of course the state in 2016 he won by nine points and this rally here set in dubuque at the dubuque airportt 1:00 local time. people are already lined up and that shows you the enthusiasm and passion for the president among his base. it is entirely freezing and folks are willing to stand out in the freezing cold and win for hours on end to get a glimpse of the president as he speaks, and really he's pulling in crowds from three states because of where dubuque is. illinois, wisconsin and parts of iowa crowds. biden and his camp did do a final campaign stop in iowa as well this last week holding a drive-in rally. in stark contrast with the thousands of packed in crowds you get from the president's in-person events like this with very few masks, and as you mentioned this spike in coronavirus cases is hard hit in iowa as well. >> a third experiencing a positivity rate of more than 15%. we're really seeing the number of in-person and absentee voting reflected in the number of those ballots coming in being reflected because of the pandemic much more than we saw in 2016. in fact, up by 65%. and i

the president winning dubuque county by a single point over hillary clinton in 2016. things are looking better in iowa, let's put the des moines registered poll. those are good numbers for the president to have two days before the election. even though millions of votes have already been cast. the president in dubuque saying a short time ago saying he's looking in the interest of iowa whereas joe biden looking for the special interest. listen here. >> i'm the candidate of farmers, factory works, police officers, hard-working people, law-abiding patriots and every race, religion, color and creed and if i don't sound like a typical washington politician, that's because i'm not a politician. jon: now, on the subject of race county mission, the president reaching out to african-american voters, the president nationwide with the support of 14% of african-american voters. that's almost doubled what he got back in 2016 and would be a very good indicator, neil, going forward into tuesday. the president contrasting his position on things like lowering african-american unemploy

jon: president trump wrapping up one of his signature rallies in dubuque, iowa.t is his second rally of the day. he has three more planned. for more on what we just heard, let's bring in brian morganstern. i'm sorry, we're going to joe biden. he is in philadelphia right now. let's listen to the presidential candidate on the democrat side. >> every day's a new reminder of how high the stakes are, how far the other side will go to try to suppress the turnout, especially here in philadelphia. president trump is terrified of what will happen in pennsylvania. he knows that people of pennsylvania get to have their say, if you have your say, he doesn't stand a chance. but the american people, the american people will not be silenced, over 90 million people have already voted. already voted. they've had enough. they've had enough. there's too much on the line to sit it out. we only have two more days, two more days we can put an end to this presidency that has from the very beginning sought to divide us, to tear us apart. folks, in two days we can put an end to a preside

this is in dubuque, iowa. to come off the plane and greet his supporters there for the second of five different rally events the president has today in five different states. of course we're monitoring these different events. joe biden is stumping in pennsylvania today. meantime there's an unexpected embattle going on in georgia, a state that democrats would love to flip. it could be within striking distance for the biden campaign. just a few points separate the two candidates, based on our polling average. that's why kamala harris is campaigning there today. grammy winning rapper common is with us now. his new album came out on friday. common, it's great to have you here. i know a lot of people care about what you have to say. you've been listening to so many people trying to ramp up enthusiasm. i want to start there in georgia, a state that hasn't gone blue since 1992. do you think democrats can flip that state this year? >> i do. thank you for having me. georgia was energized. it was inspiring to see the pe

garrett tenney, live for us in dubuque, iowa, we appreciate your time this morning.looking quite a bit different. president trump planning 14 rallies for his final blitz while joe biden only really focusing on two states. will trump's enthusiasm lead to another victory? here to debate, aaron he'l elmod robert patilla. president trump, 14 rallies, 72 hours, you see a lot of places, five in pennsylvania, four in michigan, two north carolina, iowa, georgia, florida, wisconsin mixed in. let's take a lack at joe biden's, two in michigan, one in pennsylvania, the biden camp saying the team will fan out across all four corners of pennsylvania. no scheduled events as of yesterday. robert, you call this last minute trump push desperate and say it's not going to work. why? >> look, we've already had 85 to 90 million people that have voted already. the idea that you'll have a last minute swing is a 1980 m model, particularly given we're dealing with the coronavirus, the flu season coming in. many americans have already voted. in addition, vice president biden has the advantage

we are into butte county which is one of those historically blue counties -- dubuque county.out here and across the state is expected to be the biggest factor in the election. it could be independent voters who decide the race. about a third of iowa's voters are registered independents and over the past month there's been a huge swing in that group going from joe biden to president trump who now has a 14-point lead among those voters in "the des moines register"'s iowa poll. sean schreiber runs his own organic farm in dubuque and he is one of those voters who recently made up their minds to vote for the president. for him, the deciding factor wasn't joe biden. it was the other leading democrats that were around him during the primaries. >> i just saw how far left everything went and i said, i'm kind of liberal. i'm kind of conservative but that's way too far. everything they were saying was just... who could out-left each other and i feel like i saw their true colors even though they trying to backtrack during the general. >> iowa's six electoral votes could be a difference m

to your left there, you are taking a look at dubuque, iowa.hey're waiting for the president to show up any time now. we're also listening to kamala harris. she is in georgia. when she makes some important statements, we will get you to that as well, but she is trying to make sure people get out the vote. >>> it is a state of early voting in wisconsin that could decide the entire election. already 1.8 million people have cast their votes there, and that's up 235% from 2016, which is pretty staggering. let's talk to nbc's kyle perry talking to us from milwaukee, wisconsin. it is extraordinary, that number, 235%. that's a big wow. do you get a sense of what's driving them and the concern? is it about covid, cal? >> reporter: i think that's the question the democratic party is asking themselves today. is it voter enthusiasm? were we able to run up the numbers in milwaukee county like we want to? the other county is in madison county and dane county. this is not just a hot zone in the u.s., this is a hot zone around the world. daily rise of coronav

garrett tenney is live in dubuque. hey, garrett. >> hey, dana.oll before election day, president trump is leading joe biden by seven points which is outside the margin of error. one of the things that stands out when you dig into the numbers is how independent voters are the ones that have been pushing the president into the lead. about a third of iowa's voters are registered independent. over the past month, that group has swung from supporting joe biden by 50% to backing the president 549. today we are in dubuque county, 1 of 31 counties that flipped for president trump in 2016 after toys going for the obama-biden ticket. these counties, many of them historically blue, will be the ones to watch tomorrow night. if president trump does as well in these counties as he did in 2016, he has a good shot at winning the state again. >> dana: senator joni ernst, she is the incumbent in a tough battle against the opponent, teresa greenfield. that's been very close as well. >> yeah, very close and how the presidential race goes here is expected to decide h

dubuque county is a traditional democratic county. lot of union workers over here. where donald trump, though, overperformed. >> is this early vote or day-of vote? >> 50/50 we're seeing in iowa. mixed it up a little bit. slightly more early vote than same-day vote. iowa is facing up to be fairly competitive. keep an eye on this because the senate race and this presidential race will be in sync. two candidates will be off by a point at best. >> all right. >> joining us now, democratic senator chris coons of delaware at biden headquarters in wilmington tonight. senator, thank you so much for being with us. walk me through it, pick up arizona, maybe you lose georgia, maybe you lose north carolina. what's the likely, most -- the shortest path to 270 for biden? >> as you pointed out, there are several paths for joe biden to be elected our next president. we have to remember over 100 million americans voted early whether in person or by mail and as chuck was just pointing out, there are different rules in different states for whether they are already counted and are alrea

we are being joined from dubu dubuque, iowa. is it windy and cold. >> yes, it is also loud. the president about 45 minutes late. the crowd is eagerly awaiting him. this crowd is large, but it is not as large as we have seen in the past likely probably because of the colder weather. no social distancing, but more masks could also be attributed to the cold weather out here. this stop is stra tegic. we heard speakers prior to the music coming on. and they were really touting that poll that you talked about if is a departure from the september register showing the president behind by seven points in this state. he made up that ground, but it remains a departure from the national polls where he is still trailing eight to ten points. now he of course won the state in 2016 by nine points. but joe biden for his part is not giving up on the state. he held a drive in rally on friday. keeping in mind with the pandemic and the cases rising, they have risen 48% in the last few weeks pl early voting and absentee balloting coming in. that is up 65% and those ballots can be counted here in

next hour in dubuque, iowa and you can watch it on fox business or streaming live on foxnews.com.ning signs for joe biden despite record early voter turnout across the nation. bloomberg reports that senior officials on the campaign of joe biden are increasingly worried about lower turnout. in arizona two-thirds of latino registered voters have not yet cast ballot. if florida half of latino and black registered voters have not cast a ballot but more than half of white voters have. in pennsylvania, nearly 75% of registered black voters have not yet cast their ballots and that is all according to data from democratic data firm catalyst. president trump's allies says he's making gains with minority groups. watch. >> hispanicing are taking up and taking notice on what the president has done for them. lowest unemployment in history, home ownership on the rise, fighting for educational options for parents like myself who has a son sent to charter school and everything that joe biden stands for is contrary to the things that hispanics care deeply about which is faith, family and freedom.

biden was here friday, the president was in dubuque on sunday, his daughter is here in des moines todayother factor, tomorrow the weather is expected to be perfect. we'll see. >>> i'm evan mcmorris-santoro in maine. here at the gym, they're preparing for heavy turn out-of-. polls booths have been blocked off, and only 50 will be allowed in at any given time, including poll workers. voters will be asked to wear a mask, but if they refuse, they won't be turned away. it being main, these shields are made by l.l. bean. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, they're 20 electoral votes are critical for both candidates. polls open tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., but we've got an update from the secretary of state, already more than 2394 mail-in ballots have already been returned. that is ten times as many mail-in ballots being current than they had in 2016. a major operation there. here in philadelphia, over my shoulder, you can see that's one of the, making a party out of it. a big get out the vote operation, that's today, tomorrow, and that's it. so we're here in philadelphia, pennsylvania. brianna? >> i see

now to the great city of philadelphia that's where the dubuque chiffon simons is joining us he is in front of the convention center where the ballots for the entire state of pennsylvania are now being counted stefan i understand you are not alone there tell us what's going on. yeah well a little bit my focus here for me here less numbers here is the pennsylvania convention center this is where the counting happens full philadelphia for all those votes the time campaign expresses various says does not want to have counted anymore and the crowd here one staff counted let me take you with you a little bit here you see on this side there this is the troll count every vote crowd to dancing it off so to speak now speech change to the other side. will trump crowd smaller now that was a big get out there were 5060 people earlier today now it's just like a stalled ward so to speak now we had a chance to talk to a few people here let's listen in what they have to say i'm here because donald trump has been fighting for 4 years to keep the democrats from stealing the election both 2015 they try

cori coffin is in live in dubuque, iowa. good morning to you. the president is heading to iowa.moines register, the gold standard, they say, is going to bolster his campaign. what do we expect from him today? >> i feel like the trump campaign is going to be feeling good after this poll has come out with a couple days left. he's trying to cement his lead here in the state of iowa now. he won it by nine points in 2016. six electoral votes up for grab here. he is holding the rally at 1:00 p.m. biden coming out to iowa, as well, holding a drive-in rally in des moines. a stark contrast from the president's tightly-packed, in-person rallies, where hundreds of people usually attend and usually rare mask wearing. that's coming and this event is coming as the state is battling another coronavirus spike. one-third of counties in iowa experiencing a positivity rate of more than 15% right now. that's indicative of much of the midwest, as well, kendis. what we're seeing is a lot of these states are reporting extra early voting and extra mail-in voting because of that. in the state of iowa, m

president obama is holding his -- president trump is holding is second of five rallies today, this one in dubuqueu want your bills to be low. he's going no frac, no frac, there will be no fracking. we've got a little play, i don't know if they put it. we spent the money for iowa. you see that? that board is expensive as hell. whoa. hey, iowa must be a very important place. we've got a little show. [ cheering and applause ] >> we've got a little show. look how beautiful. what a beautiful -- see,

dubuque, cedar rapids. and ashley hintz the republican won a a tv anch state representative. over abby finchenauer, second youngest woman elected to congress and generally votes ag moderate butd as being a radical part of radical democrats. tagged with this idea that she also didn't support pbeice use she supported police reform. she will not be returning. let's look at anotonhe florida. carlos jimenez in florida 26 we're talking about miami dade he had a big advantage. he's the mayor of miami dade. er but we seee this margin with powell, this is about the turnout of hispanic votes. and what republica feel sure is a backlash against the idea that democrats may be moving into a socialist direction. and let's lookt one more that is still pending. this has been mcadams race in utah the democrat. right now outpaced just barely by burgess owen who i a former nfl player. we're going to be watching this closely. and if you look at e house full 217, 218 they need to run the house. but they will be down by less amna: maybe ale more races to call. >> a couple more dozen races and new y

my understanding is that borisjohnson made it clear that he holds by dubuque, although there are a numberhe house of lords would affect that. remember, the joe lords would affect that. remember, thejoe biden lords would affect that. remember, the joe biden has lords would affect that. remember, thejoe biden has raised a lot of concerns in the past about some of the brexit plans the uk government has, particularly the internal market bell. but this call does seem to have been warm, it seems to have been fairly well be uttered. the bigger question is whether the two and ci to eye on policy over the next few weeks. just on the business of iran and dealing with china as well, do we have any idea about how the two countries might work more closely together than previously with president trump?” closely together than previously with president trump? i think iran is one where you could see a bit of a step change from the us. room ever, joe biden was in the administration when the iran nuclear deal was signed. donald trump turned his back on it. borisjohnson is very keen on reviving that deal if

knights of columbus type of communities in davenport and dubuque. joe biden was like building a lab for those voters. he didn't do any better than hillary clinton. i do not think there is that much slack in the map, except for the margins where he did better than hillary in the suburbs and that is where he got his win. betsy: if we would have gotten bernie, would we have gotten michael bloomberg in the third-party echo we certainly know that that was a component when we are looking at these tight states in 2016 with a third-party vote impacting and hurting hillary clinton. >> that is a good point. steve: our sponsor may have a question about that. >> i wanted to ask for a moment to divert from the candidates to the process going because so many of you have inside seats. we were treated for several weeks and months with an apocalyptic vision of a complete meltdown of our system, whether it was going to be a machinery breakdown, poll workers, suppression of the vote. so between snafus, scoundrels and spies, we were supposed to have a completely dysfun

>> reporter: president trump in a one duh e and cold dubuque iowa, but basking in the warm glow of a des moines register poll showing him up 7 points on joe biden. >> we've had a great run together, and i've been working very hard with the families and making them, hopefully, very rich. >> reporter: one of five stops the president will make in this second to last day of the campaign. the president hoping for a repeat of 2016. >> we have the number one economy in the world right now by far -- [cheers and applause] and we're not losing it on my watch, i can tell you that. sleepy joe spent 47 years outsourcing your jobs -- >> reporter: the president also appealing to african-american voters, contrasting his work on prison reform with joe biden's vote to support the 1994 crime bill. >> tuesday is your chance to show joe biden what you think of his decision to mistreat, abuse and wrongly imprison so many african-americans. >> reporter: the president drawing fire for something he said on friday e in michigan about coronavirus deaths. >> our doctors get more money if somebody dies from covi

the confirmation of amy coney barrett may have given ernst a boost especially in catholic dubuque.emocrats have a chance to win a seat in georgia but not until next year. gop georgia senator kelly loeffler is headed to a run i don't have against democrat after farrell warnock on january 5th. for the house of representatives, democrats were forced to defender close to 30 seats which president trump won in civil sift civil 2016. if anything he helped the. >> the worry that president destroyed republicans down the ballot. that did not happen this year or in 2016. reporter: we know democrats in the house of representatives will have a smaller majority. it will be a more liberal majority because there were so many moderate democrats who lost in the swing districts. there could be recriminations for house speaker nancy pelosi. keep in mind when the democrats did not get the house back in 2016. there were some democrats who wanted her head. we'll see if they go after pelosi this time because they were expected to gain seats. that was not the case. neil? neil: chad pergram, thank you very,

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they wanted me to work dubuque. >> everybody was out making phone calls, knocking on doors, campaigning help barack and michelle have success. >> we need your support, too. >> yeah. >> talking about you both. you're undecided? >> we're undecided. >> oh, goodness. >> the standoff -- >> if hillary clinton won early she was going to be almost impossible to stop. she had to have a circuit breaker moment, and the circuit breaker moment would be iowa. >> she authorized the war and then recently started voting on this iran resolution. you can't be fooled twice. >> we would build a grassroots campaign, because it is the campaign he wanted to run and we didn't have institutional political support so we had to go to the people. >> i want to stop talking about the outrage of 47 million americans without health care and start actually doing something about it. >> he was getting a lot of pressure from african americans around the country, saying, hey, you're not spending time with us. we had a meeting in chicago in the fall about, you know, should we remain faithful to the iowa strategy. >> a lot of

shelby foote passed away four years after that interview in 2005, gail tweets and or text in from dubuque iowa, i am currently reading cast the origins of her discontent for isabel wilkerson, i highly recommend it, isabel wilkerson has appeared on our q&a program on sunday night and on book tv as well, all available at booktv.org, type your name in the search function at the top of the page, ashland virginia, good afternoon, welcome to book tv. >> good afternoon, thank you so much for taking my calls, from the earlier call from the woman who was looking at the government agencies like the cia, i had quite a bizarre life and i would love to share my name if i am changing the world from my dining room table to the heartbeat of america and also whistleblower, with the front page wall street journal, it can be seen on the internet but it triggered an investigation that eventually led to the resignation of jim wright, i also had some interaction at high level cia operative who offered about behind russia and has some very interesting synchronicity's that i discovered with him and other things,

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he will hit on his message of law and order and hit on it in dubuque, iowa, last night. >> presidentrump: well preserve the american way of life. joe biden is the candidate of rioters, looters, arsonists. >> trump did not win the population centers like madison and milwaukee. he won the rural counties. 23 counties went to obama twice and then flipped for trump in 2016. the state chairman state republican chairman says as they work door-to-door county to county. the destruction in kenosha is part of their message. >> we need to see a good victory in kenosha and racine county. when our governor failed to deliver the president did during the unrest and riots going on down there. we're talking the people down there about what this president has accomplished. >> wisconsin democrats say the problem is oh not a failure of authority it's antagonism from the president. >> they aren't happy about businesses being destroyed. neither is joe biden. they are not happy about donald trump pouring gasoline on every fire and almost nobody who is a persuadeable voter believes that donald trump made tha

knights of columbus type of communities in davenport and dubuque. didn'ten was like -- he do any better than hillary clinton. i do not think there is that exceptack in the map, for the margins were heated better in the suburbs, and that iswin. betsy: we would've gotten bernie sanders, then would we have gotten mike in the third party? we certainly know that that was a component when you are looking at these tight states. in 2016, you had the third-party vote impacting and hurting hillary clinton. >> that is a good point. steve: our sponsor may have a question about that. ellyn: i wanted to ask for a to divert from the candidates to the process going because so many of you have inside seats. we are treated with apocalyptic visions with a complete meltdown of our voting system, whether it was going to be in machinery breakdown, the poll workers, you know, suppression of the vote. scoundrelssnafus, and despise, we were supposed to have a completely deep functional -- dysfunctional voting system, but it seemed to hold up. i would be interested in some o

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ainsley: it's anyone's game, right in garrett tenney is live in dubuque, iowa, with more on the lasthis race in iowa has been tight for months now, but in these final days before the election, it appears there are indications president trump may be pulling ahead. in "the des moines register"'s final poll before election day, president trump is leading joe biden by 7 points which is outside the poll's margin of err error and his biggest lead in months. the biggest difference from last month's poll, it's independent voters. nearly half of whom now say they plan to or already have voted for the president. president trump won iowa by 9 points in 2016. it is one of several midwestern states that he flipped on his way to the white house. democrats feel like they've learned a lot since 2016. and the biden campaign has spent a lot of time in the midwest this past week trying to make it clear he is not taking these seats for granted. >> i came up here to campaign for hillary, and for a whole lot of reasons -- not all which were her fault -- ended up not talking it seriously. we thought it was