michelle obama was in the philly suburbs is today, 24 hours, not even 12 hours later i am at this rally pro-trump and something you focus on so much was talking about potential problems we could see him the election. he growled -- laid the groundwork to challenge the election like he did in 2020. none of those lawsuits stood up but i spoke with voters who say they want to make sure their vote counts and nobody tries to disqualify their vote this election. >> that cannot be done for anybody, thank you so much julie tsirkin, we appreciate that. checked the anxiety certainly building with two days out. we are going to get a read on how many people in this country feel about the election, the results of the nbc paul in just a moment. a day to all of you from msnbc election headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing now, the 2024

presidential race is intensifying. kamala harris and donald trump are on the campaign trail, trying to reach voters on this very final weekend before election day. and we're expecting to see both canada's addressing voters in key battleground states this hour. earlier today, circuits for both harris and trump on the sunday talk shows, giving their takes on where the story stands just two days out. >> trump, definitely has a connection with voters here in pennsylvania and that is why it's got to be close. but there's a lot of tremendous energy for harris, as well. >> the voters i sat down with in detroit on tuesday, ohio on wednesday and philly on thursday day, african americans, hispanics, jewish voters all seem to have momentum behind donald trump. it is going to be a very good day for donald trump on tuesday. >> the vice president has made it perfectly clear that she's not going to be the same president as joe biden was. she has plans. donald trump has talked about having a concept of a plan.

>> we have breaking news, the final national nbc news poll of the 2024 presidential campaign is now out. it shows harris and trump deadlocked in a head-to-head matchup with 49% each. early on meet the press, steve kornacki took a closer look at voter enthusiasm heading into election night. >> it stands at 77%, which is down from 2020 when we had the historic turnout but also interestingly, the interest is lower among hispanic voters and black voters. typically you would say that is bad news for democrats, but this year, keep in mind among black voters, that could be troubling for the democrats but among hispanic voters, trump votes are hoping for big strides. they have been seeing it in the polls and if it doesn't translate into election day votes, that could be trouble for them. >> as we get the new poll numbers, we know more than 74 million americans have already cast their ballots. either in

person or via mail. and as campaigns reach voters who have yet to make their picks, we are learning nearly $1 billion has been spent on political ads up and down the ballot in this last week. that is according to the tracking firm at impact. within $10 billion has been spent on political ads since the start of 2023. let that sink in. we've got reporters and analysts covering all of these developments for us. we're going to start with nbc's -- in detroit with a harris campaign. welcome, what final messages are the vice president sending as she wraps up the last weekend of campaigning? >> reporter: good afternoon, alec, from battleground michigan. i can tell you the vice president is there, we know for sure one of the millions of americans who cast their ballots by mail, she's telling us in last few minutes, speaking to reporters that she cast her ballot and it is off in the mail. she didn't say who she voted for and i'm going to go on a limb and say she voted for herself but with that being

said she talked about former president donald trump and she was again, continuing to close her argument that she believes he's a danger to democracy. she was talking specifically about him sowing doubt, she believes in this election. listen to what she said. >> here we are on a sunday before the election and i would ask, in particular, people who have not yet voted, to not fall for his tactic. which i think includes suggesting to people that if they vote, their vote won't matter. the systems that are in place for this election in 2024 have integrity, they are good systems and the vote of the people will determine the outcome of this election. >> reporter: and i can tell you that vice president harris is speaking to voters right now in michigan. you can see the live pictures. don't have sound but you can see it is retail politics, the last sunday of the election.

here she is doing what she's doing, to connect with voters and that what she was talking about which she believes donald trump sowing doubt and telling people their vote won't matter, we know that in these battleground states, michigan being one of them, overwhelmed -- every vote will marry her. also should tell you and talking with sources, the harris campaign is ready when it comes to whether or not donald trump might try to declare victory before the votes are counted or even if he loses, there's a team of lawyers and talking to officials, they've been in court getting ready and even finding some things on the battleground states. so it is going to be interesting to see if it happens, how harris is going to deal with that because of course she's already out in front saying donald trump might be slowing down about the election. -- sowing doubt about the election. of you're watching on the side of the screen with her meeting with voters, it tells you that this is the kind of sunday you have, right before election day, where she is out doing that. >> it is lunch time and she's at the kazoo chicken and waffles restaurant in detroit. we are also told that governor

rick -- gretchen whitmer is with her. it makes sense, every single time. let's go to dasha burns in kinston, north carolina. welcome again to you. we have donald trump heading your way, as you know after a rally in pennsylvania earlier today. but you had the exclusive phone call with him. what did he tell you about any plans for a potential administration? >> reporter: first of all, i did also have chicken and waffles here in north carolina yesterday. highly recommend. but i did have a phone call with former president trump earlier today, and one person who's made a big presence on the campaign trail in the final days and also in his speeches at these rallies as robert f kennedy junior. the independent candidate is now supporting former president trump. i asked him about some of what kennedy has said about what he wants to see in the trump administration. i asked the former president whether he was formerly give

him the cabinet, for example, head of hhs. you didn't talk about that but wants him to have a big role in the administration. i also asked about what kennedy said about getting fluoride out of water and on day one, should trump win and trump said quote, i haven't talked to him about it yet but it sounds okay to me. you know, it is possible. and kennedy is known for being a vaccine skeptic, and i asked if banning certain vaccines might be on the table. former president trump said, i'm going to talk to him, meaning kennedy, talk to other people and make a decision but he's a very talented guy and has strong abuse. so could have a massive impact on how our government functions in terms of health, should the former president win and give kennedy a big role here. he also held a rally earlier today, he is on his way here for his second one of the day. but that earlier rally, today, was one of the angrier ones from him that we have seen in a

while. i want you to listen to one moment in particular, where he talks, again as he has before, about potential fraud and the election. take a listen. >> they are fighting so hard to steal this damn thing. look what's going on in your state. every day, they're talking about extending, hours. whoever heard of this stuff. we should have one day voting and paper ballots. and i just heard a couple of states may go an extra 12 days. how the hell you have an election? spoke of course this kind of thing is not new for former president trump at the rhetoric has been escalating in recent days. has been harping on this more and more, the closer we get to election day. of course, let's be very clear, there is no evidence of any sort of widespread fraud. some polling places come early

voting places have had challenges. we have been investigating all of those but no evidence of anything nefarious going on, alex. >> thank you for being on the case and we will see what comes where you are later on today, with your help. let's go to breaking news, and the final nbc news poll. i wonder if you are not sweating, is my question to you. we have nbc senior political editor mark murray. it has been a lot, a long campaign and a long season. are you going to chill out? >> no. not till next week. >> not until after this interview because i want to ask what things look like in a head- to-head race with the candidates and where they each stand. is a head-to-head as it still razor close? >> it is, pick your word whether neck and neck, razor close, locked, margin of error day she does super close and

what is interesting, numbers, 49% for harris, 49% for trump among registered voters. a month ago it was 48-48. this has been a consistently close race and not just our poll but others. it is worth noting that sometimes with margin of error and uncertainty of the poles, you can take these 49-49 and canada's can have a convincing win. everyone should pay attention to all the different possibilities. but one thing that is feeling how close this races is the intense polarization. you look at the gender gap, 34 points, trump winning by 18 percentage points with men, harris winning women by 16 percentage points. harris doing well with black voters, young voters, she's ahead among independence by eight percentage points. than you look at donald trump doing well with white voters, without college degrees. role voters and those different polarizations with the intense -- you know, the disagreement going on. that is why this race is close. >> that is one way to look at polarization. i look at the fact we are already 9-49. it is incredible, that polarization as well. >> with 2% who say that they

are undecided. with again, you look at the ballot a different way, we have third-party candidates and it is donald trump, 47%, harris, 46. the rest going to undecided or third-party candidates. no matter how you slice it, this race is close. >> most important issues when it comes to voters, where do they stack up? >> let's look at inflation, which normally is the very top of what is the most important issue. donald trump ends up having a 12 point lead on who would better handle the cost-of- living. he also has a lead when it comes to overall on the economy. and on the border, about 25 percentage points over harris on who better handles that. harris though is ahead when it comes to who looks after the middle class and she has a 20 point lead on who would better handle abortion. and alice come it is important to note that these issues story lines have been absolutely consistent over the course of the year, even when joe biden was in this race. that issue matrix has been very

consistent promoters. >> given these numbers, it may sound frivolous but is there anything you are reading into this, that gives either candidate an advantage going into tuesday? i am not asking for results but going into tuesday, hopefully it holds. >> there are signals. number one, we asked, if you're undecided on the ballot, we tried to push that person to say okay, if you had to pick and our poll ends up showing a few more voters go to harris and donald trump's inside. the other thing we measured, the information environment, whereas what you have heard or read about the candidates the last two weeks, more favorable or less favorable impression. harris is better than donald trump emma which to me isn't surprising given the totality of the last two weeks has been a rough environment for him. but again, our polls in the field through last night, what happens today, as they reported, what happens monday night. who are the people who decide to vote and who decides to stay

home and often that will decide elections. >> let's have our director, that screen with the 31% versus 23%. for undecided, can you take that and say, the win would appear to be at kamala harris. if you have 49-49 divide and only two people, 2% of people say that they are undecided still. >> that could be good news for harris because she's doing a little bit better but also pay attention to the third of voters who don't want to pick someone. do they end up influencing things. alex, i think everything ends up mattering and we won't know probably tuesday night. we might know more wednesday but it is going to be a long haul and we're going to have a lot of work to do. >> why are you smiling at me? i'm trying to get information. >> i just had my cup of coffee. we will see if i'm still smiling wednesday and thursday. >> thank you very much. we have new reaction from iowa, after that surprising

result. we are back in a quick 90 seconds. seconds.

14 past and breaking news as both presidential candidates are hitting the road hard in this last push for votes before election day. warmer president donald trump to hold a rally in kinston, north carolina, this hour after delivering remarks in pennsylvania this morning. also this hour, vice president kamala harris is visiting a local restaurant in detroit and this morning she visited a

church in an effort to get out the vote. and this all comes as new polling shows harris leading trump in iowa by 47-44%. >> i guess we will find out tuesday where it is, but i was in iowa the night that president trump won 98 out of 99 counties, when there was a lot of choices for other republican candidates, to vote for that night. i think his strength there is across the entire state. i think trump is going to win iowa. i would be surprised completely shocked, if that comes anywhere close to being the fact in iowa. >> let's go to more beartooth in cedar rapids, iowa. break down these new results for us, because this was certainly a surprise to a lot of people. >> a big shock for sure. listen, i lived and reported here in 2020 and president, former president trump leads so strongly here in iowa. usually it's an afterthought

for democrats to spend time here. we have not seen kamala harris or her surrogates in iowa since the caucuses and that goes for former president trump, for his part as well. here in eastern iowa, you see people lining up to vote, giving their chance to early vote behind me and of all of the places, this location today. and i talked to folks in line as they are coming out and they are equally surprised. they kind of took for granted former president trump might be winning again but they were recognizing iowa used to be a very strong battleground. it was always a swing state. they are used to going back and forth and they said, anything is possible. i want you to meet abby, it is her first time voting and she talked about why it was important for her and how she thinks her peers are starting to consider other opinions as well. >> yes, it is a red states, but it doesn't matter. i need to get my vote out because things could change and even if i'm not like i went separate, i am helping my

community to fix things in my community. i've been noticing more frequently that there are more people that are kind of leaning different ways. and it's been kind of empowering to see a community that has been so conservative in the past, like my family is from there, so i've not grown up there but i've been there a lot, since i was young. and seeing that there has been the shift, where it is not also very conservative, religious, have to maintain these values, that is kind of empowering. >> the new iowa poll putting harris ahead by three points, even though still within the margin of error. and having spent my time here in iowa for so long, the poster j. ann selzer, with the "des moines register" is seen as the old standard. she's rarely been wrong. she's usually on point. when i'm talking to republican and democratic strategists who have been involved with campaigns for generations, they all kind of have this sentiment that this poll could be off.

there a little bit skeptical of it and that is something worth noting. but again, it is very rare for her to be ron and as we are considering that, looking at the tight race it is and other battleground states, if harris were to win iowa, that would change the national electoral map. that is why this is an interesting conversation. >> i think it is a very interesting conversation. thank you so much, we appreciate that. joining us, we have democratic senator of maryland, ben cardin. to see you again, sir. let's get to the big question. you expect kamala harris will become the next president of the united states, and if so, what are you seeing that makes you believe that >> it is good to be with you. i believe the vice president will win the presidency and be president harris, come later this week. what gives me hope is i see the energy on the ground. i have been in other states and my own state of maryland, we have an interesting race for senate and i can see the energy

levels. and the commitment levels and to the ground game that has been waged on behalf of vice president harris. so it gives me a great deal of confidence that the voters are going to elect the vice president, as an ex-president. >> senator, you are the chair of the senate foreign relations committee. so if you are right and kamala harris becomes an ex-president, whether it is the evolving situation of ukraine, the ongoing unrest in the middle east, how would you advise her to try and calm these conflicts, in ways perhaps that the biden administration has not been able to? >> vice president harris is really steeped in knowledge on both what's going on in ukraine and was going on in the middle east. i've already had conversations with her in regards to both of these areas. in regards to ukraine, we've got to stand up against mr. putin and his aggression. we have to stand with ukraine. they are the frontline of our fight to preserve democratic states. we can't let a country take

territory through force. and that would not end with ukraine and we know that. in regards to the middle east, we've got to find a path forward for peace in the middle east and that means security and isolating iran and the threat of iran and its proxies, working with our partners in the region, so that the palestinians and israelis can live side-by-side in peace and vice president understands this, has a game plan and i expect you're going to see progress on both ukraine, and the middle east. under harris administration. >> okay, i know that you just wrote an op-ed for nbc -- msnbc.com. and you say that trump calls himself a political prison. that is an insult to real heroes. tell me what inspired you to publish this message. >> really, it is an affront. i saw him try to raise money off the fact he claims he is a medical prisoner. these human rights offenders to put their lives on the line in order to fight for democracy and the country, they have risked their lives. i met one, no one very well, i

was with him the last week, who was placed twice by mr. putin and was imprisoned, thought he would die in a russian prison just for opposing the war in ukraine. in russia. he was released, due to the work of the biden/harris administration. it is an affront to what they stand for, fighting for the human rights of people in the country. the president, president trump was tried under independent judicial system and convicted by his peers in a jury trial. to compare what is going through, with what these human rights offenders that have been -- political prisoners around the world, is just an affront to the decency and courage of these individuals. >> well set. let's move to the democrats who are staring down a fierce battle to keep control of the senate with critical races spread across the country. we know that you are retiring, but what are the stakes for your party and what happens if republicans take over the senate, including control of key committees like yours quite

>> i am very hopeful democrats will maintain control of the united states senate. we are going to do our job in maryland with the election of angela alsobrooks. i know we have competitive races. we also have republicans that are up for election and we hope to make progress on it. take no mistake about it, control of the senate is the ability to control the agenda of the united states senate and we saw under republican control, what they did in regards to president obama's judicial selections including merrick garland not getting a vote in the united states senate for the supreme court. so we know it is at stake and i think the people of this country knows what's at stake and if you believe in the democratic agenda, if you want president harris to be able to get her agenda through, we also need to keep control of the united states senate. >> i'm sure you are following this closely but which of your colleagues that is locked in tight races, do you think will end up surprising us most on election night? does a name stick out for you? >> i think we have challengers.

what's happening in texas, what's happening in florida, what's happening in other states, think you will see some surprises. i think i democratic incumbents are going to do well. i know they have some very tough races but we are optimistic. we have all been working together, to make sure that our incumbents win and perhaps we can pick up a seat or two. >> and that means all red, -- you are looking specifically to have a good shot. is there a particular democratic senator you are most concerned worked due to a competitive raise? 's but obviously we recognize jon tester has a tough race in montana. we also recognize ohio is a tough state for sure, we know that tammy baldwin is running a great campaign in wisconsin but has a tough state. jacky rosen and and vada, these are states we recognize and of course, bob casey in the key state of pennsylvania. these are all challenging races. we think we have the right candidates and the right message and we are optimistic we can win these races. >> senator cardin the, thank you not only for your time

today but for your 18 years and over three terms, serving in the u.s. senate. well done, sir and i have enjoyed talking to you pretty much throughout all 18 of them. thank you so much for all of that. we appreciate you. >> thank you, alex. it is always good to be with you and thank you for what you do. the second most important date on donald trump's calendar, november, how that date might determine his future even more than tuesday's outcome. sday's outcome. ♪ control is everything to me ♪ and now i'm back in the picture. feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements. skyrizi helped visibly improve damage of the intestinal lining. and with skyrizi, many were in remission at 12 weeks, at 1 year, and even at 2 years. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur.

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oral count act to make sure instead of one person, one member of congress objecting in each chamber, it is now 20%, that can't have a collectors, the governors have to certify. there's a number of protections put in place. >> in the state of michigan we know and this is not me making it up. i cannot believe it hasn't received coverage. a chinese national register to vote and voted. these are facts. is it widespread, i hope not but these things need to be watched. >> of election day is the most important day on donald trump's calendar this month, november 26th is the second most important day. the sentencing day for trump on 34 felony convictions related to hush money payments for adult film actress stormy daniels. the guardian writes, if he wins, trump would be the first convicted criminal to win the white house and gain access to the nuclear codes. new york magazine says he loses the race for the white house,

the bakehouse awaits. and joining me now, harry littman, from u.s. attorney and clinton administration deputy assistant attorney general. is now host of the talking feds podcast and legal affairs columnist with the l.a. times. i read your article in the l.a. times and that is why my friend, your on the show. we are going to talk about this. we are going to run two scenarios because first up, even if he wins he would not have the power to make the 34 new york convictions go away. so how do you see these sentencing proceedings if he wins, and conversely, if you lose is? >> let's start with if he loses, alex. if he loses, it is a relatively low-level set of felonies under new york law, but there's plenty of precedent for justice -- a short and transitory penalty and people shouldn't forget this, a fairly long-term probation, which imposes real constraints on a man who has been used to doing whatever the hell he wanted his whole life and will have to say pretty please. and there's justification for

doing it here, not just the convictions he violated 10 gag orders, he has yet to admit remorse, which judges care about. that is what happens if he loses. even though he would have appeals and wouldn't see the inside of rikers island cell, for a year or more. if he wins, you are right, he can't make it go away but i think the federal courts and u.s. supreme court might say, you can't do it, you can't incarcerate a sitting president, which actually, to me makes sense. with that, what that would do is forestall the whole thing while he remains president. january 20th, 2028 or whatever, he would be preparing himself then. >> you wrote in this l.a. times article i referenced, victory for kamala harris would leave trump with no new cards to play against the juggernaut of criminal cases against him. but if trump loses the

election, can he still tie up the january 6th case and classified documents case in litigation, that drags on and on? >> i would say that drags on, but his on and on days are pretty much done. you are right, that especially the january 6th case, we've got a year ahead of us, of slogging through the supreme court opinion on immunity and figuring out what goes there. it is always a question mark with eileen cannon, but her dismissal of his case is right now, served up to the 11th circuit. so yes, nobody should expect these cases are resolved in february or march. but nevertheless, i think he will be right into the criminal justice system again, and there's just no option here, you can imagine a scenario where in some nixon/-- nixon/ford way, there is a grand deal. you don't have to go to jail but leave us alone.

but that can't happen here. for one, he would never accepted and even if he said he would, nobody would believe him. so the criminal justice system is going to play its role. it is not a fast one, but it is really there in a matter of a year or two. during which, there's going to be all kinds of litigation and things for us to look at, month in and month out. >> what a victory for trump would amount to a free pass for the presidency and post- presidency that have been nothing short of a crime spree. pretty strong words there. what specific steps would he have to take as president, to get rid of all the cases against him? >> all right, there is the new york case which i told you, he can push out for years. who knows what it looks like when he tried to do to alvin bragg. the other two, where he has to get just because of the way that the defendants have been treated, pretty long sentences if he's convicted. as i believe he will be. what does he have to do, call

out the attorney general and say, dismiss this case. go to the court and say it is over and that is it. one phone call, makes the case go away because it is not is the president and can tell the department of justice what to do with the pending case and we have no doubt, that is exactly what he would do. he already said he would fire jack smith in two seconds. >> real quick, you mentioned richard nixon, which brings me, do you think president biden would offer him a pardon, just to coalesce the country in some way or not let it fall further apart and separate, do you think you would take it? >> i put the odds of that at zero. we have an open wound here, still and i don't see biden, as his last act in office trying to suture that up. you can imagine as i said again, some discussions involving a president harris. but i think to your second question, no, he wouldn't. we have been so fastidious about trying to play this, as you would with other defendants.

i think there is no room now, for the broader system to operate for that kind of grand bargaining, or looking at the cases, as they played out for others. and they are not at all pretty for trump if he loses on tuesday. >> it was a heck of an article and a terrific conversation as always, thank you so much. grading the harris campaign in the final stretch, next. etc than tylenol rapid release gels. ♪♪ also from advil, advil targeted relief, the only topical with 4 powerful pain fighting ingredients that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours. i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms... ...with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after trying a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq works differently. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness, and swelling as fast as 2 weeks for some. and even at the 3-year mark, many people felt this relief.

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right now, donald trump is getting ready to speak at a rally in kinston, north carolina, as both republicans and democrats project confidence ahead of tuesday. >> we are looking toward a very good day on tuesday night, without any question. i am excited to see the datagram states we just talked about are all leaning toward trump. so the good news is, we will have a fair election and donald trump will be our next president. i am proud of our coalition. it looks like america and i believe that come tuesday, is going to be a tight race, i believe that the country is going to get this right. >> just to clarify, senator scott's comments, the battleground states, all show a very tight race. joining me now, we have megan haze, former special assistant to president biden along with shaniko in mcclendon, political strategy at crooked marriott and commentator ashley pratt. good to see all three of you. megan, you first. you are the director as well as message planning in the biden administration. what grade did you get the harris campaign in the final stretch quite

>> i think they are knocking it out of the park. they had a really great thing that the campaign had done. the ads, the last couple of days have been on point. last night was masterful, it was very funny, showed who she was. it showed her personality and she could make fun of herself. today, in detroit, she's hitting the messaging out of the park. >> 100%, my cousin sent a texas at oh my gosh, she's late. yep, she did. shaniko, the latest poll out of the battleground states finds among voters who have only recently made a decision about 8%, harris leads among them, 55% to 44. so if that is accurate, what does it tell you about the momentum quite >> it is on the vice president prophesied. a lot of people have said it before, and i think she is in a much better position, to feel better than donald trump campaign right now. and i think, people are actually voting now and so even

looking at the data, i am here in north carolina again, and over the course of early voting, over 100,000 people have registered same day. and since the last presidential election, 1 million new voters have been registered. and a big percentage of those are young people. so there are over 400,000, potentially new young voters in the state and we have seen a lot of turnout on college campuses. in georgia, you have seen 1 million black people already vote there, so i think what is actually happening on the ground , is looking good for vice president harris pics but can i ask quickly, we spoke last sunday and you are about to go doorknocking in north carolina. did you feel some momentum as you were out there? >> yeah, yesterday i went out and predominantly black and brown community, and we were making sure the people voted and most of the people had already voted and were excited to let us know that they voted for harris. it feels good. you know, i don't want to jinx it but it feels like 2008.

senior year in college one barack obama won. >> ashley, trumps support was underestimated in past elections, especially in the polls. but politico writes this, while trump voters found their voice in the polls, have adapted to better hear them, the same cannot be said for many forgotten harris voters, that the polls are ill-equipped to capture. so do you think harris's support is accurately captured, especially among republicans and independents? >> yes, interestingly there, i cannot be out doorknocking because i am 38 weeks pregnant. but i have a friend out in pennsylvania who has been, in conversations, with former republican voters who have voted for trump, who are now saying that they would vote for harris the summer around and this is a late breaking thing. so i think to your point alex, there is a lot of these disenchanted republicans who may be even warned republican to begin with and when trump hijacked the republican party, they became trump supporters. but the madison square garden

fiasco, really has put trump in a very difficult situation and harris is capitalizing on it. to the earlier points about, are there some harris voters that aren't being accounted for, yes. and that is the undecided voter that was mentioned in that a percent figure that you just mentioned there. where they are late breaking for harris, or -- for a reason. that is because trump is turning off some of his former supporters who may not be republican, but weren't registered democrat either. so i think the undecideds are the ones to keep watching. one other thing to point out, at this point, while women are leading the early vote by 11%, which obviously is hugely in harris' favor and among young people and women, abortion is the top issue driving them to

the polls. so that right there should tell you something about the momentum going into election day for harris. >> shaniko, i want to talk about one ad that features women secretly voting for harris when the husbands were voting for trump and it prompted a lot about rage on the right and denial that it ever happened. but pulling from you go -- one in eight women voted to really from their partners without telling them so this gender gap, it keeps growing. do you think that is going to make a difference quite >> absolutely. you know, it's been really tough to watch the news recently and see the stories of women who are bleeding out and dying, being on the brink of death, and i think that is hard for women to ignore. regardless of how they feel about the economy or taxes, that is something they have to think about. there are older women who are -- went alive when the decision came down and got access to abortion and now for a lot of those women to see it be taken away, they know what the world was like and women did not have access to reproductive, the full slate of reproductive health care that they need, and

they are seeing that come back. also, donald trump has hitched his wagon to low propensity email voters, which you know, no offense to men but if i had to choose between men doing something and women showing up to do something, i definitely would bank on the women. >> so megan, what about enthusiasm and innovation? we have certainly seen women out voting meant. do you think that will continue and is it because of dobbs? >> i think dobbs is a huge part of it but i think that women are tired of the chaos. they are titer of discontent. they don't want that for their children and grandchildren and future veneration. they would like to get the kids educated, get food on the table and live the life that they want to live and in a great country and they are not having that right now. it is very, everyone is talk about anxiety at the election, everyone is anxious and feels this discontent. nobody wants to live in a society like that. so i think that is also driving

some of the enthusiasm as well as the reproductive freedom. >> ashley, what you think the headline will be wednesday morning, or friday morning, let's say because the results might take a while. >> i think the headline could be, because only 20% of those between ages 18 and 39 have really voted. that they have turned out big and have turned out strong for harris with abortion being the leading issue to drive them to the polls. >> that is solid. how about you, shaniko? what you think the headline might be? >> when we finally get to it, i've got to be honest after 2016, i don't want to make predictions. that i will say, i think anyone who has not voted yet, if you want the chaos to be gone, if you don't want women dying in cost -- and hospital parking lot, go vote and make sure everyone in your family and friends circle has voted as well. >> last word, on what the headline will be and what you are watching on tuesday night. >> i think the headline will be

from friday, pennsylvania is too close to call. i think we have the other results and i think, i am watching another guest mentioned in your show, that the early states that are coming in, kansas and nebraska, seeing how those folks vote and that will tell how many women are turning out and how far the gender gap is in these more conservative states. >> thank you so much, ashley, i'm going to say that you look so great for 40 weeks -- 38, not 40. >> not 48. >> we are not going there but if next weekend you want to take a weekend off or if the baby comes, you have a good excuse. it is all fine. just so you know. we will see you on the other side. best of luck. a new warning about fake videos aimed at influencing your vote. your vote.

two days before election day and federal agencies are issuing any warning about fake videos circulating online, that won't to create doubt in the election. here's a portion of an nbc news report about how disinformation from russia and other and adversaries, is threatening voter competence. >> federal official sounding the alarm on yet another video linked to russia. also claiming that haitian immigrants voted illegally in georgia, using fake i.d.s.

where kamala harris has landed as she is now in the pontiac outside of detroit, michigan.

she left the chicken and waffles restaurant about half an hour ago, so it all makes sense that she has landed there at the barber shop. doing a lot of retail politics in the all-important battleground state of michigan today. we did see governor gretchen whitmer with her in the last hour, but we are glad to show you everybody here at barber shop in pontiac, michigan. it's a black-owned barber shop and she is on her way before she heads to another rally and staying in battleground michigan all day today. we will have harrison, date head of the dnc talking about where the democrats stand today and what the internal polling is telling him. very good day to all of you from msnbc election headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports and we begin this hour with a race for the white house.