today as we begin a brand-new week after october saw its biggest loss since march since the pandemic began. right there the dow is up 352 points 30 seconds into trading. looks like a rally on wall street to start the week as the "new york post" warns of jittery wall street banks

running war game drills with some of its clients. let's bring in maria bartiromo from the fox business network. good morning to you. tell us about the war game drills. what sort of scenarios are they preparing for? >> well, right now you have most wall street firms trying to come up with different portfolios depending on who wins. if you look at a trump portfolio, that might include defense companies, it might include cyclical companies tied to an economic recovery. if you look at the joe biden portfolios it might include drug stocks, might include infrastructure stocks and renewables, electric cars, things like that, to really company inside with each candidate's portfolios. most wall street firms are trying to come up with a backup plan should the election turn out differently than what they expected and why they're telling clients both sides and both portfolios, which is based on the policies that we're hearing out of each candidate.

>> sandra: this is from the "new york post" article. only the most daring investors are going into november 3 with large trading positions. several sources said. most do not want to be forced sellers if they get things wrong. plus even those who bet directly risk the chance of a drawn-out election battle where markets slip back and forth for weeks or months to come. what's the scenario that is mostly baked into wall street right now? is it a joe biden or donald trump victory? >> all the polls are saying joe biden but i think that there are a few wall street firms who are saying look, president trump may pull it off again the way he did in 2016. one of the most glaring issues is taxes. joe biden has said he wants to raise taxes by 4.3 trillion. we talked about this before. when you look at some of the taxes he is expected to increase, kamala harris the other day said we'll eliminate the tax cut plan and reverse it. that means all income levels see taxes go up because remember the gop tax cut

legislation included a doubling of the standard deduction. all income taxes go up on all levels if you remove that. having said that there are a handful of taxes that would be market moving. the capital gains taxes the one i spoke about before. that right now is sitting at 23 plus%. joe biden has said he wants to move it up to close to 44%. that's going to hit anybody who makes any money on anything you sell. sell your portfolio a 44% tax. sell your home, 44% tax. that means right after the election if joe biden were to win i would expect a sizeable sell-off in the stock market because people if they have made money and gains on paper they will say let me sell those gains now and capture my gains and get a 23% capital gains tax as opposed to a 44% tax that will happen next year should those tax reversals go in place. the other thing to look at is spending programs. a lot of wall street firms are looking at joe biden's spending

and put a good face on it saying that will mean there will be more stimulus in the economy from heavy spending. green new deal. infrastrk tour package costing $100 trillion. the spending wall street is trying to figure out what stocks might benefit. >> sandra: different kind of stimulus. goldman sachs taking on the elements of the green new deal knowing joe biden has used it as a key structure to his plan. the overall cost would outweigh the benefits of that. we remember that report from a couple of weeks ago. finally, though, the markets for a while not just -- they weren't just betting and preparing for the election outcome. whether or not a stimulus deal for the american people got done before election day. there are so many struggling individuals and small businesses out there that so badly need this help. so what are markets pricing in as far as whoever is elected, if there is an outcome with

certainty on tuesday night, on somebody actually getting something done, getting a stimulus package done for the american people? >> well, no stimulus package before the election but we could see a stimulus package in the lame duck session. that will be much smaller than the numbers we're talking about. that would be a couple hundred billion versus something two trillion that nancy pelosi would like to see. if we don't get a stimulus package in the lame duck session we won't have it until february. a lot of congressmen and women have told me they are expecting people to contest the election. and that will dominate energy and time after the election, which means we probably won't get it until february. let's hope we get something in the lame duck session. there are many industries out there hurting that need aid like the airlines. it doesn't look like the traffic is coming back any time soon and they will need government aid. >> sandra: the global nature of markets today. when you have england shutting down because of spikes in the

virus and all the other european countries dealing with it, maria, it is really going to be something to watch. dow up 319 as we begin election week. maria, thank you. >> trace: president trump and joe biden are both set to visit battleground pennsylvania today as a new monmouth university poll shows the former v.p. with a seven-point lead in a high turnout model and 5-point lead in a low turnout model down from a similar poll in september which gave biden an 11-point lead in a high turnout scenario, 8-point lead in the low turnout. the two men have been barnstorming the keystone state treating it as a must-win in the final days of the campaign. bryan ennis is live for us in harrisburg. why is the trump campaign feeling confident about their chances there? >> trace, good morning. most people in pennsylvania will cast ballots in person tomorrow. the majority will likely be

republican voters. the trump campaign believes they have the momentum to boost voter turnout and make a difference with voters. >> not just in pennsylvania but across the country was with senior voters. we saw in this poll some evidence that he could be winning back some of that vote. that will be key for him. >> about 33% of people in pennsylvania have requested mail-in ballots. so far more than 2.4 million mail-in ballots have been returned. 600,000 ballots haven't yet been returned. by law all 67 counties can't begin opening and county mail and ballots until the morning of election day. seven counties say they won't start counting mail-in ballots until the day after election day. looming anxiety over how many ballots may be invalidated.

mail-in ballots that arrive after 8:00 p.m. on election day but before 5:00 p.m. november 6th are being put in a separate file. now, mail-in ballots also need to be filled out properly. >> voters fill out their mail-in ballots and put them inside a secrecy envelope and then put it inside of a second envelope. they have to fill out all of the information on the back especially putting their signature. if none of that information is there, their vote doesn't count. >> 2/3 of mail-in ballots in pennsylvania are for democrats. voters are being urged to drop off those mail-in ballots and do not put them in the mail. it is too late for that. the mayor of philadelphia penning a letter this morning urging people to have patience because frankly it is going to take some time.

the overwhelming majority of ballots will be counted by friday. that's three days after election day. >> trace: patience might be the key word for all of us. thank you. >> sandra: another battleground state is working to process a record number of mail-in ballots. key counties starting to fall behind in dealing with all those votes plus this. >> we need every single one of you to get out and vote on tuesday. my message is simple. pennsylvania is critical to this election. >> sandra: that was joe biden making an all-out push to turn the rust belt blue. is he neglecting some other key big battleground states in the process? new projects means new project managers.

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david, are you feeling confident where the trump campaign stands today? >> yes. numbers don't lie. as max holloway says, numbers don't lie. men may lie, women may lie. who knows where we come down on the polling, but the actual ballots cast those numbers won't lie. so as you look at the midwest, does president trump hold on to those voters who don't think the economy is doing great, but that he did overwhelmingly with in 2016? whether that be in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, ohio. all voters that we lost as a group in 2012, but with a 44 point swing he won in 2016. when biden is talking about the economy it is hard to see

michigan, ohio, wisconsin picking the biden agenda. >> trace: are you confident with joe biden and you look at his schedule? is he focusing too much on pennsylvania and ohio. should he spread out more and make it to other battleground states? how do you feel about that at this point? >> the fact is joe biden is playing offense and donald trump is playing defense. the most direct path for joe biden to the white house is to hold every state that hillary clinton won and then add michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania just adding one point to her final tally gets him to 270. he doesn't need to win pennsylvania and ohio. donald trump has to win all of them. so the fact that he is in ohio tells you everything about where trump is. the same with florida. the fact that trump is in north carolina and georgia yesterday. he is playing defense and joe biden has multiple ways to get to 270. donald trump does not. >> trace: the attorney general

of pennsylvania disagrees with you, mary anne. he says the following. we are the keystone state. it is clear from the electoral college perspective if you look at the map from last cycle just how pivotal pennsylvania is. at the end of the day i think if pennsylvania goes, so will go the country. mary anne, respond and i'll let david take a shot. >> well, he is right and also the key to making sure that this election is fair and that every ballot that is cast is counted. i would like to remind donald trump that he had to wait until the morning after the election for michigan, wisconsin, and last but not least pennsylvania and philadelphia to walk out and give a victory speech. so that's where this is. but if joe biden wins michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania, game over. game, set, match, white house. >> trace: last word to you, david. >> i have to chuckle. of course joe biden has to be on offense. if he gets the same number as hillary clinton he loses.

of course donald trump is on defense, he won last time. he has to win the same states and he remains president. and there are some early -- there are numbers of actual votes cast that say a state like north carolina where democrats are underperforming the early vote that they did in 2016 has the president on his way to victory in north carolina. which may result in thom tillis winning and guess what? when we get back together next monday mitch mcconnell will have more republicans in the u.s. senate than he does today. >> trump is behind in all three states. >> trace: fewer voters are have turned out in early voting in pennsylvania than any other rust belt state. more votes still on the table to be had. david and mary anne, thank you both. >> thank you. >> sandra: spirited discussion there. election day is hours away. we'll take a look at the latest polls in all the key battleground states just hours

before election day. former white house press secretary anthony scaramucci will be our guest and join us live to discuss the state of the race. plus both candidates turning their attention to iowa where the polls are very tight. president trump looking to lock up the hawkeye state on election day. >> president trump: two days from now we're going to win iowa and we are going to win wisconsin. and we are going to win four more years in that very beautiful white house.

>> sandra: fox news alert now. arriving in miami the airport there, president trump, the motorcade pulling up after leaving doral a short time ago. air force one will then depart to fayetteville, north carolina where the president will begin the first of his many stops on

the campaign trail today after a busy day yesterday. the president leading in the real clear politics average in north carolina as we head into election day by .6%. the race is extremely tight in the key battleground state where electoral votes are up tore grabs in the battleground states where trace we're watching these polls tighten all the way into election day. the president is out hard campaigning yet again today trying to get his message out as many of his supporters will head to the polls to vote tomorrow. the president should be getting out and sometimes he will stop to talk to reporters. we'll see. we never know what exactly will happen. here we are less than 24 hours from election day. we should see the president shortly. >> trace: this time he is close to the stairs. the limo pulled up right by the stairs. an option the president could get out. walk up the stairs and that will be that. you talk about a busy day for the president. my clock we have 9:54 on the

east coast. president goes as you said to fayetteville, first at 11:45, the first stop. then he goes again to pennsylvania, michigan, he goes to wisconsin and then back to michigan. that last rally in michigan, sandra, is at 10:30 tonight. it is 9:55 right now and until 10:30 tonight and it will go for at least an hour. you talk about pushing midnight the president will be campaigning tonight and then he will get back out apparently early tomorrow morning to get some final steps. this is where it's at. crunch time and they are not leaving a minute left on the clock when there is a vote to be had out there. >> sandra: split screen says it all. the president about to get out and board air force one and then arrive at the right side of your screen, fayetteville, north carolina, where he will campaign to cumberland county. on his way to pennsylvania. it will be the second of five stops he is making today. joe biden's travels will take

him first to ohio and then he will campaign on the ground in pennsylvania and three spots, beaver, allegany county once again for joe biden. mike pence is also out there. he is making two stops in pennsylvania today. and then you have kamala harris running mate to joe biden. she is on the ground campaigning in pennsylvania as well. she will make three stops there today, trace. just highlights the importance that both campaigns are putting on pennsylvania as we head into election day. the president is getting out there and we'll see him shortly. here we are 24 hours out and you feel the energy. you talk about energy coming from president trump. campaign rally after campaign rally. some lasting over an hour, trace. a lot of energy that takes to keep going. >> trace: the president got out of the car. instead of going to address the media he got his maga hat and going up the stairs.

the last time we'll see the president in florida for a few days. as he gets on air force one there i find it interesting as well that, you know, his opponent former vice president joe biden is appearing twice tonight in pittsburgh, allegany county. we've talked in the show a couple of times how the "pittsburgh post-gazette" endorsed president trump. first time a republican endorsement from that paper since 1972. joe biden will stop twice in pittsburgh this evening for events and it is fascinating that you think wow, the paper endorsed donald trump. pittsburgh is a foregone conclusion. it will go to joe biden. the question is how much. if the president with that endorsement and with some campaigning can just pick off a few points from allegany county, that could be significant when you look at the big picture of overall pennsylvania, a state that he snuck by in 2016. >> sandra: it's really something. we'll take a spin on the touch screen in a little bit with chris stirewalt and take a look

at some of the polling we're seeing today heading into election day in pennsylvania with joe biden right now real clear politics average has joe biden leading the president by 4.3 percentage points. then you flashback to 2016 and look at where the real clear politics average had the president on the day before election day 2016, and he was trailing hillary clinton, just to remind everybody, by 2.1 percentage points on that day. that is why so many of the conversations right now are over what we have learned from election day 2016 as we head into tomorrow. so so many of those key counties in pennsylvania are in focus today. erie county may be the biggest bellwether in the state. the new monmouth university poll out today showing joe biden with a 7 point advantage over the president. so we'll see. >> trace: you make a great point about erie.

you talk to political analysts in pennsylvania. they will tell you as erie goes so does pennsylvania. the president won erie by two points in 2016. it went for barack obama in 2008 and 2012 and blue for the 2018 mid-terms. there is a lot of focus tomorrow night on erie and what those people there are doing because that is, as you say, one of the leading bellwethers in pennsylvania and speculation the president not doing as well in erie this time around as he did last time around. but again you can see the polls narrowing. you mentioned that hillary clinton was up by 2.1 percentage points on election day last year. this time last year she was up by 4.9% over the president. so in one day he sliced away about almost three points off

that scorecard. that is a big last-minute push for momentum for the president that we and campaign is hoping to see again. >> sandra: we'll see the president a short time from now landing in north carolina. we'll take his remarks live as we begin a brand-new hour. and we're less than 24 hours out to election day 2020 when the country will decide its next president. both candidates making final pitches today getting in one more day of campaigning. they're out there as they lay their competing vision for the future of america. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," great to be with you this morning, trace. i'm sand are smith. good morning, everyone. >> not a moment to waste. a day for closing arguments and big push to get out the vote in key battleground states. president trump making five stops in four states. north carolina, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan.

joe biden in ohio and pennsylvania. and their running mates spending the final day of the campaign in pennsylvania. both candidates on the attack yesterday. >> president trump: he is the only man that i've ever seen his whole campaign is we will raise your taxes. i said i've never heard of it. >> there is no limit to america's future. the only thing that can tear america apart is america itself. and that's exactly what donald trump has been trying to do from the beginning. >> sandra: we have fox team coverage for you across america. griff jenkins is on the ground in delaware. phil keating in florida. casey stiegel tracking record turnout in texas and mike tobin is in the swing state of wisconsin where president trump holds a rally in kenosha. third trip to the state in the past week. mike, why kenosha? good morning. >> clearly the president thinks it's important because this will be a second to last stop.

it was the closest of all the wisconsin counties, 238 votes flipped this county for president trump. kenosha is a place that most americans never heard of until the police-involved shoongt of jacob black and riots and arson that followed. he will hit on his message of law and order and hit on it in dubuque, iowa, last night. >> president trump: well preserve the american way of life. joe biden is the candidate of rioters, looters, arsonists. >> trump did not win the population centers like madison and milwaukee. he won the rural counties. 23 counties went to obama twice and then flipped for trump in 2016. the state chairman state republican chairman says as they work door-to-door county to county. the destruction in kenosha is part of their message. >> we need to see a good

victory in kenosha and racine county. when our governor failed to deliver the president did during the unrest and riots going on down there. we're talking the people down there about what this president has accomplished. >> wisconsin democrats say the problem is oh not a failure of authority it's antagonism from the president. >> they aren't happy about businesses being destroyed. neither is joe biden. they are not happy about donald trump pouring gasoline on every fire and almost nobody who is a persuadeable voter believes that donald trump made that situation better. they felt like he was inflaming that and making a scary situation even worse. >> the u.s. supreme court upheld local election laws that say all ballots have to be received by the close of polls, 8:00 p.m. central time. we know when they start

counting ballots in wisconsin. we don't know when they'll finish because of the record turnout. estimates are with no problems wednesday morning. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: thank you, mike tobin. >> trace: former vice president joe biden returning to western pennsylvania today adding a last-minute campaign stop in cleveland, ohio, battleground state that is crucial to president trump's reelection odds. griff jenkins is live in wilmington, delaware where biden is starting his day. griff, good morning to you. what's the former vice president's closing argument and why the focus on pennsylvania? >> well, trace, good morning to you. i heard you and sandra talking a little bit about pennsylvania in the simple fact is that the keystone state perhaps more than any other state this election cycle may be the determining outcome of this election. i'm calling today simply the biden pennsylvania blitz. as you po yinoupointed out ther have joe and his wife dr. jill on the western side. they will go to beaver county

and then to allegany county, which is pittsburgh and he will have a canvassing event. drive-in event along with remarks tonight where he will be accompanied by lady gaga and you have his running mate kamala and her husband doug hitting the eastern side of p.a. trump flipped it in 2016. now you have trump trailing biden by four points. important to note three weeks ago biden led by more than 7. now a fight to the finish. we expect biden's closing argument to focus on the president's handling of the pandemic as he did yesterday in philadelphia. >> the truth is to beat the virus we first have to beat donald trump. [cheering and applause] he is the virus. >> he did have a philly centric gaffe of sorts wearing a university of delaware blue

hen's jacket but calling it an eagles jacket. watch. >> i know philadelphia well. i married a philly girl, by the way. by the way, i got my eagles jacket on. >> now biden's addition of cleveland, ohio was a late one. one that his advisors say while ohio hasn't been the traditional battleground we're used to they have seen their numbers gain there and see it as an opportunity to expand their map so to speak. finally, trace, you may have to bring patience when it comes to getting the final results in pennsylvania as it stands, as long as your ballot is postmarked by 8:00 p.m. tomorrow it can be counted for up to three days. the president yesterday told reporters in north carolina said that's something he intends to likely challenge legally. trace. >> trace: griff jenkins live in wilmington. thanks. >> sandra: a federal court in houston will hold an emergency hearing today on a request by four republicans to have nearly

127,000 texas ballots tossed. the state supreme court rejected the request by three candidates and conservative activist to invalidate the ballots cast at drive-thru polling places in democrat-leaning harris counties. plaintiffs say the county clerk did not have the authority to expand access to drive-thru voting. he said the move was legal and a response to the pandemic. >> trace: postal inspectors in florida searching post offices after the discovery of a large backlog of mail at one location in miami-dade county. 48 ballot its were found in the pile. on friday the state's house minority leader videoed of a post office with piles of mail saying some had been sitting apround for over a week. in florida ballots must be returned by 7:00 p.m. on election day to be counted. >> sandra: today is a big catch-up day for the florida counties that are a day or two

behind in processing the record number of mail-in ballots that have been received. nearly 9 million people in florida have already voted by mail or in person. phil keating is live in florida with a look at the process there. phil, what are some of the challenges that election supervisors are facing? good morning. >> well, the biggest one is dealing with the sheer volume of the historic amount of mail-in ballots that were sent home and returned to the superviseors of elections office this year. the rest is pretty routine. today they had a meeting here dispersed all the people going to set up all the precincts and get ready for 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. in all 67 superviseor of election offices, broward, every single day for the past two weeks they have been opening, processing and scanning all of the vote by mail ballots that came in that day and the day before. and most counties say they are

caught up. and that's because so many people have been voting by mail every day. now, this year voters who requested mail ballots due to coronavirus there has been a big increase by people voting that way. they still have the opportunity to come and drop off the sealed envelopes to the boxes in person. this year 30% of the people who received the mail-in ballot at their house decided to not mail it back but to come drop it off in person. not rely on the postal service. one obvious possible reason that room at the mail distribution center in miami-dade county with stacks and shelves of mail have then sitting there for a week not being delivered. it included 48 ballots. election night at 7:00 p.m. when the polls close all the early vote numbers that have been tabulated over the past two weeks, those will be taken and put into the computer right away at 7:00. by 7:30 we should have a basic big data dump of those numbers. the rest of the night will be

election workers processing all of the day-of voting. that will happen the rest of the night. in the six big counties of the state as well as broward they say they're all caught up. at the end of every day they have all the mail-in ballots tabulated. in other counties there are one or two days behind. today is a big catch-up day. >> sandra: keep us up to date on all that. thank you. so it all comes down to this. tomorrow is the big day. we've been counting down to. bret baier and martha maccallum will anchor the coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. we look forward to every minute of that. you can catch trace and myself. we'll be live on the fox broadcast network. we'll be seen on your local fox channel across the country on election night starting 7:00 p.m. eastern time tomorrow and we'll go well into the morning

at least 1:00 a.m. eastern time, trace. i look forward to it. >> trace: it will be fantastic. it will be so interesting. who knows what time it will really end? it could end tomorrow night. early wednesday morning, it could end sometime next week or after that. by the way, bret baier will be on with us next hour and he said, sandra, earlier that this thing is tightening in the battleground states. he was talking about on the fact on the corners joe biden is still leading meaning on the coast. the popular vote still leading. you look at the battleground states and things are tightening up quite a bit. fascinating. the other point phil keating was mentioning about the mail-in votes there and the early voting. in pennsylvania there was a lot of talk about early voting wasn't as substantial there as it was in places like wisconsin and ohio, which means a lot of votes still on the table to be had, which is why they're spending so much time there. >> sandra: we'll take you through it as the returns come in and the excitement is building. >> trace: a boston newspaper

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>> little ground states of florida, the media isn't even talking about because donald trump is going to win that state by 2 1/2 points. we're in better shape right now than we were four years ago in north carolina, in the state of flashings in the state of michigan. but it all comes down to election day. >> sandra: former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski saying trump is in better shape right now than four years ago in chief battleground states even polls show biden holding onto his lead. two weeks ago in arizona biden was ahead by 3. his lead shrinking to 1 in that state. in north carolina president trump is on top after trailing biden by 2 1/2.

the founder and publisher of the federalist. if i could get your broad take on the race one day out. >> this is a very tight race. i think it will be very close and i don't think people will be heading to bed early despite the fact we have a lot of national polls have that indicated significant lead for joe biden. when we look at the state-level polls and the ones we can have the most confidence in based on past records we see a tightening race. one that i think will lead to a bunch of different fights in all likelihood particularly in states like pennsylvania as these ballots are counted going forward. after 2016 there was this whole thing that should have happened within the way that pollsters assessed their ability to identify what was going on with the race. i don't think that actually happened after 2016. i think after 2020, especially if this race ends up being as close as i think it is, there should be a real look at the

way that these different pollsters are going about their business. we saw the nbc "wall street journal" poll this weekend choose to not even have a likely voter screen. they stuck with registered voters this time around. they don't feel that they have the confidence to identify who is actually going to vote. i think that speaks the uncertainty of this moment particularly within the context of a pandemic where so many people are voting by mail or doing it in different ways as opposed to traditional election day method. >> sandra: we're hearing from you and others that we'll have to reassess the poll situation if they got it so wrong again this year and president trump wins despite so many of the polls showing him behind in some of those key battleground states. to corey lewandowski's point, he is suggesting not only is he reminded of 2016 and that could be happening now but suggesting that president trump is even better shape now one day from election day than he was in 2016 and pulled off victory

then. would you make the same assessment? >> i'm not sure i would make the same assessment across the board. he might be doing worse when it comes to the rust belt states where he has had i think a number of setbacks politically. the flip side of that i do think that lewandowski is correct when he talks about florida. florida is a state where the president last time around was not doing well among cuban and hispanic voters. hillary clinton won those hispanic voters under 40. this time around the president is doing much better with those voters. it will be a real difference in the republican party and coalition going forward. it could be a situation where president trump is really lost a number of supporters among the moderate republican suburban women demographic. at the same time adding more voters who are from the working class and more minority voter dem traffic. it will be an interesting situation no matter what the outcome is for the republican party. i think the president is doing

better among certain demographics in florida this time around. >> sandra: amy klobuchar weighed in. >> he is ahead in so many states in the midwest. why? he is leading with manufacturing in a big way and buying america. two, he has been willing to take on the fact that we are not two separate countries. we must unite our nation and that's really important right now in the midwest struggling big time with the coronavirus. >> sandra: to her point you look at wisconsin dealing with this massive spiking in positive covid cases there with upwards of 25% positivity rates. it's a real concern. do you see the president having trouble in some of those key great lakes states including michigan, wisconsin, you look at minnesota obviously. we can talk about pennsylvania, too. but what about wisconsin for example? >> i think it's an uphill climb for a president in a lot of the

circumstances. a number of different states there that clearly made the difference for him last time around. this time around i think that they are not definitely attuned to his message in the same way as they would. while hillary clinton had a ton of defects and baggage he hasn't been able to wrap joe biden around the trade decisions that he made regarding china, the policies that he advocated for over his 47 year career the same way he did with hillary clinton. at the same time, i think joe biden would be doing a lot better if he had chosen someone like amy klobuchar to be his running mate as opposed to kamala harris. he has gone too much in the direction of the woke left agenda. people too radical for a lot of these rust belt states and who don't seem to be the kind of people who are going to put the interests of workers and american manufacturing front and center when it comes to the kind of administration that they would represent. >> sandra: very interesting.

biden supporter anthony scaramucci coming up next on that and we'll ask him about it. ben, thank you for being here this morning. >> trace: more than 93 million americans have already cast their ballots in this election and text's known for historically low voter turnout is one of the nation's top early voting states. what this means for the republican party's dominance there? plus joe biden wants to transition away from fossil fuels to tackle climate change and raise taxes on the wealthy if he wins the election. what that would mean for the u.s. economy. former white house communications director anthony scaramucci joins us next. as president, the first step i will take

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>> trace: time for top stories. president trump and joe biden making their final pitch to voters as they campaign across battleground states today. biden will campaign in pennsylvania and ohio. president trump will hit four battleground states and hold five rallies. >> sandra: meantime at an overnight rally in florida the president suggesting he may

fire the nation's top disease expert anthony fauci at some point after election day and how frustrated he is by the media's coverage. pandemic. >> trace: the head of the world health organization is in quarantine. the general director says he is not showing symptoms of coronavirus. download the fox news app, take a picture of the qr code at the bottom of your screen to get started with the fox news app. >> sandra: during his campaign joe biden's promise to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations and to invest heavily in infrastructure and clean energy if he wins the election. what does it all mean for our economy? anthony scaramucci joins us now. former white house communications director. welcome, great of you to be here. so i just have one question. anthony, you and i spent a lot of the election cycle of 2016.

how does anthony scaramucci support raising the corporate tax? >> i like of rule of law in the country and support science and not politicizing the use of masks or trying to fire somebody inside the federal government that has been there for 36 years that's trying to protect the american people. >> sandra: you and i have a past of talking about the economy and you supported donald trump in 2016. you were very clear that a reason people should vote for donald trump was his view on corporate taxes. >> it's your show. >> sandra: by supporting joe biden are you -- >> of course i'm supporting that. we have to remove mr. trump so we can save the country from the pandemic. you cannot cure the economic ills of the country if you let the virus rage in 47 states. so we'll work on the virus and work on the economy. i will remind everybody when

the bush administration transitioned into the obama administration, it was a pretty good economy. the federal reserve is not changing its policies and so therefore that is the reason why the stock market is up. if the vice president which i predict will win tomorrow, 90% chance of winning the market is up. the betting markets are with joe biden. the consensus is he will be way better for the economy. don't go by me. look by the studies. go by them. >> sandra: to be clear we talked about the -- hold on. goldman sachs to be clear so our audience knows talks about the initial stimulus, the initial spur of money and investment that would go into the system and how it would trigger an economic boom but down the line the costs would outweigh the benefits. >> look at the cost now.

you are running a 3 1/2 trillion dollar budget deficit. this is not a conservative president. what book are they reading? >> sandra: you aren't supporting trump's policies but are you supporting biden? >> 7 1/2 million additional jobs under the biden program than the trump program. >> sandra: when? >> the president knows he will lose. the way he is campaigning. >> sandra: timing is everything. moody's makes that very clear. that does not happen quickly. here is biden, the "wall street journal" editorial board. failed the first time. claims he will spur growth, his poll vees a repeat of the stagnant obama years. i ask you this because you are a big finance guy. >> sandra, the market is telling you something, okay? the market is rallying off the biden victory. the market recognizes that we have to heal the country. the president has made us weaker, sicker and poorer as a

nation. okay? you have to get the science right on this thing so that we can tamp down the virus and end the number of deaths and mortalities. you and i are both business people >> sandra: and that's why i'm asking you. >> you're not listening. >> sandra: i'm looking at your -- nobody can hear us speak. hold on. this is your exact words from an interview in 2016 supporting donald trump. if you lower those taxes, corporate taxes, and make us more competitive with the rest of the world you will create incentive for people to stop leaving the united states. you will stop corporations from doing tax inversion. you were so passionate about that being such a central focus of the trump campaign and this time around you are supporting a candidate that is talking about raising that corporate tax rate by more than 10% and raising taxes on anybody making over 400,000 dollars. >> you aren't letting me talk. i am a patriot supporting the country. i'm supporting the health of the citizens of the country.

i love the people of the united states. i don't use them as props at rallies and leave them in the dust in 40 degree windy weather. i love the country. you have to heal the country first and make the people better. once you do that the economy will boom. >> sandra: what will he do? >> we'll start listening to the scientists and -- >> what does that mean? if he is elected tomorrow, what do we see from a joe biden presidency? how does he make the situation better? if you're saying the central focus is covid-19? >> whatever happened to the coronavirus task force. >> sandra: talk about joe biden. talk about joe biden. >> you won't let me talk. if you let me talk we'll move a couple more voters. it will be a landslide anyway. if you won't let me talk. >> sandra: what is joe biden's plan? >> you won't let me talk. >> sandra: go. >> you'll have a coronavirus task force, use the best practices like they use in south korea and other nations

have that carefully contained the virus. and we are going to shut the virus down and leave the economy open. the economy will heal alongside of the health of the american people. it's very simple. you can't have this -- you will have hundreds of thousands more people dying under trump's healthcare plan. hundreds of thousands of people will die. >> sandra: you are touting joe biden of the candidate. what the media is getting wrong about mr. trump. he is not a classically trained politician where he grew up in the political system for 35 years. you were telling people to vote for a candidate who has been, joe biden. final thoughts. >> i am telling people to vote for the institutions of our democracy. the president had four years. he has blown the economy, he has made us sicker, he is trying to destroy the western post world war ii alliance. look at the four year track record. a reason why you get the vote. you have 18 to 25 million people in addition to voting this year versus 2016 because

of the wreckage that mr. trump, president trump has caused in our society. when the facts change, sandra, you change your mind. that's what really smart people do. that's why the -- >> sandra: policy talks on the issues when it comes to joe biden. i hear a -- i'm out of time. you can come back. >> it's very simple. a very simple thing. heal the people, rebuild the economy, extra stimulus, 7 1/2 million jobs more than the trump 34r57b. >> sandra: that's easy for you to say that, right? >> it's a good plan. what are you talking about, sandra? i made my money starting from nothing, sandra. i want to help the people. >> sandra: the economy is the number one issue for a lot of americans. >> that's the american dream. we have to work on this thing together. we have made this thing very uneven and we have to work on it together. i love the country. i'm not interested in my own self-interest. i love the country. the guy is wrecking the institutions of the american

democracy. you know it, i know it, and the good news is more than 2/3 of the people know it, sandra. >> sandra: it's an opportunity for voters. they hear that and tomorrow's election day. >> they know. they know there is something wrong, sandra. good to be here, thanks for having me. >> sandra: thank you. >> trace: texas possibly turning into a battleground state more than half of registered voters there already casting their ballots with one day of voting ahead and the real clear politics polling average shows president trump and joe biden neck-and-neck in the traditionally republican state. casey stiegel live in dallas. good morning to you. how close is it exactly? >> trace, good morning. when we spoke on friday the real clear politics average showed president trump ahead by more than 3 points here in the lone star state. new polls did come in over the weekend and right now on the eve of this election day i can tell you that the rcp average

now shows president trump ahead by 1.2%. so not a very big margin there. back in 2016 trump beat hillary clinton for reference by about 9 points here. a record 9.7 million ballots have been cast during the three-week voting period of early voting here in the lone star state that busted through 2016's record of more than 8.9 million. analysts say it is really hard to predict who this will benefit. >> comparing raw numbers doesn't strike me as all that useful. the important thing is more why the turnout is up. the political parties have been encouraging people to do in-person early voting. >> history does tell us that republicans, the strong gop base here in texas, the end to vote in person on election day as opposed to through the early

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>> trace: along with pennsylvania, one of the states we will be watching closely tomorrow is florida, of course. a key state still up for grabs. the real clear politics average shows joe biden up by 1 percentage point. joining us now florida senator rick scott. senator, always good to see you. thank you, sir. it is really impossible to overstate the importance of florida and i know after bush

versus gore in 2000 the state got really good at counting votes. i want your opinion. will we have results in florida tomorrow night, sir? >> absolutely. we have elections by county in florida. they know their job. we have early voting, absentee ballots and voting on election day. we will be able to announce the winner tomorrow night. i was at the rally last nie. it was really late and there was unbelievable enthusiasm for donald trump. he will win florida because he is on the right side of the issues. people in florida want a good economy. we support our law enforcement and military. we don't support dictators. which joe biden is on the opposite side of all those issues. we have a lot of people here that walked away from socialism. i think trump will have a big win. i put up an ad last friday to run through tomorrow to make sure we get the vote out. >> trace: the president on his way to north carolina right now.

when he was in florida as you mentioned, sir, he said this, watch. >> president trump: i don't know if you know what's happening, but they're very worried, the democrats, about florida. they are very concerned. the vote is not there. it is not there for them. they had to get out to that big early lead and it could be that we're leading. that's a little problem. two days from now we are going to win my home state of florida. [cheering and applause] and we are going to win four more years in the white house. >> trace: you are a senator now and you were the governor of florida. nobody knows the state as well as you do. tomorrow night what are you looking at? you are looking at miami-dade, sumter, pinellas. where should we focus tomorrow night? >> i think miami-dade will be interesting. i think when the democrats will have a hard time is winning the hispanic vote. i won the hispanic vote in all

three elections. the deciding factor in how i won. these elections are close in florida. trump is doing really well with hispanic vote because joe biden, he appeased castro. he has said he will go negotiate with maduro. he will walk away from any human rights issues in venezuela and trying to help get democracy and freedom in latin america. that doesn't go over well in florida. the hispanic vote will make sure donald trump has a nice win. >> trace: i want to get your take on the balance of power in the senate as well. i will put these races up not because they're more pivotal but what the poll closing deals with. we talk about south carolina where the polls close at 7:00 p.m. lindsey graham race, tight right now. north carolina the thom tillis race. susan collins race. we should know early on indicators early on in the

night how the balance of power in the senate will be going. what are you looking for there? >> well, i think we'll keep republican control of the senate. i think susan collins will win. the two races that are really close are thom tillis and martha mcsally. i think we can win boat of those. georgia we'll have run or two runoffs. cory gardner has the hardest race. i hope we can pick up michigan and new mexico. i think we'll keep a majority. we could make up a seat or two. because trump is getting the vote out. we have good candidates across the board. >> trace: finally i want to put this up. you mention cory gardner. arizona, colorado, iowa, monday monday. those polls close at 9:00 and 10:00 respectively. were you bouyed by the new polls jody ernst in iowa has pulled up a couple of points.

>> that's what i've been following. she is a wonderful senator, hard worker. i always believed she would win and people as they look at her record, she would get reelected. so i think all of our incumbents will win. the one that has the hardest race is cory gardner. he can win. trump is not doing as well in colorado as some other states. so i think -- corey can do it. he is a wonderful senator and will work hard to get the vote out. >> trace: cory gardner facing john hickenlooper the former governor of colorado. rick scott, thank you, sir. >> sandra: corporations and americans -- the impact on joe biden raising their taxes and the economy. charles payne has thoughts on that and will join us next.

>> president trump: the economy will collapse and country will go into a very deep and steep depression. i hate to tell you. >> under my plan, if you make more than -- less than $400,000 i guarantee are you not going to pay a penny more in taxes. if you make more than that, the wealthiest, biggest corporations, 91 fortune 500s that pay zero income tax you'll start paying your fair share. >> trace: joe biden laying out part of his tax plan. big spending on infrastructure and clean energy. president trump warms it will also destroy the economy. making money host charles payne joining us now. good to see you. we'll get to the biden economy in a second. i want your thoughts quickly on the possibility of an elizabeth warren as treasury secretary and bernie sanders as labor secretary. >> it's scary stuff.

sanders probably a little bit more than warren. both of them would be one heck of a one-two punch. you know, the idea of reforming these things is fantastic. the idea of destroying them is not. i think that's what you would have with either one of them. particularly with bernie sanders who wants to go to a more socialized system. it is not what this country was built on. look where we are vis-a-vis the entire world. comparison is made with american and everyone else. somehow everyone else is getting it right but we are the present imminent nation in the entire world. to destroy it like either one of them would try to do, the economic foundation, a lot of room for improvement but really afraid if either one of them got that job. >> trace: the "wall street journal" talks about the coming assault on red states from the biden administration. he is right when he says the government shouldn't pit states against one another but ignores

that the national policies democrats are pushing have the effect of systemically discriminating against red states. thoughts on that, charles. >> there is no doubt about it. at the top of his agenda the $15 minimum wage for every single state. you can't have alabama with $15 and new york at $15 it doesn't work. you'll destroy small businesses and their ability to operate. we know that joe biden talks about union jobs all the time. so maybe an effort to ban right to work. can you imagine that? all of the success. imagine up in huntsville, area of alabama where they are growing like crazy. people have moved from michigan to alabama for those jobs. eradicating them because of the sort of idea of right to work. right to work has spread economic opportunity all over the country particularly in the midwest and south. i would be worried about that and reversing salt to the degree that new york, california, new jersey, i'm in new jersey and paying extra. the idea that other states that

are less rich than we are would have to make up the bill for that. there is the bail-out. these things sub sis on fighting the virus by hunkering down and no one can go anywhere. they need $900 billion from the smaller states. i don't know we need to have that kind of redistribution of non-wealth. from the poorest states to the richest states. >> trace: sandra was talking to scaramucci. he is about joe biden raising taxes. four years he praised the trump tax cuts and now he thinks it's good to raise taxes. fine at thoughts on that? >> that was heartbreaking. i heard the interview. one of the things that would happen with the tax plan. the type of investing we need from businesses would drop

dramatically. it went up 10% to last year under president trump. going down every year before. the s&p 500 would lose almost 10.7% in earnings. energy sector would lose 44% of their income gone. this whole thing with arresting covid. that's what we're trying to do. nothing different than biden can do. we're number four in the world in percentage testing per population. number 4 we are ahead of all the other countries. give me a break on this. no massive cure that a scientist biden will bring to the presidency. >> trace: we have to go. we'll be right back, charles, thank you. unt. i was able to lower my monthly payments and feel like i'm well on my way to becoming debt free. and i have sofi to thank for that. ♪

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without breaking my back or breaking the bank. ♪ >> sandra: fox news alert. the final battleground blitz in the race for the white house with trump and biden teams chris costing the country stopping in north carolina, pennsylvania and ohio just hours before election day as early voting smashes records with nearly 94 million americans casting their ballots already. welcome back to "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. i almost said days but we're hours away from election day now, trace. good morning. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. dueling swing state rallies with president trump in north carolina and joe biden in ohio as the polls tighten with razor thin margins separating the candidates in some very crucial states. >> sandra: we have white house communications alyssa farah standing by.

we'll get to her in a moment. we have live fox team coverage for you bryan ennis is standing by in harrisburg, pennsylvania and peter doocy in cleveland. we go to bryan. good morning. >> sandra, good morning. the real clear politics average of polls in pennsylvania has the race at about 4 points. biden ahead of trump. the trump campaign will remind you that back in 2016 the day before the election hillary clinton was ahead of president trump by two points and the president came back and won by less than a percentage point. president trump has made eight stops in pennsylvania this week alone. the commonwealth is seen as the tipping point state. the president could win pennsylvania and still lose the election but if he loses pennsylvania, experts say he has almost no chance. republicans are confident president trump can run up the score when rural counties by even larger margins than in

2016. they point to pennsylvania's 205,000 registered democrats who have switched to the republican party over the last four years. seven counties have switched to majority republican. the president has been tailoring his message to them. republicans are expected to mostly vote in person tomorrow but it could all come down to the three million mail-in ballots 2/3 of which i were sent to registered democrats. joe biden has visited pennsylvania more than any other state. six stops in the last week including three today. the big question is can biden take away those white blue collar voters from president trump? pennsylvania's democratic lieutenant governor tells us the county he will be looking at on election night. >> tell me who wins erie. they win pennsylvania and whoever wins pennsylvania wins

the presidency. it is that simple. erie is the ultimate bellwether. >> erie is a microcosm of pennsylvania on the northwestern corner nero owe there. some 600,000 mail-in ballots still need to be returned and urging people to drop them off. it's too late to put them in the mail. >> sandra: thank you, bryan. >> trace: president trump said to hold a rally in north carolina this hour. mark meredith is live in fayetteville where we'll soon see the president. good morning. >> good morning to you. president trump has hundreds of supporters waiting for him at the airport in fayetteville. the people have been waiting to hear from the president. the first stop of the day but certainly not the last. the president started his day in florida choosing not to talk to reporters after spending the last few days on the campaign trail where he had plenty to say the last few days talking

about the economy, joe biden, democrats, what he sees as the left wing mob. it was also interesting last night at the rally in florida the crowd started to chant fire fauci as in dr. anthony fauci. the president hinted if he is reelected that may happen. >> president trump: don't tell anybody. let me wait until a little bit after the election. [cheering and applause] i appreciate the advice. >> as i mentioned the president starts his day here in fayetteville and off to pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, and then wrapping up in grand rapids, michigan. why grand rapids? it's where the president hosted his last rally four years ago and the last stop today may be needed. the president is trailing joe biden in michigan by more than five points according to the real clear politics average. the president seeing a slight up-tick in the polls in michigan in recent days. what we're seeing on the ground in north carolina where the

president easily won four years ago. right now the race is neck-and-neck. the average here shows it essentially tied. the state has 15 electoral votes up for grabs. interesting to see what happens tomorrow night. the president as he is on the trail all day will be back at the white house starting at 1:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. unclear what he may have in store for tuesday. the president will be watching the election results from the white house. as for today's rally i will tell you i'm amazed how many team have come out bright and early. at 4 a.m. this morning we saw people showing up at 3:40, 4 a.m. people came back out here and eager to hear from the president on the final day of campaigning. >> trace: mark meredith live in north carolina. thank you. >> sandra: the trump campaign picking up an endorsement from the editorial board of the "pittsburgh post-gazette". the paper's first endorsement for a republican candidate since 1972. it reads that biden-harris

ticket offers us higher taxes in a nanny state. it offers end to fracking and other california dreams and cost the economy and people that need work right now. this paper hasn't supported a republican for president since 1972. we believe mr. trump for all his faults is the better choice this year. >> trace: florida last night it went on for an hour past a midnight curfew. thousands were at the airport for the rally. the fifth stop for the president yesterday. it lasted until nearly 1:00 a.m. the miami-dade county mayor said they would be flexible on letting people travel home safely from the event. >> sandra: there are new numbers on the race for the white house with a fox poll showing the president trailing biden by 8 points now putting him in a weaker position he was in 2016 the day before election day especially when it comes to support from some key groups

that voted for him the last time. joining us now is alyssa farah, white house communications director. you can feel the energy there on the ground in north carolina where we should be seeing the president a short time from now. that is obviously a key state in the race. when you look at the issues on the table for this president and for american voters and the president going up against joe biden, what are you hearing from inside of the white house, what message is working for president trump? >> good morning, sandra, great question. president trump isn't taking any vote for granted and in his four years in office we've made sure to create the most inclusive economy in modern history. what that meant prior to the pandemic you had record low hispanic unemployment and record low african-american unemployment. record low unemployment for those without a college degree. that is one of his closing messages. i brought you the hottest economy and i will do it again. state-specific issues as well.

you noted the "pittsburgh post-gazette" endorsement. the president was very proud of. his stance on energy is incredibly important. that means tens of thousands of jobs for hard working americans that we could see disappear under another administration. his policy accomplishments are what he is running on. i think it resonates with the hard working people of north carolina where he is today. he is going to protect farming jobs, agriculture jobs as well as the energy sector. >> sandra: you take more from the "post-gazette" and what they said in this endorsement of the president talking about what they acknowledged the embarrassment of millions of americans disturbed by his unpresidential manner and character. his rudeness and putdowns and bragging and bending of the truth but went on to point out that under the president the u.s. achieved energy independence for the -- first

time. an interesting point and question. i wonder if that message is resonating with american voters. when you do hear from so many who did support him in 2016 that they are bothered by some of the president's messaging, tweeting. i know you've heard it before. how do you address that point? >> that's a great point. i can say this as someone who personally works with the president day in and day out. the most important thing that you see from him is he loves the american people. maybe he -- he gets up every day and says i'll fight for the american people and bring down taxes, improve your healthcare and bring down medicare costs. a huge issue in north carolina, in florida. we brought down medicare costs in some cases by more than 20%. that's money back in american's pockets. he is a fighter. you may not like the language sometime but it is because he is passionate about what he is doing for the american people. we feel the momentum on the ground.

the polls got it wrong last time and we think they'll get it wrong again. the silent majority that came out in full force is strong once again for president trump. >> sandra: the latest fox news polling on who do you trust to do a better job on and of course the question is always posed on the economy and as we have seen the president does poll better on that issue. he is leading biden by a point on that. they prefer biden on scotus nominations and coronavirus. we can talk about that in a second. we had anthony scaramucci on, who supported the president back in 2016 just a few moments ago we had him on. he worked for a short time in the trump white house. he made this point on the markets and what they are predicting with a biden strike tree. listen. >> the market is telling you something, okay is? the market is rallying off a biden victory and recognizes we have to heal the country. the president has made us weaker, sicker, poorer as a nation. and you have to get the science right on this thing so that we

can tamp down the virus and end the number of deaths and mortality. >> sandra: with spikes like 25% and more in wisconsin, covid's positivity cases that point has to be made on how much that will hurt the president. but the president talks about the stock market a lot and while it is up 400 points today, it was a rough october for the u.s. stock market. if indeed the markets are pricing in a biden victory, the markets have sold off into that. that's a big if. we don't know for sure what that selling was all about. what does the president say about that when he looks at the stock market activity leading up to this election? >> with due respect to the former white house official who only managed to hold my job for 11 days i would say we're trustworthy that the markets are representative of a trump victory. one thing i would note, for example, vice president biden is talking about repealing the taxes that were passed by

president trump. capital gains taxes, corporate tax rates. it will have a huge impact on markets on hiring and jobs for millions of americans. coronavirus is a concern but this president is leading on it. i've said it before. joe biden hasn't offered a vision that's any different from president trump on coronavirus other than getting us back into lockdowns and mandating masks. we're doing the work and we're fighting the virus and a safe and effective vaccine. we have therapeutics on the market. the country will bounce back from coronavirus because of president trump's leadership. i think you will see the markets reflect that. look at the third quarter gdp numbers. that was huge and only happen under president trump. >> sandra: if i could go back to something you just said and echoes what we heard from the president about rounding the corner. does it help to continue with that message based on the spikes we're seeing? not just hear but abroad as well. seeing spikes in europe.

this is fox news polling on coronavirus and how people responded on whether it's under control here. completely, single digits 5%. not at all more than 51% alisa. final thoughts. >> i don't want your viewers to think that means we're through the thick of the virus. but we're getting to a place and in the best place to treat it if you contract coronavirus now. we're within a month most likely of a vaccine we can mass deploy and in the best place to defeat the virus today. the am kam people need hope. we need to get people back to work and kids to school. it is conditioned on us getting the vaccine that the president has been working tirelessly with the fda and career medical officials to race market. >> sandra: final thoughts on election night activities. what does it look like for the president, your team? how will you spend those hours? >> the president is very

excited to watch election results from the white house which only an incumbent president gets to do. he is energetic and feels the momentum. it feels similar to 2016. the media and polling doesn't look like the direction it should. but the momentum of the ground we're excited to spend another four years here. >> sandra: the president will be live in north carolina in a few moments. we'll be watching for that. thank you. >> trace: live to battleground north carolina as we await president trump as a rally in fayetteville with the margin razor thin in that state. it is not the only one. the race tightening in swing states across the country. can either candidate pull off a blow-out on election night? bret baier will be here with his take next. >> i can tell you president trump has a long day today and if 2016 is any indicator, he will be going into tomorrow morning campaign as well.

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>> is president trump going to lose and vice president trump going to win? >> i'm not in the prediction business. we feel confident about where we are and feel very confident about our pathway to victory.

>> biden campaign senior advisor expressing confidence that the former v.p. will win the presidency. recent polls show the race tightening in battleground state. a biden blow-out now seems less likely than polls were suggesting earlier in the race. bret baier joins us now and great to see you. i know you talked earlier about the corners of the country, the coasts and their separation there in favor of joe biden but the battleground states are tightening. what are we seeing in battleground country? >> listen, this race has been remarkably consistent. kind of stagnant almost. but in the past week or so a few of those states have narrowed towards president trump. that's expected as both the early vote, the gop kind of matches that democratic early vote surge and you wait for tomorrow. donald trump has to have a huge day tomorrow. that's just the bottom line. if he holds florida, north

carolina, also pennsylvania and arizona, he wins 270. there are other paths that biden can get there doing different ways especially through the midwest. >> trace: what exactly in the battleground states is moving the needle for the president, bret? are there specific things you can point to? is it the rallies? what are we looking at. >> i think it's tough to say pinpoint. but it is coming down to this binary choice. the president is closing with the economy, with keeping the economy open, with saying that joe biden is going to close it down. joe biden is closing with healthcare and covid and character on the ballot. how is that moving those states? we don't know yet. but clearly some republicans are coming home because some of these states are getting a little tighter. i'm not saying it is huge movement. it is pretty again consistent

where this race has been. it all comes down to who shows up, what the electorate looks like on election day for donald trump. >> trace: if the president can hang on arizona, georgia, north carolina and it could come down to pennsylvania. are you noticing we've talked a lot about the "pittsburgh post-gazette" endorsing the president. first time for a republican since 1972. is this theme of joe biden's energy policy starting to resonate a bit do you think in pennsylvania? >> it is a big issue there. it is not the only issue there but it is a big issue there. it may have had some effect in pennsylvania. i went to pennsylvania. i went up there and talked to some people in the scranton area and talked to some democrats who were concerned that the democrats would vote for donald trump. now the biden campaign is in earnest and every day with big,

you know, big stars like president obama and former vice president biden. but they are investing the time. you look where they are going today. touching base in pennsylvania. >> trace: i want to read this from hillary clinton's rapid response director. in certain moments i have a fear that everything will fall apart like it did in 2016 waiting at the javits center with high hopes and leaving in utter despair. a moment that will live with me the rest of my life. on the other hand feeling optimistic because a view of the numbers show differences in the races 2016 and 2020 in terms of the base of support joe biden has. a lot brought on by the failures of a president trump. is it a fair assessment in your case finally, bret? >> i think so. listen, the democrats are nervous. they see the enthusiasm on the republican side. you talk to democrats on all levels. they say oh my gosh, this is 2016. the advantage is still heading

into election day with joe biden. but again it depends who shows up on election day across the country. and the weather will be good. >> trace: bret baier and martha maccallum head our coverage on election night. thank you, sir. >> sandra: the candidates about to kick off dueling rallies on the final day of the 2020 campaign. joe biden holding an event in ohio as part of a last-minute push to turn that state blue and president trump about to rally supporters on the ground in north carolina. the flag is blowing. it's the first of five events on the president's schedule today. coming up we'll look at one potential path to victory for the president tomorrow night. [ thunder rumbles ] [ engine rumbling ] ♪

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with death rates and hospitalization rates on the rise. download the fox news app and take a picture of the qr code on the bottom of your screen to get started. >> trace: in just about 20 minutes joe biden will be taking the stage at a rally in ohio. a critical state the democrats hope to flip blue tomorrow as the real clear politics average shows president trump leading by less than a point in ohio. peter doocy is live in cleveland. peter, how is the biden team hoping to sway voters who might still be on the fence? >> they're very narrowly focus on covid-19 trying to reach voters in swing states not impressed with the way the trump administration has handled it. >> we'll beat this virus. we'll get it under control. but the truth is, to beat the virus we first have to beat donald trump. [cheering and applause]

he is the virus. >> biden raised one -- saying there is one day to go but didn't answer any questions with four grandkids in tow to ohio. he says he thinks he will win ohio but the first time in more than a month. he took an amtrak tour before. his events are closed to curious members of the publics. registered socially distanced guests only in their cars and getting frustrated with trump supporters who make noise upside. he called them ugly in minnesota and chumps. >> while i was here in philly earlier today 80 trump pickup trucks and signs riding around my block beeping their horns for a couple of hours. they just shut down the garden

state parkway. we've never had anything like this. at least we've never had a president who thinks it is a good thing. >> if here biden will head east to pennsylvania where he will host the campaign's grand finale drive-in at hinze field with special guest lady gaga. >> you say that the president needs to have a clean sweep. >> i said i believe we'll win all of them. there are multiple pathways. arizona i'm very confident and safe we'll win arizona. even if for some reason we didn't have arizona we could pick off nevada. our modeling shows we'll win there on tuesday as well as michigan. that would put president trump over the top. >> sandra: jason miller making headlines and a bold prediction

on the chances of the president sweeping the sun belt tomorrow night on his way to an electoral college victory. let's bring in our panel. we have a democratic digital campaign advisor and a former nrc communications director. matt. how key is the sun belt and securing victory in the states he won back in 2016 this time around? >> yeah, look, trump can lose to the sun belt but to win the presidency he needs to hold all of the sun belt as well as kick off pennsylvania or a michigan up north. look, texas -- texas and florida are absolute must-wins for the president. i'm also watching georgia. republicans are very pessimistic over georgia over the last week. polls close at 7:00. we'll know early on if this will be a good night for trump or a bad night. >> sandra: if biden is able, kevin, to flip a georgia, what

does it mean for the pathway to victory for donald trump? >> sandra, good point. georgia -- if georgia goes blue the final nail in the coffin for the president's campaign. democrats i talked to on the campaign are bullish about georgia. you saw top surrogates, former president obama going to georgia. they like what they're seeing in terms of the early vote. it is not just the presidential election on the ballot. two key senate races in georgia that could decide who controls the senate come january. vice president spent 40 years in the united states senate. he knows how important the senate is not just in terms of taking the white house for the biden campaign but also being able to govern with a democratic senate and georgia is so much in place. >> sandra: let's run through real clear politics numbers in key states looking at arizona where biden is up one hours from election day. in florida biden is still leading by a point there as well. georgia biden still leading by

a very, very narrow margin. .4% and north carolina where we should hear from the president moments from now talking to supporters there, he is leading by .6 percentage points. on to texas which is in play trump is leading by just 1.2%. anita dunn, biden campaign advisor on this election and comparing this moment to 2016. listen. >> two very different elections. in 2016 donald trump wasn't an incumbent who had failed miserably. he was an outsider. he had no record. he was a much easier vote for people to cast than he is this time. i'm not going to go back and second guess the clinton campaign. what i can say is that this is a totally different situation. >> sandra: does she have a

point? kevin, perhaps i've lost matt for now. kevin, response. >> i do think she has a point as a senior advisor to the biden campaign. all incumbents running for reelection is about an incumbent. that's what the biden campaign is hoping this case with regards to covid-19 and coronavirus. you know, they want to make sure, as bill clinton said in his address it is a job interview that the president is embarking on in terms of reelection. a referendum on the president. hopeful more americans will view it through that lens come tomorrow. >> sandra: matt, you have to ask is that enough or should joe biden have hit the campaign trail more and been more concise laying out his policies and talking about the issues rather than just being the anti-trump vote? >> well, we'll see. democrats have finally started going door-to-door in a traditional sort.

every campaign does. i think the way biden thinks of it to kevin's point he is almost playing prevent defense. trying to protect his lead right now. we'll see if that works out for him. he certainly has a wider path to 270 electoral votes than trump does at this moment. who knows? we saw that can collapse quickly like it did in 2016. >> sandra: thank you very much. hours from election day. good conversation. thank you so much. trace. >> trace: fox news alert now. president trump about to hold a rally in north carolina while joe biden heads to cleveland, ohio, two critical swing states on the road to 270 electoral votes. we'll take a spin on the touch screen straight ahead.

>> trace: in just moments president trump takes the stage in north carolina. it is the first of five campaign stops today. the president's air force one just to to land in fayetteville. the crowd estimated at 2500 people. this is all happening just hours, of course, before the polls open. meantime joe biden barnstorming the battlegrounds holding four events in two states. he is about to speak to supporters in cleveland. we're monitoring both candidates and will bring you updates as we get them. >> sandra: the final hours of the 2020 campaign. we should see the president a

moment from now. it is the last chance for both candidates to get their message out focusing final efforts on key swing states. a look at where they're going today. chris stirewalt loves to join me to take a spin on the touch screen. i want to show where things stand as far as the most recent polling in key states. the new monmouth university poll in pennsylvania still showing joe biden with a lead. a seven-point lead in the university poll. you take a look at the real clear politics average, hours from election day on the ground in pennsylvania joe biden still has a lead over donald trump 4.3% is the lead of the average of polls. and chris you are reminded of this day the real clear politics average of polls in 2016 when hillary clinton in that state was leading the president by more than two

points and we know what happened next. a lot of those comparisons are being made today. what we know is happening in the polls versus what actually happens on election night tomorrow night. good morning, chris. >> good morning, my friend. the thing that makes joe biden happy is not only is his lead larger but the number of undecided voters is a lot smaller. when you have an incumbent president it's what happens. when you have an open seat people say could be this or that. when you have an incumbent president fewer undecided voters and made the president's challenge greater this time and biden is banking, of course, on his native state of pennsylvania coming through for him. >> sandra: how about north carolina? we've got the live shot up there right now. fayetteville is where the president will head. you look at this state and look at the results in 2016 election how important this was for president trump's victory. in particular look at the county in which he will be spending time cumberland county, home to fayetteville.

the victory that hillary clinton secured then. how important it is for him to be on the ground with hours to go in election day there. >> north carolina is a toss-up. you pick them, right? the race is close, the turnout will be huge. voter intensity is high. where the president is right now so you have a lot of military voters, you have a lot of working class white voters, a lot of african-american voters, the area east of charlotte as you go east from charlotte, this is a key area for trump because this is where he outperformed in the past previous republicans among white voters without college degrees and working blue collar white voters. you have a lot of meat processing mrands -plants they turned ut trump for four years ago and he is trying to rally them again with the losses he will experience in the suburbs of charlotte and raleigh-durham. he needs them to go higher and stronger for him in this part

of the state than they were four years ago. >> sandra: fascinating look. nearly noon hour on the east coast. the president arriving there to give his remarks at that maga rally in north carolina. as i move on to his next stop today, chris, a little bit later on he will head north to pennsylvania. he will be on the ground in a county that hillary clinton did secure victory in back in 2016. why is scranton such an important stop for the president to make today, chris? >> scranton is important. it is joe biden's birthplace. the president has -- they've had a lot of fights these two candidates have this team and he would like to take biden's native county and this is a part of the state where fracking is very important and natural gas is big business and really important. so that's super important for trump's pitch because he says

biden will end fracking and end pennsylvania's economy. that's the place where he really wants to take that message to voters. >> sandra: amazing to see the focus he will put on some of the northern states here in his final push to voters. he has two stops in michigan later today. in between those two stops he will stop in wisconsin. first his third campaign stop of the day he is going to head to traverse city, michigan. i'm exhausted talking about the president's trip. hard to believe he will be making all these stops today with hours to go but michigan. he is spending a lot of time there. do you think the campaign has seen signs of concern? >> yeah. it should be very concerned. it looks like it will be a tough pull. he has to remember that in michigan every visit he makes while you have covid cases surging is also a counter motivator. he is motivating his base and firing up the folks. every time he goes on the ground in places like this and

holds a mass demonstration when people are worried about coronavirus emote he -- he motivates others on the other side. every action has an opposite reaction in these places. so it comes at a cost. >> sandra: 8:00 p.m. eastern time tonight as we await the president he is arriving there. he will step off and go to visit his supporters in north carolina. back to the touch screen and kenosha, wisconsin. kenosha, county. the president's fourth stop today like i said before he goes back to michigan for a late night rally in michigan. wisconsin, you mentioned the covid cases. you look at the positivity rate in that state and a key issue for voters there. >> the president had hoped to bring wisconsin back his way by focusing on law and order. when he went to kenosha before to talk about violence and law and order and do that stuff. as he pushed harder on that

stuff wisconsin moved away from him. and they have not been able to -- republicans haven't been able to find a key that turns the lock in wisconsin the way they did four years ago. we remember what happened in wisconsin four years ago. a big undecided chunk and the undecideds broke late for trump in big numbers. he scored 65, 70% with undecided voters and enough to put him barely over the top in wisconsin. that's not what he has been dealing with this time. you can see the frustration in the campaign as they have looked for some way to get around the covid issue in these states. >> sandra: you flip back to michigan here. the final stop as you mentioned. he has a tough pull based on the polling we're seeing. finishing up at 10:30 with a rally on the ground in grand rapids, michigan. fighting for those votes in the final minutes of this campaign. great to do this with you this morning. thank you very much, sir. >> you bet, my friend. >> trace: a live look at

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>> trace: there is a live look. the president walking down the steps. we'll go to him when he starts speaking. experts say the race to win over evangelical voters is key this year. president trump saw a lot of success with groups in the recent weeks. 74% of likely voters say they prefer to vote for president trump. town hall.com op-ed is head

lined evangelicals come back to trump in the knick of time. kirk cameron, we're waiting for the president. thank you for joining us. the number is at -- was dropping to 76% as you saw there. do you think that number will rise again quickly? >> well, i can tell you that as i travel the country and teach in churches i'm seeing a couple of things just astounding. one the enthusiasm level for people going out and rallying for a presidential election is unbelievable. 96 mile car trains. 30,000 vehicles. 58,000 people in pennsylvania. regardless of the siel of the aisle you're on this enthusiasm level is unprecedented. second of all i see people of faith waking up to the scary idea that socialism and communism are knocking on our doors this halloween season disguised in the costumes of public health and social justice. and our governor just deemed going to church non-essential.

thanksgiving with all my grown children in my living room non-essential. so that's why friends of mine and i created this event called non-essential. millions of people have seen. and it's been an incredible time to fight back and grab our essential liberties. >> trace: we're still waiting. as soon as the president starts talking notify me. my last question, kirk. there is the president. kirk, thank you. >> president trump: north carolina, thank you very much [cheering and applause] tomorrow we are going to win this state and we are going to win four more years in our great white house. [cheering and applause] with your vote we will continue to cut your taxes, cut regulations, support our great police, support our fantastic military. [cheering and applause]

care for our veterans, protect your second amendment, defend religious liberty and insure more products are proudly stamped with that wonderful phrase, made in the usa. [cheering and applause] next year will be the greatest economic year in the history of our country. under my leadership our economy is now growing at the fastest rate ever recorded, 33.1%. just announced last week. we created a record 11.4 million jobs in the last five months. a number that we never even thought possible. nobody did. nobody thought it was possible. and we are going to now do better than that. it is going very rapidly. foreign nations are in a free fall. you see what's going on with so many nations in europe, unfortunately, i say that with sadness. we are creating an economic powerhouse unrivaled anywhere in the world. a recent gallup poll found that

56% of americans say they are better off today than they were four years ago under obama and biden. [cheering and applause] you have to remember that. you have to remember that kind of thing. they didn't do a good job. if they did i wouldn't have run. if they did i wouldn't be here right now. they did a bad job. obama, he went out yesterday with biden and they got 14 people. they didn't have too many. they didn't have too big a crowd. and we have five of these today, five. [cheering and applause] we have some big ones, thank you. [crowd shouting we love you] thank you very much. thank you. i love you, too, and i appreciate that. [cheering and applause] i was thinking coming in, because i watch these fake

polls, everyone, if we're up by 10, if we know we'll win easily he is down by one point. he is down by one point. i just watched this fake stuff saying to myself you know, we've been under a phony fake hoax investigation for three years. nothing but bad and really corrupt publicity from these people. and i say i wonder what the difference would have been had it been legit, right? had it been legit? it turned out to be just the opposite. they were the ones that committed the crimes, not us. but i wonder what it would have been? probably would have been a little easier. the good news, we'll win anyway and shatter -- we'll win anyway. i wonder what it would have been? i wonder what it would have been if all of the nonsense wasn't brought up. [crowd shouting four more years] thank you very much.

thank you very much. looking tremendous in florida, so they don't mention that. florida, gee, we are looking good. we're really looking good all over. in the real polls, not the fox polls. those fox polls. somebody in fox doesn't like me very much i can tell you. they are the phoneiest polls. they were almost as bad four years ago. they were worse. but you get some of these pollsters. they work magic. the amazing thing is they hang onto their jobs. they do horribly. look at what they did -- i had nine states and i had to win them all and they said i was going to lose all nine. that was four years ago. i was going to lose all nine and a short evening for donald trump. the polls said decisively i would lose all nine. that was the day before. i won all nine. i won them all. [cheering and applause] or i wouldn't be here right now. i won all nine.

they said we'll lose all nine. it was quite depressing as i turned on the television. let's see how we did. he won florida, he won south carolina. what? [cheering and applause] then they said they are getting rid of the guy like a fox. i heard we're getting rid of that pollster and they kept him and they have others they kept. you wonder what kind of a business that is? you wonder what kind? we have a case where in wisconsin i have -- we're one up. i left there a couple of days ago we had a rally you wouldn't believe it, just packed like last night like here. last night. this was the section i wanted to come. it is considered a small, beautiful, cute, wonderful section. they said i want to be there. every vote counts. it's very important. we had something in miami you wouldn't have believed. i don't know who saw it on television. [applause] but you look at some