donald trump and kamala harris close out the 2024 presidential campaign with a final push in

several crucial states. we're live from one of those battlegrounds as a race that could not be tighter comes to a close. many americans couldn't wait until tuesday to cast their votes. our own richard lui will take a deep dive into what a historic year for early voting means for the race. is a new era about to take off at boeing? striking workers at the aerospace company are set to hold another vote for a new contract. we're live with cnbc on whether this could bring an end to the seven-week work stoppage. the colts ride into minnesota to take on the vikings. find out if the vikes were able to get their season back on track. and you couldn't have asked for a better day to run 26.2 miles across the five boroughs. we have all the incredible finishes from the new york city marathon. it's monday, november 4th. "early today" starts right now. good morning, glad you are with me, i'm frances rivera. we have reached the eve of the

election and this race is razor tight. the final poll from nbc news has the candidates tied with 2% of registered voters undecided. and there is a gender divide. donald trump is winning over more male voters, while more women prefer vice president harris. we will be with jay gray in just a moment with the latest from the state that could make all the difference. meantime, elon musk is expected in a philadelphia courtroom this morning over the million dollar give aways he's been offering every day until the election. musk's lawyers have tried to have the case moved to federal court but prosecutors say this is not about the federal laws over vote buying. they argue that musk is operating on the illegal lottery and deceiving customers. musk's super pac has not responded to multiple requests for comment. israeli authorities are investigating after the suspected leak of classified gaza intelligence allegedly involving an aide to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. an israeli court saying sunday

the leak compromised security sources and could have harmed efforts to release hostages. it comes the same day the idf announced a special operation in syria led to the detainment of, quote, iranian terror network operative. let's go live to nbc's claudio lavanga. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, that leaked document on gaza first appeared on a german newspaper billed on september 6th and it appeared to contain the detailed information about the negotiation strategy of hamas during that time. now, more information about these documents are slowly coming out because an israeli court lifted the gag order on sunday. in the meantime the idf, the israeli defense forces, did confirm that sensitive and confidential information was leaked to the media and that israeli courts said that that information could have caused great harm not only to israel's state security but also to the negotiations to make sure that those hostages that are still in

gaza will return home. now, as you mentioned one of the four suspects for that leak is a media adviser for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. leading critics to claim that it was done so -- that leak was done so to provide a political cover for benjamin netanyahu at a time when negotiations for the ceasefire and the release of hostages between israel and hamas ground to a halt. in the meantime on the same day, as you mentioned, the israeli defense forces issued a statement saying that in the recent months they carried out a special ground operation in syria during which they detained an iranian terror network operative, this is what they call him, accusing him of gathering information on israeli troops along the border, frances. >> okay. claudio, thank you. let's turn now to our top story. one day to election day and the candidates still crisscrossing battleground states.

nbc's jay gray join me live from bucks county, pennsylvania. jay, that state, that county, could make all the difference tomorrow. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, frances. yeah, look, the leaves here are a beautiful fall, amber and gold, but make no mistake, this county and much of pennsylvania purple right now, split between republicans and democrats, and it is vital for the campaigns. they are both spending a lot of time in these few cross-over states, these states where we don't have a clear idea of who may win here, the swing states as they are called. both campaigns acknowledging that they likely can't win a race that will be decided perhaps by tens of thousands of votes without pennsylvania. so they are courting swing state voters very heavily in the final hours. >> we stand on the verge of the four greatest years in american history. you watch. it's going to be so good.

it's going to be so much fun. it will be nasty a little bit at times and maybe at the beginning in particular, but it's going to be something. we're going to go to heights that this country never has reached. >> our campaign has not been about being against something, it is about being for something. a fight for a future with freedom, opportunity and dignity for all americans. and so in these final hours let us remember that there is power in knowing that we are together and let us remember that your vote is your voice and your voice is your power. >> reporter: yeah, and another example of just how important pennsylvania will be, vice president harris spending her day here, chris-crossing the state in several rallies. she will also have some high-profile supporters at rallies here in pennsylvania. former president trump also

visiting pennsylvania today, he will have support on the ground as well. he's also going to be in a battleground state of north carolina as well as michigan. should be a busy closeout to what's been a crazy campaign. >> absolutely. crazy is the word. their work is winding down. it will be up to the voters. jay, thank you. now to two white ohio police officers who have been charged in the death of a black male. the entire encounter was captured on body camera video. maggie vespa has the story with a warning, some of the images are disturbing. >> please get him out of here now. >> reporter: criminal charges against two ohio police officers who prosecutors say killed frank tyson in a canton, ohio, bar. body camera video shows officers camden burch and beau schoenegge wrestling the 53-year-old to the ground back in april, one kneeling on him. >> i can't breathe. i can't -- i can't -- you're on my neck.

i can't breathe. >> you're fine. >> you're good. >> shut the [ bleep ] up. >> reporter: and later leaving him face down, motionless, for more than five minutes before checking his pulse. >> now we know who the bad guy is. and it wasn't frank. >> reporter: prosecutors charging the officers with reckless homicide. >> no one is above the law. >> reporter: saying the third-degree felony could carry three years in prison. that point frustrating for tyson's brother. >> you don't believe those charges are strong enough. >> no, i do not. in today's time when a man said he can't breathe and whether he can't breathe or not, just saying it should be an eye opener. >> reporter: a police union rep saying we urge people to give these officers the same rights as the people they arrest. they are innocent until proven guilty. police said the april encounter began with tyson crashing his car into a pole and running into the bar. >> we're a private club, somebody came in, we've asked him to leave, he won't leave.

>> what is he -- >> he's screaming at our members. he won't leave. >> reporter: an autopsy report obtained by wkyc showed tyson died of cardiopulmonary arrest in association with physical altercation and prone restraint. a push to hold police accountable. maggie vespa, nbc news. millions are at risk this morning as severe storms barrel across the plains. let's turn to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman who is tracking the system for us. good morning. >> good morning, frances. it was a stormy weekend for many in the south, south central states as well, and it's a stormy start to the week. we're going to see storms flaring up especially as we go throughout the later part of today. you can see heavy rain falling throughout the south, up to the midwest, where you see darker colors that's where we are looking at the heaviest rain. back behind the system it's chilly, we are looking at mountain snow in portions of the rockies, that's going to taper throughout the day. we have another storm system on shore in the pacific northwest that will bring heavy mountain snow over the next several days.

17 million people at risk for severe storms today, could see a few tornadoes especially where you see this hatched area, places like oklahoma city, tulsa, fort smith could see strong tornadoes later part of today. al the strong side. the chance for thunderstorms in omaha, des moines, kansas city, wichita and joplin. all right. that's your monday forecast. >> appreciate that. michelle, thank you. coming up, an iconic restaurant files for bankruptcy and could the end be near for the weeks' long boeing strike? we're back in 60 seconds. can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks.

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after abruptly closing dozens of stores last week. but first, is the end of the boeing strike near? union workers are once again voting today on a new contract. cnbc's karen gilchrist is here. good morning, karen. any indication whether this boeing vote will go differently than the last one? >> good morning, frances. yes, it's certainly been a long, drawn-out saga for the embattled plane maker which has been hemorrhaging millions of dollars over the course of the last more than seven weeks as a result of these strikes. but there could be a glimmer of hope today as machinists vote on this latest contract. now, under the new proposals boeing workers are being offered a pay raise of 38%, as well as a $12,000 ratification bonus and a 100% 401(k) offer as well. so this is potentially more appealing for these workers and the representative union has endorsed this deal. now, it may be slightly shy of the 40% pay increase they

originally proposed, but it's certainly more than 35% originally offered by boeing. so this union has suggested that the workers vote on this offer now, saying that further negotiations could actually result in a lesser -- a lesser deal for these workers. but also secondarily, tgi friday's has filed for bankruptcy in the u.s. citing the pandemic and just a lack of return of consumer spending going to this restaurant. so it will mean that these restaurants will be up in the u.s. and they listed their liabilities around $100 million to $500 million. so not quite such positive news over the weekend for tgi fridays. >> what a shifts. karen, thank you. let's turn to sunday night football where the vikings righted their ship. >> first and goal for the vikings. darnold throws on the run t, di

he bring it in? yes. >> sam darnold neutralized the three turnovers forced by indy's defense with three touchdown passes of his own. the vikings put an end to their two-game skid 21-13. it was the first sunday in november and all eyes were on the streets at the five boroughs. over 50,000 runners descended upon new york city yesterday for the 53rd annual marathon. the first to cross the finish line in centennial olympic park was sheila chepkirui of kenya. shortly after a man from the netherlands took home the men's title. kudos to cody schultz who once again as he does every year run the marathon. election day is turning into election month and there is a record number of ballots already

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here we are, just got one more day to go before election day and early voting turnout is reaching record levels. so what early voting trends are starting to emerge? let's turn to our richard lui with more on that. so what's the breakdown? what are you seeing, richard? >> as we get closer we get more data. good morning, frances. early voters are our consistent or super voters, if you will, and this year we are setting a record of them. i just checked our database as of 1:00 a.m. this morning, we are at 76 million so far and it's the most ever if you remove the covid phenomenon year of 2020. that covid year of course pushing many of us to early voting. in 2012 and 2016 early votes by the way those consisted of about 36% of all the votes casted for those elections. in 2020 it was 64%, so the question might be we could see

another record year this year maybe. well, according tour nbc news poll just out that might be possible. we are looking at 65% saying they have or will vote early. one-third saying they will vote on election day. and when you vote seems to say who you favor on average. if early, voters are favoring harris by 7 percentage points according to our nbc news poll. and, frances, if you vote on election say that is trump by 16 percentage points. >> wow. so whether you are red, you're blue, you're purple, how does that break down when it comes to the parties? >> let's look at the parties in terms of the early votes that we have the data on as of 1:00 a.m. this morning. again, when we look at in the seven core battleground states it is still super close. just like our poll was showing that you were mentioning at the top of the show. four states had more registered republicans voting early, arizona, georgia, north carolina and nevada. in the three other states there

democrats voting early more often, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. now, all the leads here are in the low to middle single digit percentages except for pennsylvania. here we are seeing plus 24% for democrats. that's a big advantage there. now, nationwide it still remains, yeah, unbelievable. look at just as close as our polls are showing, republicans and democrats almost exactly the same at 39 to 41%. you would see typically more democrats voting early, but you can see in this total right now republicanscoming on strong, some days that we've been watching the data the democrats -- the republicans, rather, still surpassing democrats. now, the wild card of course here when we look at it is the 20%, frances. which way did they vote? your guess will have to wait until tomorrow. >> can make all the difference. >> big difference, exactly. >> maybe beyond tomorrow. >> wednesday, thursday, friday.

>> richard, i want to ask you the issue of reproductive rights really playing a huge role in this election. how does gender factor in your data? >> when we look at the data that we have so far, women surpassing men in early voting. let's look at the core swing states here, 13 percentage points up in pennsylvania, 12% up for women compared to men in georgia and when you look at north carolina as well as michigan, that is 11 points more women voting early than men at the moment right now. back to you. >> okay. richard, thank you. time to rest up because, you know, it could be a while before we know what's happening. all right. thank you for being with us. when we come back star gazers are in for a treat. two meteor showers are expected to light up the sky this month. and the queen of chrtm isas is hitting high notes after her new wax figure is unveiled.

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we're back now with some good news to start off your week. here is josé diaz-balart. >> reporter: in kentucky that's

11-year-old swift super fan henry hinson showing off his eras tour halloween costume. his mom erin post it had online where it caught the eye of taylor's team. and then -- >> i got a message from taylor nation. you're going to the eras tour. >> reporter: that show a dream come true for henry, a wheelchair user who has been through 21 surgeries for spina bifida. >> i'm just incredibly grateful that henry was seen in that moment. not as a child with a disability, but just as a fan. we'd like you to meet your blood stem cell donor. >> reporter: and talk about meeting your heros, that's

cancer survivor carolyn baker at a florida panthers hockey game finally getting to hug the man she says saved her life. >> a flood of emotion. >> reporter: eric donated his stem cells so that karen could have a second chance. >> oh, my good. >> here is this person who did something so that i could continue to be with my family. thanks for making an impact. >> reporter: and in west des moines, iowa. >> bud. >> reporter: surprise after surprise. >> that really means a lot to me. >> reporter: football players from valley high school honoring their favorite teachers, giving them their jerseys, thanking them for all they've done. assistant principal haley overwhelmed by the gift. >> thank you for making an impact. >> what is it about her that

makes her so special and really so accessible to all of you? >> she's just so open to like all the kids, no matter what, and it just really brings like a smile to my face. >> what were you feeling? >> for me it was the push that i needed in a hard part of the year to know that the work that we do is good. >> our thanks to josé diaz-balart for sharing those stories. it can very well be a whirlwind week so, great to start the week off with a smile. thanks for starting it with us here on "early today." i'm frances rivera. hope you have a great monday and

it's the final day before the election. kamala harris and donald trump continue their battleground blitz, trying to secure as man