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good monday morning. i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm philip mena. with just 24 hours until election day, it is the final march to the midterms. the fight to win over voters now pitting president versus president. mr. trump and his predecessor, mr. obama, both hitting the campaign trail this weekend to deliver dueling messages. >> the caravans, the criminals, the smugglers, the trespassers marching toward our border, turn back now because you are not getting in. >> they're telling us that the single most grave threat to america is a bunch of, like, hungry refugees 1,000 miles away. >> and last-minute campaigning goes into overdrive today. president trump will make three stops in three battleground states, capping things off with a massive rally in >> a the sta republicans try to maintain control of the house and the

senate. constituents on both sides appear energized with early voting at record highs. nbc's kelly o'donnell has the latest. >> reporter: a megawatt matchup made by these unpredictable midterms. two presidents on the trail, 45 -- >> this is like being at a georgia football game! >> reporter: -- and 44 back in action. >> i've been doing a little campaigning, but i'm a little out of shape. >> reporter: president trump putting some distance between himself and the fate of house republicans as he left the white house. >> the difference is i can't campaign for all of those house members. there's so many of them. >> reporter: but claiming heas been an asset to republican senate races. >> i think i've made a or six o seven. that's a big difference. >> reporter: the former president in gary, indiana, ae . barack obama trying to keep a senate seat blue by helping incumbent democrat joe donnelly. >> when you vote, you can be a

check on bad behavior. when you vote, you can choose hope over fear. >> reporter: democrats, many both confident and concerned that voters who have appeared motivated for months will follow through at the polls. >> and everybody's encouraging others to get out and vote. >> reporter: president trump making stops in georgia and tennessee, scrapping to make sure republican-held seats stay red. >> so, if you want more caravans and you want more crime, vote democrat. it's very simple. >> reporter: women are among the most sought-after midterm voters. >> for me, it's security, jobs, economy. >> reporter: from here in chattanooga, tennessee,his pitc. he has been saying he's been more focused on senate races. and republicans have, quite frankly, been predicted to do pretty well there all along. so, the president may be positioning himself to take credit if they do well there and

avoid blame if republicans cannot hang onto control of the house. marlie? >> kelly, thank you. and when it comes to those senate battles, everything's bigger in texas. democratic rising star beto o'rourke is giving senator ted cruz a run for his money. and the hotly contested race has both sides fired up. early voting numbers have already surpassed the state's total turnout in 2014. the latest emerson college poll shows beto nipping at cruz's heels, trailing by just three points. nbc's garrett haake has the latest from texas. >> reporter: marlie, good morning. on this last full day of campaigning in the ste beto o'r ted cruz will be in houston, texas. harris county is the biggest county in the state. it's the big prize for both of these campaigns. it's been hotly contested in presidential campaigns over the years, and it's where this race will be fought out, or at least part of the battlefield, on tuesday night. we have seen the two campaigns focusing mostly on their base

voters. ted cruz trying to get out republican voters, tea party voters, folks who love donald trump in a state that went for trump by nine points. beto o'rourke, a democrat running in a red state, has run a progressive campaign. he has run as a liberal. and his theory of the case here is that his policies, his style ca hn rnpanic voters, younger voters, folks who don't reliably come to the polls on a midterm election, and folks who aren't showing up in the polling data of this state, which has consistently shown ted cruz with a lead. now, that lead has been shrinking, and the early vote numbers in texas have been extraordinary this year. more people voted early in the state of texas in 2018 than voted in entitionre an extraord amount of people, but we don't know who they're voting for yet. we know that this has been one of the most closely watched races ihe we know that it could be a very

late night here on tuesday night. maie the most closely watched races in the country. georgia's secretary of state ha trying to hack voter registration. that department is headed by republican gubernatorial nominee brian kemp. he's locked in a tight race with democrat stacy abrams. critics denounce the allegations, calling the claim an abuse of power. geoff bennett has more. >> reporter: voting has emerged as the central issue in this race now that republican brian kemp and democrat stacey abrams are locked in a statistical dead heat. the latest polling showing them effectively tied. now, kemp is also georgia's secretary of state, and he's pu among african-american voters. kemp's office announced an investigation into the state democratic party over an attempted hack of mocrs call it stunt. >> geoff bennett, thank you. another hot race to watch, the battle for florida governor. trump-backed republican ron

desantis also getting support from former new york city mayor rudy giuliani over the weekend. meanwhile, his rival, tallahassee mayor gillum drawing executive might of his own with an endorsement from former president barack obama. this could go down to the wire. latest nbc news/marist poll shows gillum leading desantis among likely voters by four points, within the margin of error. >> and the senate race is identical with senator bill nelson ahead of margin. a key demographic in florida, latino voters who make upe stat. a group of latina actresses, including eva longoria, america er orlando to encourage hispanics to vote tomorrow. a new reuters/ipsos poll shows midterm interest is surging among latinos. 36% say they are certain to vote tomorrow. that is up 27% from 2014. and do not miss lester holt,

savannah guthrie and chuck todd for "the vote: america's future." nbc's election coverage starts tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern/7:00 central. if you've ever wanted to sleep with the fishes, well, now you can. hilton is opening its first ever underwater hotel in the valdez. it's called maraca and features two-story villas that reach are below sea level. these are fancier than your average hotel room. the glass room gives you a panoramic view of the indian ocean. as if that weren't enough it comes with a private gym, an infinity pool and butler's quarters. you can get it all for the price of $50,000 a night. it opens to the public this month. >> u.s. dollars? >> yeah. >> i don't know about that. >> you get a lot for it, though. >> i'm trying to see if i have any spare change. n>> tha york city marathon, joining us on a monday here. one and only. good morning. good morning. obviously, the election forecast is the big story. could even have tornadoes later

tonight. we may wake up with power outages in states like mississippi. this is senate battleground forecast map. the battleground states are in yellow. notice mississippi and tennessee could be dealing with severe weather tomorrow night, waking up to that that tomorrow morning. and as we wake up tomorrow, those storms will roll into places like florida, so the panhandle region is especially at risk for storms. if anyone will be impacted by the weather, it would most likely be the panhandle area. about 70 degrees. a chance of showers looking for absolutely beautiful fall day. 82 in phoenix is about as beautiful as it gets and we'll continue with that nice weather this week. alkboeeather waking up and having tornadoes in the middle of the night and election day morning.

>> got to be prepared. no excuses tomorrow. all right, bill, thank you. to the nfl now and "sunday night football" right here on nbc. this game, perhaps the two best quarterbacks ever, tom brady and aaron rodgers meeting in foxb o foxboro. it was a tight game early. they traded scores for the first three quarters, but in the fourth quarter, the patriots would pull away from the packers. that's i touchdown run by james white. then brady would seal it with one final touchdown pass to josh gordon. the pats win, 31-17. down to the big easy, a shoot-out between the ints. that is todd ghe pylon for the score there. but drew brees came out firing. number 9 346 yards. 211 of those yards went to one guy, michael thomas had a day. the saints win, 44-35, handing los angeles their first loss of the season. new orleans improves to 7-1. finally, in the mile high city, denver down two. three seconds left, the field goal to win it by brandon

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months after president trump pulled out of the deal. those sanctions coming just after the 39th anniversary of the u.s. embassy siege in tehran. for latest, let's go to tehran. ali arouzi. how is the iranian government handling these sanctions here? >> reporter: well, philip, as you mentioned, those sanctions have snapped back, and not only do they target iran, but anyone who dares trade with iran. they hit their oil exports, shipping and banking, essentiall aof the economy. now, authorities here have accused the united states of waging both a financial psychol iran, but they remain defiant,e. ir ayatollah khomeini, said saturday that america's lost its grip on iran and is in decline. the very powerful revolutionary guard announced two days of antiaircraft andenemy. while the foreign ministry spokesman said that the country is not concerned about sanctions. but i can tell you, philip, that

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the 2014 election. but how will those big numbers translate for the gop and democrats? nbc's steve kornacki will break it all down for us. >> indiana on tuesday night at 6:00 p.m., most of the state e's oing to be a lvoting, it looks indiana. so, i think in the key senate race, joe donnelly, democrat trying to hold on. we'll start getting a readout from indiana 6:00 p.m. onhe hou democrats need to pick up 23 seats, what you see right here, we call this the big 66. we've got 66 republican-held districts right here where we think democrats have their best shot at getting pick-ups. and the first one of those, the first one that's on the map comes on at 6:00, kentucky's na mcgrath here, former fighter pilot, had that viral ad, trying to take on andy barr, republican incumbent. this is a fascinating test here. this is lexington, kentucky, and its surroundings. let's try to get this up. here you go. lexington, kentucky, and in the rural area outside of it.

the fascinating thing to watch for here, about 40% of the population are in the lexington county, fayette county. is there going to be surge democratic turnout here? also, rural areas, is the republican interest going to be down at all? are democrats able to make inroads at all in those rural see at 6:00. then at 7:00, that's when things are going to start to intensify. you are going to have in the 00 the second, virginia beach/norfolk, that area. the fifth, that includes charlottesville. ehe venth, that's dav of washington, d.c. the tenth district right outside four republican-held seats that democrats have a shot at picking off. we're going to start getting returns at 7:00 in those. also at 7:00, look at this in florida. all sorts of competitive, potentially competitive districts in florida. we're going to start getting numbers from there as well. and i'll give you one more, georgia. so much talk about the georgia governors race. the theory of the stacey abrams campaign, expand the electorate, bring first-time voters out. we're going to start getting a readout there as well, and whether it bleeds over to key

congressional districts. this is one to watch. in fact, if stacey abrams is having a big night, rob woodall, republican incumbent, could be in trouble there. >> steve kornacki bringing it for us this morning. >> tight races, and severe storms on election day. yes, severe weather today and tomorrow, too. today is an enhanced risk of possibly isolated tornadoes, watching texas, louisiana, alabama, right into kentucky and tennessee. then on election day, 35 million people are at risk from northern georgia, atlanta, columbia, up through areas of washington, d.c., philadelphia included. >> thanks, bill. thks for watching philip mena. thks for watching philip mena. ke

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