voting begins tomorrow but a record number of americans have already cast ballots as the biggest political figures in america fan out to get you to the polls with the balance of power and the future of america at stake. >> when you vote, you can be a check on bad behavior. when you vote, you can choose hope over fear. >> so ifou want more caravans ante you want more crime, vo democrat. it's very simple. >> at the stroke of midnight new sanctions against iran but will it be enough in creating a new cold war?

er flooding ov taking much of italy. the human toll srises,o too water.e and going batty in texas. a sight to see as millions off nocturnal creatures take to the skies and turning dusk in dark. "early today" starts right now. ♪ good morning. i'm marlie hall. >> i'm philip mena. we have less than 24 hours until election day. and the fight to win over voters now pits president verses president. both hitting the campaign trail this weekend and they're delivering dual messages. >> the caravans, the iminals, the smugglers, the tress passers marching towar our boarder. turn back now because you're not getting in. >> they're telling us the single most grave threat to america is

a bunch off, like, poor, impoverished, broke, hungry refugees 1,000 miles away. >> the last minute campaigning goes into over drive. tesident trump will makee stops in three battle ground states capping off in missouri. >> andepublicans try to maintain control off the house and senate. constituents on both sides appear energized with early voting at record highs. here with the latest. >> reporter: a mega watt match up. two presidents on the trail. 45 and 44 back in acon. >> i've been doing a little campaigning but i'm a little out of shape. >> reporte president putting distance between himself and the fate of house republicans as he

the white house. >> the difference is i can't campaign for alle of use members. i think i've made a difference of five or six or seven. that's a big difference. >> reporter: the former president in gary, indiana, a stat he carried once in 2008 and trump won in 2016. and president obama helping incumbent democrat >> when you vote, you be a check on bad behavior. when you vote, you can choose hope over fear. >> reporter: democrats, both confident and concerned that voters who were motivated for months will follow through at the polls.um president making stops in georgia and tennessee, scrapping to make sure republican held seats stay red. >> so if you want more caravans

and crime, vote democrat. >> reporter: women are among the most sought after midterm voters. >>or me it's security, jobs, economy. >> reporter: from here in chattanooga, tennessee one more day and three more rallies to make his pitch. he's been more focussed on senate races and republica have predicted to do pretty well there all along. so the presidentay be positioning himself to take credit if they do well there and avoid blame if republicans cannot hold on to control of of the house. marl. >> thank you. another curve ball in one of closely watched races in the country. georgia secretary of state accused democrats off trying to hack voter registration. that's headed by brian kemp. he's locked in a tight race with with stacey abrams. they call the claim an abuse of power.

>> reporter: voting asemerged as the central issue in race. now that democrat and republican are locked in a statistical dead heat. the latest polling showing them effectively tied. kemp is alsoia geo secretary of state and pushed voting restrictions which many say are aimed a limiting turnout of african american voters. chem's office announced an investigation ofrahe demc party of an alleged hack of the voter system. democrats call it a political stunt. interest in this year's midte midterms is surging, including among latino voters. 36% of latinos said they were certain to vote tomorrow. that's up from 27% in 2014. that jum is almost twice as much as the rise in voter enthusiasm over all americans.

what does that mean for the tight florida races? good morning. >> reporter: good morning or should i say buenes dias. we've been talking to latinos, especially in a state like florida where they makeup 17% of registered voters. we saw plenty of get out the vote efforts to talk to this community in their language with music, surrogates like latino actresses, eva longoria.am g others, really mobilizing this c voices heard.e their you haves key constituencke the cuban voters and the puerto rican voters.fo them, national issues like immigration matter. andh also heare and hyper-local issues like foreign policy with cuba as well as a m hurricania response in puerto rico and you have

incredibly competitive races in florida. andrew gillum verses sanchez. one-point race. as well as bill nelson and the current governor, rick scott. a one-to-two-point race right now andhe question with latinos is will they turn out? we saw plenty of groups making sure thathey do and bridging those cultural divides, especially in terms of latino transplants that have moved here from latin america. making them awaref early voting, of an importance of a midterm election. i have rarely seen this muchro enthusiasmd a midterm election. most know this is a pretty historic electn. some telling me one of the most important in their lifete. back to you. one of the major questions heading to the midterm sz whether a blue wave will wash over the house.

've seen a huge surge in early voting with 17 states surpassing the turn out the 2014 election.i >> reporteiana tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. there's going to be a lot of rly voting indiana in. j adonally on the house side where democrats need to pick up 23 seats. what you see we call this the big 66. we got 66 republican hd districts where we think republicans have their best shot at getting puck ups and the first one on m theap comes on at 6:00. kentucky's sixth district. amy mcgra and had that viral add ad,ryg to take on the incumbent. this is lexington, kentucky and its surroundings.

lexington, kentucky and the rural area outside of it. the fascinating thing to watch for here, 40% t of --y're going to be surge democratic turnout.an the republican interest going to be down at all? are they ableoake inroad in the rural trump area? that's something we're 6oing to see 0. then 7:00 is whethings are goino start to intensify. the fifth, includes charlottesville. and 10th right outside washington d.c. fourpu ican-held seat democrats have a shot at picking off. also 70 look at this in florida. all sorts of competitive -- potentially competitive districts in florida. and i gi you one more. georgia. so much talk about the's race.

expand the electorate. i'm going to start getting a read out and whether it bleeds out, this is one to watch. if stacey is having a big nightl woodall be in big trouble. >> the man's going to be out the next three days. i> today the last chance for candidates to make their claim to voters. and both sides are barn storming into the final hours of the election. let's brinin tracie potts. >> reporter: let's watch to see what's going to happen in the midwest. he's criss crossing the midwest, ohio,a, indi missouri, making his final argument to voters. president trump urging them to vote republican. based on his record. he's gng after democrats like stacey abrams in georgia or teessee.

but he's using national themes to do it. talking a lot in these hour-long rally speeches about the economy, immigration, about that caravan. things that localandates really don't have a lot of influence on. but essentially urging people to vote for them based on his record. now as you've seen the president is upside down in the latest nbu wall streetal poll in his job approval rating. however, he isng still get out there and voe the big name democrats. you've se you' you'veope -- you've seen oprah and fls like a national election because of what they're campaigning about. be sure to join us for the te america's future starts tomorrow night 8:00 eastern.

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