right now in america this morning election eve the final sprint to the high stakes midterm elections. the closing arguments from republicans promising a red wave and democrats trying to hold on to control of congress and former president trump promising a big announcement today after taking a swipe at his potential 2024 phone. also this morning election security in the spotlight the investigation at the headquarters of the republican candidate for governor in arizona tropical threat florida bracing for another significant storm just weeks after hurricane ian devastated the state sandbagging already underway. trouble at twitter is the company about to hire back some of the workers

that just laid off plus the new move by elon musk to crack down on impersonator. overnight massive fire burning near the world's tallest building as rsv cases among young children overwhelmed hospitals. comedian amy schumer shares her personal experience what she was going through before hosting snl and later what you may not know about tonight's powerball jackpot worth nearly $2 billion. this is america this morning. good monday morning, everyone i'm really in an alley, fujian for andrew. we begin with the final sprint before tomorrow's midterm elections. the stakes are high with control of congresstoricans are pricti a red wave due to voters concerns about the economy while democrats are pushing back and emphasizing issues like abortion in preserving democracy. meanwhile

former president trump appears to be looking ahead to 2024 promising a big announcement today after taking a swim. wipe that florida governor rhonda santis over the weekend. abc is justin finch begins our coverage this morning, justin. good morning. brianna and good morning on this election eve, president biden is warning that american democracy is at risk, but it may not be enough to stop a red wave tomorrow night. president biden, making his closing arguments to voters in new york ahead of tomorrow's election, rallying for governor kathy huckle. you can't only love the country when you win is locked in a tight race with lee zeldin, the congressman hoping to become new york's first republican governor since 2006 election deniers. who say that i did not win the election, even though the hundreds of attempts to challenge that of all failed even in republican courts, saying if he's elected, he'll reverse some of new york's bill

reforms and declare a crime emergency busy day one every covid mandate in the state of new york. tensions in the race boiled over at her valley for hopeful this weekend video appears to show a man grabbing a zeldin supporter by the neck as another person takes her prose. eldon sign holding my sign and, you know, listen. they didn't want to hear what i have to say it comes. it's our new poll shows the economy and inflation remained top of mind for voters with registered voters favoring republicans on both. another key issue is gas prices. twitter yesterday hit president biden's post with a fact check after he said the most common gas price is 3 19 calling it progress. twitter added some clarification , saying there's a difference between the most common gas price in the u. s. and the average price which is 3 80.

meanwhile former president trump was in miami last night, rallying for a strong republican showing tomorrow. even endorsing governor rhonda santis, who's seen as a likely republican contender for president in 2024 going to re elect the wonderful the great a friend of mine, marco rubio to the united states senate. and you're going to re elect ron. dissent is as your governor of your state trump one day after nick naming de santis , rhonda's sanctimonious, also tease his own presidential run in 2020 for telling the crowd to stay tuned for an announcement later today and now in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious. i will probably have to do it again. but former presidential candidate chris christie says no

one should be surprised that trump is set to announce another presidential run one day before the midterms. everyone always knew he was gonna run. he can't miss the attention any more than he does, and he's gonna run that we'll see what happens. and as of yesterday, 40 million voters had already cast early ballots, overtaking the total of early votes in the 2018 midterms, andrea. all right, justin. thank you and investigation is underway after a scare at the campaign headquarters of carry lake, the republican candidate for governor in arizona staffers say an envelope was suspicious. white powder was found in the mail, but the fbi has refuted the campaign's claim that the substance was being tested at the fbi lab in quantico, virginia. the incident comes amid growing concern about election security. abc is mary alice parks has more on what federal officials are monitoring. federal law enforcement agencies are tracking a range of issues of federal analysis, obtained by

abc news show that domestic violent extremists do pose a heightened threat, and agencies are worried that targets could be polling places, all workers and, of course, federal officials, officials say they're also worried about foreign adversaries planting disinformation online. arkansas senator tom cotton says he will not run for president in 2024. he was the subject of much speculation, but said he is worried about the effect of campaign would have on his family count on abc news tomorrow night for complete coverage of the election results. we will be on air all night beginning at eight eastern are streaming coverage begins at seven eastern on abc news live. storm weary florida is now bracing for a tropical threat just weeks after being battered by hurricane ian. the system could become a tropical storm within the next day or two and take direct aim at florida. forecasters expect the system to move across parts of the bahamas with rain moving into florida tomorrow through wednesday

morning. the exact timing and location are still unclear. but parts of central florida are already preparing sandbag operations amid concerns about more flooding and beach erosion. it's a lot of lived here my whole life, so i've seen a lot of hurricanes lived through a lot of hurricanes seen, you know a lot of devastation. and this is the erosion is just unbelievable. i mean, 80% of all our eco shore's walkways have been destroyed after hitting the southeast. the storm is expected to move into the northeast. new trouble at twitter this morning of villa musk is facing new challenges just as his counterpart at facebook reportedly plans job cuts. this morning, two of the longest running social media platforms appear to be in a fight for survival. 50% is a job dropping number and really good to the bone and heart of the twitter ecosystem. last week, twitter's new owner, elon musk, let go about half the companies 7500 employees, but now the company

is reportedly trying to bring back some of those workers. bloomberg reports dozens of employees were fired by mistake while others were let go before management real allies. their experience was needed. musk said the layoffs were needed because twitter was losing more than $4 million per day. and now twitter is reportedly delaying a plan to charge $8 per month for a verified checkmark until after the midterm elections. combined with what we've seen this week with the 50% had count cuts and some of the pushback for the verification plans. it's just been ominous first week for twitter under the moscow ownership. musk has also announced twitter will permanently suspend any account that impersonates another. meanwhile massive layoffs could soon be coming to facebook, according to the wall street journal. facebook's parent company, meta is preparing to notify employees of large scale layoffs this week, possibly affecting thousands of employees . shares have plummeted 73% this

year. as mark zuckerberg spends billions on virtual reality. it's not just facebook and twitter that are struggling microsoft and snapchat also recently announced layoffs and amazon announced a corporate hiring freeze oversees several regions in ukraine are in the dark after an onslaught of russian missile strikes. the mayor of kiev is warning residents to prepareor blackouts and the loss of heat and water. meanwhile the washington post reports u. s. officials have asked ukraine's government to begin showing a willingness to negotiate with russia to make sure ukraine maintains the moral high ground . experts at the u. n climate summit in egypt say the past eight years are on track to be the hottest ever recorded on earth, researchers say warming temperatures have shattered glacier melting records in the european alps, and they say the rate of sea level rise has doubled since 1993 time now for a look at your monday weather.

they're digging out from snow and parts of washington state, up to eight inches fell and more is expected today, checking the radar. it's clear across much of the country, but rain and mountain snow hits the northwest and rain is expected in the south today, especially from texas to tennessee. today's highs will continue to be above normal in the northeast for one more day into the seventies. even in new england, meanwhile, eighties along the gulf coast only in the fifties across the midwest today. coming up a major new study on the best way to lower cholesterol. so i had the backstreet boys paid tribute to singer aaron carter after his death at the age of 34. and later what we're learning about tom cruise and his

cashing into late victorian tanzania, 19 were killed, including both pilots, officials say the precision air flight went down in bad weather as the pilots were trying to land. in medical news, a new study finds statins are vastly superior at lowering cholesterol than dietary supplements. researchers at the cleveland clinic say the drug crestor reduced ldl or bad cholesterol by nearly 38% enough to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. but the study found omega three supplements like fish oil do not improve ldl levels, researchers say people with slightly elevated cholesterol could focus on diet and exercise instead of statins, but as always, make sure you check with your own doctor. new details this morning about the death of former pop star aaron carter. his brother, nick, paid tribute to him at a concert last night. here's a b cs derek dennis and emotional

tribute last night at this backstreet boys concert in london for the younger brother of singer nick carter, seen on stage, holding back tears and receiving hugs. because we lost one of our family members yesterday, posting on instagram sunday. my heart is broken, even though my brother and i have had a complicated relationship my love for him has never faded, he added. addiction and mental illness is the real villain here. 34 year old aaron carter was found dead in his los angeles area home saturday. he rose to stardom in the late nineties after getting a start at just nine years old opening for his brother's group. not long after aaron second studio um, went triple platinum. that led to several acting roles, including on sabrina, the teenage witch and lizzie mcguire . but in recent years there were legal and substance abuse issues and mental health struggles. the sheriff's department revealed

how carter was found saturday in a bathtub information. the cost of the house sitter had found a male in the upstairs bathroom bathtub unresponsive. the house sailor was instructed to start cpr on the male neighbor anthony chevelle, says he tried to help the house sitter or make came to the door and she just was screaming like he's dead. he's dead and we're like, well, who let us help? let us help. you know, i told my wife scenario in and she's still wouldn't let us in slam the door locked it. aaron was engaged to his girlfriend, and they had an 11 month old son. i had a talk with him before about this. and he's like, okay, i will go to rehab if that's what you want me to do. the medical examiner will now determine aaron carter's exact cause of death. rhiannon andrea, just really tragic, derek. thank you for that. coming up what you may not know about tonight's powerball jackpots, but first the breaking news overnight a fire burning near the world's tallest building.

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area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. reggie: now at 5:00, election eve. voters across the bay area listening as candidates make their final push push -- push. who wants to be a billionaire? what you need to know ahead of tonight's record jackpot. kumasi: you need to get ready for a rainy week. heavy downpours throughout the bay area. drew is tracking the forecast as we reggie: start a new week. reggie:good morning to you. welcome to monday, november 7. drew: good morning, guys. we are at fort baker, live, showing you what is happening in the elements right now. heavier rain moved through earlier this morning, picking up to about .25 inches of rain. live doppler 7 right now showing you what weather is in the south. this is the first of several

cold fronts a