♪ just one day left. the mad for candidates to get the last minute messages out to sway voters. and almost 35 million votes already cast. are we in for a blue wave or can donald trump's republicans hold power? a fath of seven children. health concerns over a newl weapons site. and what a weekend bohemian rapgzdy. rhapsody.

♪ good morning. i'm marlie hall. with less than 24 hours until election day, it's the final march to the midterms. now pitting president verses president. mr. from and his predecessor, mr. obama hitting the campaign trail to deliver dueling messages. >> the criminals, smugglers, tress passers, turn back now because you're not getting in. >> they're telling us the single most grave threat to america is a poor, impoverished, broke, hungry >> the last-minute campaigning goes into over drive. president trump will make three campaign spots. and the stakes are high as

republicans try to maintain control of the house and the senate. constituents on both sides appear energized with early voting at record highs. here with the latest. >> reporter: a mega watt match up made by these unpredictable midterms. two presidents on the trail. 45 and 44 back in action. >> i've been doing a little campaigning but i'm a little out of shape. >> reporter: president trump putting distance between himself and house republicans. >> the difference is i can't campaign for all of those house gary, . indiana, a state he carried once in 2008 and where trump won in 2016. president obama helping

incumbent democrat, joe daunl. >> when you vote you can be a check on bad behavior. when you vote, you choose hope over fear. >> reporter: democrats, many both confident and concerned that voters who have appeared motivated for months will follow through that polls. president trump making stops in georgia and tennessee, scrapping to make sure republican held seats stay red. >> so if you want more caravans and more crime, vote democrat. it's very simple. the most sought after midterm voters. >> for me it's security, jobs, economy. >> reporter: in here in echattanoog echattanooga, tennessee, he's been more focussed on senate races and republicans have been predicted to do pretty well all along. so he may be positioning himself

to avoid blame if republicans cannot hold on to control of of the house. >> kelly, thank you. and everything's bigger in texas. democratic rising star beto o'rourke is giving ted cruz a run for his money and it has both sides fired up. early voting numbers have already surpassed the state's total turnout in 2015. beto trailing by just three points. here with the latest from texas. >> reporter: good morning on this last full day of campaigning in the state of te both beto o'rourke and ted cruz will be in houston, texas. harris county is the big prize for both of these campaign. it's beevern the years and where this race will be or at least part of

it on tuesday night. ted cruz try teeing get out republican voters, tee party voters, folks who love donald trump in a state that went for trump by nine points. beto has run a progressive campaign. he has run as a liberal and his theory of of the case is his policies, his style can turn out hispanic voters, younger voters, folks who don't reliably come to the polls on a midterm election and folks not showing up in the polling data of this state which has consistently shown ted cruz with with a lead. that lead has been shrinking and early vote numbers in texas have been extraordinary.more people midterm election. an extraordinary amount of people but we don't know ewho they're voting for yet. we know this is one of the most closely watched cases in the

country and it could be a late night here tuesday night. >> thank you. another hot race to watch. the battle for florida governor. trump backed ronda santos and meanwhile, his rival tallahassee mayor with an endorsement from former president barack obama. this race could go down to the wire. here with the latest from south daytona. good morning. >> reporter: this race is essentially tied.s republican o single point. according to the9 to 48%.ecenweeks. including saturday in pensacola, florida. followed by a visit by rudy giuliani in daytona. the bruising advertising that

has accompanied it, the race for florida governor is headed into tuesday as a toss up. >> all right, thank you. interest in this year's midterms is surging a, including among demographic. 36% of latinos said they were certain to vote tomorrow, that's up from 27% in 2014. that's almost twice as much as the rise in voter enthusiasm among all americans. breaks it all down. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, or should i say buenes dias. talking to they makeup 17% off registered voters and throughout the weekend we saw plenty of get out the vote efforts to really talk to this community in their

language with music, surrogates like latina actresses eva longoria. really mobilizing to make their voices heard. here you have key constituencies like the cuban and the puerto rican voters and for them a national issue like immigration matter. but health care and hyperlocal issues like foreign policy with cuba as well as the hurricane maria response in puerto rico. and you have these incredibly competitive races in the state off florida. andrew gillum verses sanchez. bill nelson and the current governor, rick scott a 1 to 2-point race right now. so every single vote counts and the big question with the latinos is will they turn out? we saw plenty of groups making sure they do and bridging the

cultural divides, especially in terms of latino transplants from latin america, making them aware off it early voting of an importan importance of a midterm election. i've rarely seen enthusiasm around a midterm election. some of them telling me one off the most important in their lifetime. >> thank you or should i say gracias. join lester holt, chuck todd and the rest of the nbc election team for the vote america's future at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central. and sunday night football right here. tom brady and aaron rodgers meeting in foxborough. the teams trading scores for the first three quarters. but in the fourth the patriots would pull away from the packers. and brady sealed it with one

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we're just 24 hours until election day. it's president versus president in the last-minute push to get voters to the polls. >> over 34 million early votes have already been counted. we'll tell you how that voter enthusiasm is impacting some of the country's tightest races. to iran, where new sanctions just wento efct hours ago on the heels of the anniversary of the u.s. embassy siege. great news for your wallet this morning, gas prices are

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