to macon in one day. if they didn't have complications. there are couple of times where he describes they have trouble getting up in one day. this is his mother mary. the picture was taken in the 1870s. you can tell by her skirts this is no longer the hoop skirt era. it's a later photograph. she looks older. when we try to research as many of the people as he talks about is possible. and we can find next to nothing about mary except through the words of her son. you can go on to ancestry.com, i have a family tree there for the gresham's. you can look and see when she was born, when she was died, her children, but you don't know a lot about her, but she liked. what kind of personality she had. what were her interests. but leroy tells us all of that. he brings his mother back to life for us which i think is a gift to get to know who this woman was. leroy was a favorite child. they were an incredibly close family. he had an older brother named thomas who did serve in the army in northern virginia. and assist

president trump is about to speak in macon, georgia.the left-hand side of your screen. both delivering their closing arguments in this highly charged election cycle. joining me now, michael and michelle. michelle, let's start with you on this. president obama on the trail, losing his voice over the last several days, but really exciting the base. late in the game, though. why didn't he start earlier, one might ask? >> i don't know. i think that he has two competing imperatives. on the one hand, there is this informal tabu against presidents campaigning and we are at this point and it's sort of all hands on deck if we're going to safe the country. >> does this work then, allen, as you've been reporting on this very story, we're looking at, again, president obama in gary indiana, macon georgia, two states that are very important in this election. are they resonating for the base? or resonating for independents, which is the key swing vote? >> indiana president obama is speaking in a democratic hot bed. this is an area where senator donnel

we have another msnbc road warrior from macon, georgia. alley, good morning to you.hat are we expecting to see from your vantage point today? >> good morning, alex. we're at the airport in macon where the president will be, as beth said, around 4:00 today. yesterday he was in florida campaigning in another governor's race where they're running neck and neck. gillum is leading by a slight margin. polls in that state have shown gillum with a consistent lead. florida is probably going to be close, more than 4 million people already voted there according to our analysis. so clearly, turnout is going to be key. the president stumped pretty hard for ron desantis last night. take a look at what he said. >> in ron's case, he's going against somebody that's got a lot of energy, but he runs one of the worst, one of the biggest problem cities anywhere in the country. he's not doing the job. you don't want to have him running florida. that i can tell you. >> they're going to take control of congress and giveaway our country. they want to knock it down with a giant wrecking ball.

what i have noticed in following her from macon, to atlanta.that she has captured something kind of intangible. in georgians that i spoke with. and her message that has been very simple -- health care and education. that is resonated. every single person i spoke with, black, white, old, young, who is enamored of her, was enamored of her for those two reasons she will expand medicaid and improve education in georgia. that's what they care about. >> joy, i would like -- both you and katie and you on this. in terms of being in georgia and seeing the campaigns on the ground. not just in terms of what they're saying at the rallies, what were you able to see in terms of get out the voest. obviously it's got a different cast in georgia than this does in a lot of other high-profile races because there's been so much concern about potential voter suppression and brian kemp's dual-hatted role. administratoring voting as the secretary of state and also being at the top of the ticket. joy and katie what you're seeing about the mobilization of get out the v

the president will be here today in macon, georgia.l elaborate a little bit on what he means. yale law school, the same law school where his hand picked supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh went. so pretty bizarre language there. i imagine we'll hear more about it when he speaks to supporters at that big rally. this race has really turned into a proxy battle between new south and old south. of course, this is very red georgia. typically it's been very conservative. keep in mind president trump only won this state by five percentage points in 2016. that's a lot closer of a margin than we saw in ohio, which is of course typically considered much more of a swing state. so things appear to be changing here in georgia. somebody like a stacey abrams, a progressive democrat, could actually pull it off. as you said, this is a very, very tight race. pretty much within the margin of error. president trump really has sort of put a lot of stock into brian kemp. this is not one of those, you know, races where you've got a competitive senate situat

what kind of crowd, what kind of event did you encounter in macon, georgia?the exact kind of event and crowd that i encountered in 2016. there were 12,000 people that showed up for donald trump and brian kemp today in macon, georgia. and the rally, although it was meant to rally up support for brian kemp and although brian kemp did speak, the rally was more of a donald trump rally. he went through a lot of his old hits and hit some new ones as well. he did focus a little bit on stacy abrams. he said that she was radical, she was extreme. she was going to turn georgia into one big giant sanctuary city, that it would become venezuela. he was trying to gin up the base by scaring them what the state would look like if a democrat came into power. he called stacy abrams one of the most radical politicians that is out there. brian, i'll tell you i was at the obama rally on friday with stacey abrams and the tones were markedly different. democrats were talking a lot about health care. they were talking about how you got to go out there and vote. you got to honor your

the president going to macon next. this is showcasing what i would i think he would say is the donald trump on the campaign trail in this last stretch. what does that geography tell you about the president's plan? >> reporter: i think he's going to areas where he's very popular. some of these areas that help sweep him to the white house. he's going to friendly territ y territory. i think that underscores his broader strategy that we're which is to try to energize his base. to try to get those numbers to turn out in such big terms that is what will put them to victory in some of these races that will very tight. be preside the president focused on immigration because he's trying to scare his voters into going to the poll. i think that's his strategy. again, i think for this president, the pofocus right no is on his base. >> my thanks to all of you on this sunday afternoon. coming up, ron desantis, the republican candidate for florida is holding a rally right now as his race with andrew gillum tightens. our prime time el

president trump is just arriving via air force one in macon, georgia.pport of republicans. let's get some analysis and we will be taking the president live when he takes to the microphone. a couple journalist covering this election are with us now. jeff mason is the white house correspondent for reuters. - - has that same job with the - -. it's been interesting to watch these two presidents, both of whom you've cover. former president obama is in gary, indiana. he's losing his voice. trying to rally democrats and president trump doing the same thing. the question is, which is the more effective message? >> that's right and we won't know the answer to that until tuesday. you're certainly right that they're both out there fighting. it's interesting in a way that this midterm has felt much like a presidential election been almost as if obama and trump were on the ballot which of course they're not. of course president trump has made this about him both with his blessing and with the democrats blessing a referendum on his presidency on tuesday. >> it's inte

he is with the president in macon georgia.k with us, victoria, profess ter at the university of texas and susan, republican strategist. jeff, let's get caught up to speed really quickly on the president's statements since we spoke to you as he was about to take the stage. what has his messaging been to the crowd ino just this past week we saw the president suggest stacey abrams was some unqualified for the position she's seeking. she won as a spellman college graduate. also a yale law school graduate just like brett kavanaugh, the supreme court candidate who president trump routinely traces his intellect. the other thing we've seen are these voting restrictions that are in force here in georgia backed by the republican gubernatorial candidate who also as you well know is the secretary of state. abrams supporters view those as transparent tactic aimed the limiting block voter turnout. if stacey abrams is victorious, it will be because she's done something that has never been defer before in this state. it will mean she has turn

angela merkel is on her way out of politics but emanuel macon is more isolated as an embodiment of those values. emmanuel macron is approaching the spot. it was in this pleading that the site was chosen for the armistice to be signed because it was a relatively isolated spot where news would not lead to early. the train was brought in a crossfire. northern france where the fighting has continued since 1914, which had seen has continued since 1914, which had seen the battle of the song which had killed millions of people —— battle of the somme. the french leader of the western front sat in the carriage with the british and other delegations and the germans we re other delegations and the germans were given an ultimatum, surrender, he never terms, if you have 72 hours to sign. at 12 minutes past five 100 yea rs to sign. at 12 minutes past five 100 years ago, the armistice was signed. there are dignitaries behind me so i think emmanuel macron is imminently about to walk past. a very poignant moment indeed when he will stand here, he will lay a wreath and sign the book of remembrance with th

playback of the president of the night dates as he's departing for a rally in macon, georgia. here is president donald trump. >> i'm now leaving for georgia during the rally. we have a tremendous number of people as you know, as you probably know standing outside trying to get and. it is for brian kemp running for governor of georgia and then go into tennessee where we have a tremendous crowd. i don't know what that means, but i think it really portends something very interesting >> but that will be the second stop. first stop is georgia so we will have a very busy day. tremendous crowds. >>. [reporter question inaudible] >> i think we will do well with the house. i think my primary focus has been on the senate because there are so many people in the house. that's a lot of stops but i have done housework also. i think we will do well in the house. as you know, my primary focus has been on the senate. i think were doing really well in the senate but if you look at early returns, they are very positive. with so many people in congres , so many people in the house it's very hard

we will see him on stage shortly in macon. we have to delineate between the statements his campaign is making versus the statements his office of secretary of state are making. those statements we received today have come by way of spokes men, not from brian kemp himself. we will see if he address this is controversy on stage next to president trump later today. >> kaylee hartung, appreciate it. in the key battle ground state of florida, the governor's race is getting a lot of attention. the mayor of tallahassee is trying to flip the state and beat former congressman, ron desantis. the poll shows it's a dead heat between the two with gillum holding a one-point lead, well within the margin of error. people are turning out big numbers to vote early with four million casting ballots in the state of florida. rosa flores is in miami beach in an early voting location. president trump and president obama have campaigned there in the last week. how potentially influential? >> reporter: very influential, for sure. people are busy with

i will be in georgia in the next few days and we have a -- around round macon macon, we have a tremendous crowd already. nobody has a crowd like we have because everybody wants to see a great governor in georgia. greatis going to be a governor, a fantastic governor. she is not qualified to be governor. georgia is a great state, great great state. take a look at her past, history, what she wants to do and what she has in mind. the state will be in big trouble quickly. the people of georgia do not want that. can we have an update on election integrity? president trump: i just met with the fbi and the doj and with secretary nielsen and they have spent a lot of time, effort, and money on making sure everything, with respect to the election is going in five days, to be perfect and safe. be hopefully no meddling, tampering, nothing. president obama had the chance to do that in september before 16 but he chose not to because he thought hillary was going to win. well everybody agrees that did not affect the vote, nevertheless, he could have done things that would have made it more obvious are cle

two years ago at this point but then something funny happened spivak we have fox team coverage in macon georgia but let's begin in chattanooga tennessee where the president is set to take the stage one hour from now be mac even before president's arrival this crowd is energized in chattanooga most were waiting in line some of them are laid even lined up the night before this is presidents third visit to tennessee for marsha blackburn he wants her in the senate just shows how close of a race that is going up against a popular former governor this race has already set records for how much money spent $80 million for the tennessee senate seat and also early voting triple the number of midterm voters that voted for him last time that strategy is very simple marsha blackburn says she is with trump her opponent is a washington democrat but he tries not to make this about trump but global issues and is it to find of the democratic leadership. president trump wants tennessee and if she does get elected she will be the first woman elected senator from tennessee. chattanooga is the president sam

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macon county. let's move on to chattanooga at this point, hamilton county. i'm just trying to show you what is happening. we're very busy here with taking a look what is happening. there you go. i got that to come up. for the presidential vote in 2016 in tennessee, again, trump country versus clinton. overwhelmingly the favorite there. looks like he's riding on that popularity to help the gop. >> neil: you did a great job. hopefully everything will be working election night. when you have fancy equipment, anything can go wrong. but it didn't here. it could have. we have more coming up including whether they had any of this technology around the time that abraham lincoln or franklin roosevelt or even lbj. we have more on how that would have made a difference. certainly what is at stake after this. one third of our classic crust is made with cauliflower but that's not stopping anyone o, that's good! but some give their clients cookie cutter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to sel

only this one minor issue would block the whole view of the britain so this is not resolved this is macon talk to commission president junco now and some of the go ahead as scheduled tomorrow and the invitations have been issued now by donald tusk the e.u. council president so everything should run smoothly and what are we hearing from sources in brussels well the deal such. as quite easy it's just a letter that you got to kingdom issued basically saying that they accept the spanish. the position that everything around gibraltar should to should protect between these two countries this will take place in the future as it has been in the past also during the mr old agreement negotiations spain and the united kingdom talked about you gibraltar separately so this issue has been solved and there's also another document that says that fisheries will be resolved very quickly that was something that france wanted so now everybody has what he wanted and the summit can go as planned now bant service is due to meet e.u. commission she feel that they. what else do they need to clear up before tomorr

meantime in macon, georgia, the president has just arrived, taking to the podium there. cnn's sarah westwood is also there. sarah, there we see the president. what's the likely message as the president is also being joined by the vice president, right? and the republican candidate for governor. >> reporter: that's right. they're both here today, fred, to campaign on behalf of georgia's secretary of state, brian kemp. he's the republican candidate in one of the tightest gubernatorial contests in the country right now. just a couple points separating them in the polls. stacey abrams obviously aiming to be the first black woman governor of any state. she's aiming to make history, attracting democratic starpower to this state in recent days. former president barack obama, oprah winfrey, they've been here. president trump is hoping to keep brian kemp above 50% on tuesday because if neither candidate gets 50% or more of the vote, it'll go to a runoff. so the president here trying to boost brian kemp as he heads into election day touting his message of immigration. >> all right

them out in waves that we have not seen in georgia in decades. >> the president is going to be in macona, today. he said you just simply weren't qualified to be governor. he didn't say why. how did you take that assessment? >> i find his assessments to be vapid and shallow. i am the most qualified candidate. i am a business owner, i'm a tax attorney who was trained at yale law school, i am a civil leader who helped register 200,000 georgians. i'm a very accomplished political leader who worked across the aisle to improve access to education, to transportation, and i blocked the single largest tax increase in georgia history. there is no more qualified standing for this office in georgia and i look forward to having the voters of georgia say the same. >> you know, it's interesting, when oprah winfrey came to campaign for you, she said something that may have surprised some of your supporters that were in the audience that day. take a listen. >> i am a registered independent. because i don't want any party and i don't want any kind of partisan influence telling me what decisions i get to

we get anywhere that neither donald trump nor brian kemp brought up this investigation tonight in maconorgia, which i thought was interesting since those allegations came out this morning. i also thought it was interesting this morning on brian kemp's twitter page, and it's basically been a milk toast get out the vote effort, not much opinion, not much in the way of controversial tweets. this morning he tweeted about the new black panther party saying that they support stacey abrams and claiming that people who want to kill white people and areanti-sematic support stacey abrams. when you talk to georgians on the whole you get the sense a lot of them feel this is a close race. there's a decimal point difference between brian kemp and stacey abrams right now. the expectation is that this is going to go into a run-off. that's why the other night at the rally that she did with president obama, it was all about going out and voting. the same thing when oprah took the stage. going out and voting. honoring the legacy of those who came before you. the fight that they had to ensure, specifically

president obama on friday and president trump who is holding a rally in macon, eorgia, there this afternoonow is the democratic nominee for governor, stacey abrams. if she wins, she would be the nation's first female african-american governor. ms. abrams, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you for hav. g >> let me be honest, did you think the sunday before the election you'd be in a coin flip race? >> we were preparing for every eventuality and i'm excited to ben aead heat because i know that we are going to turn out voters who have never voted before. >> it feels as if the finalut debate ahis election has really been about how to count the votes and who gets to vote. it hasn't been as much about some of the issues. how concerned are you that this is going to be a fair vote? i know the last time we were yo, expressed optimism that this was going to be a fair electionu that you would the results. do you still feel that way? >> i do. we have seen unprecedented turnout in this race from people who normally do not engage and do not vote. some of that has been driven byn the conversaof t

i know help from the macon maternity hospital. nobody was surprised. to see who said. two days a week of counselors coming out educational outreach work in the community. or how. they have only one line in my life. my name right. there how how do you know you mature and i mean. that's what i really want to have here is you got a man who. what i don't know how that is that we. are doing that how do is. to want to discuss stories with the counselors. she's eighteen and pregnant with her first try.

. >> there was one article in our macon paper about a lady that lives maybe 2 miles from here. her husband had passed away, and he had had a rare form of cancer. before he dieied, she hd both their hair tested, andnd it came up very high in some heavy mmetal elements. a and so she hd her water tested. we thought surely that's not our problem, but we might as well have it tested. >> donna sent her water here, to the university of f georgia's water testing facility. using sophisticated instruments, technicians like jake mower are able to determine what elements are present in a watetr sasample. >> donna welch and i have spoken many times. she had a--a very elevated amount of uranium in her well water. she also had radon in her water and radon in her home air. so her family was exposed to quite a bit of environmental toxicity uranium will break down to radon, radium. they are classified as carcinogens. i think it would bebe very interesesting to find out exacty what the source of the uranium contamination is, largrgely because her case was a little severe. i think it's a little un

. >> reporter: the president urged voters in macon, georgia to elect brian kemp as their next governor. >> defend your borders, defend your jobs, fight for your values, and continue to make america great again. >> reporter: democrats believe they have a shot to reach at least 218 seats in the house which would be enough to take control. but cbs news director of elections and surveys anthony salvanto says democrats need voters who don't usually come out for midterm elections. >> if those volkswagens don't show up, we've re-run the model, and the republicans hold the house. the republicans hold the house, democrats only get to 215, a gain, but not close enough. >> reporter: most election analysts expect republicans to maintain the majority in the senate. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >> we have you covered on election night. we'll bring you live results and analysis all evening starting at 8:00 with a special live stream on kpix.com. >>> in other news, a suspected flakerrer is under arrest -- flasher is under arrest in the south bay facing three counts of indecent exposure. sheriff's d

nbc's jeff bennett is in macon, jeff? >> kate, voting has emerged as the central issue in this race now that republican brian kemp and democrat stacey abrams are locked in a statistical dead heat. the latest polling showing them effectively tied. now, kemp is also georgia's secretary of state, and he's pushed voting restrictions which many abrams supporters say are aimed at limiting turnout among african-american voters. now today kemp's office announced an investigation into the state democratic party over an attempted hack of georgia's voting registration system. democrats call it a political stunt. kate? >> all right. thank you. on to florida and another race for governor that could sway that swing state. our catie beck is in orlando. another dead heat there. >> reporter: that's right, kate. this race is essentially tied. florida has a long history of hotly contested races, and it will live up to its reputation this tuesday. the latest poll has democrat andrew gillum leading his republican opponent ron desantis by a si

the president telling the washington post he macon sell his sit-down with russian president vladimir putin aer its seizure of ukrainian naval eessels and sailors in the black sea. ncident is creating an international crisis with ukraine's president seeking to declare marshal law. he is now calling on the united states to send a pointed message to russia. nbc's sarah harman is in london with the latest. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: marlie, good morning. will he or won't he? that's what everyone is sndering this morning after president trumpaid he might cancel his meeting with putin in actions offrussia's the coast of crimea. one person who seems to be hoping that meeting goes ahead iskrainian president poroshenko. he's counting on the u.s. to support him. here's what he told richard engel. >> reporter: what message would you like president trump to deliver to vladimir putin? one, the minsk agement, the de-escalation agreement is off, and the occupation of crimea and many, many other things. to make long story short, in two words, ukraine.et out from >> reporter: russia has had de

our house where we're very lucky we only have one house and our family room in the center macon satan of destruction and you five breaks out in a room neighborhood of thousand oh yes this the third there in awake the first place broke out last thursday hours after a deadly mass shooting in a thousand oaks by. many residents had little time to grave before being forced to flee the. now some other stories making news around the world today russian opposition leader alexei in the violent says he's been barred from leaving the country and i have a message recorded at a moscow airport the kremlin critical that he'd been prevented from traveling to the european court of human rights which is due to issue a ruling over his detentions and bonnie's served twenty days in prison last month for organizing anti kremlin protests. the us think tank says it has identified it least thirteen undeclared missile bases inside north korea the center for strategic and international studies says pyongyang has been upgrading several of the remote sites a report could further complicate diplomatic efforts to e

level of the ballot in this race but in a few hours i'm going to try just an hour or two south to macon georgia where trump is having a rally with and there are undoubtedly going to be hundreds if not thousands of white women there standing behind the president so i think you have to look at the geographical divide across this country so it is what are the difference in issues that. a white female voter cares about as opposed to a female voter of color something's overlap obviously but but those are two very distinct types of voters. in a sense i come back at the what's actually more interesting is that the issues that are there actually should unite and should be a white versus bloc issue when you talk about the key issue of health care for example when you talk about the issue of education when you talk about the economy which in fact the trump campaign is really only continuing the progress under obama and where it goes next year with the future of the tax cut. in the federal debt that's going to huge those are issues which tend to unite what i find more interesting is the way that t

our house where we're very lucky we only had one house in our family and in macon say new destruction a new fire breaks out in the rule neighborhood of thousand objects this the third there in a wake. the first place broke out last thursday hours after a deadly mass shooting in a thousand oaks by. many residents had little time to graves before being forced to flee the flames. move to business leaders from el first now decision day for italy it's being called into the headmaster's office to explain itself well you can call the that italy is about to hit any you said deadline for redrafting its budget russel's rejected the first plan due to its heavy deficit spending today the international monetary fund also joined in the criticism it sees italy's budget shortfall rising in the next three years well above rome's predictions the i.m.f. says italy needs to put to rest any concern about public debt sustainability which recently has resurfaced the ongoing conflict is a big concern because italy is not just any economy it's the euro zone's third largest whether it's main machines like ferr

still has the power over who becomes a johnson i mean you see that there were two supreme court seats macon while he was president both. were nominated with him from from him with conservative judges and that's by the decision for life i think that is what is troubling me a lot of politics can change but what are you i mean the courts don't because that's like a position for life and he will play. the card over and over again and of course people are afraid and he just like. pushes people to be even more afraid and i think that is -- horrible horrible thing to do but was that griffin a strict con. sin traded more on some of his economic successes i think a lot of house republicans would say yes if you got them caught them in a moment of honesty -- behind closed doors i think that they wanted -- that the republicans to run on their record which actually when you look at the economy is it's a very good one the of one of the lowest unemployment rates. inin recent american history you have real wage growth this is an economy that's that's going on all cylinders and i think there were a lot of r

to see delusion in macon to you know if it is. good for democracy i'm asking for people to be allowed to speak to this is your ultimate i'm asking for the minimum for. there was no murder here. this is all there are by bloody murder here in the most brutal way that no one is or has ever. i believe jamal or frist has lived nearly to tell the truth and tell all of us what was going on in saudi arabia and what this crown prince stands for. the saudi regime is such seek our stomach even to moderate criticism this is what major to moderate critics. whoever might have done this to you're not going to let it go. good to be sold on the bin laden. bin in the event that all that will be. chiming in missing is the monk. getting the. money being called the money may be sunk although. i don't call myself a new position. i am just right that i want a free environment to write and speak my mind. from dusky sunset exploring savannah. to summarize atop a nation metropolis hello there we've had some very heavy downpours ever parts of south america

friday trump called macon suggestion very insulting. french president took a thinly vailed shot at trump's proclaimed nationalism. >> as the very opposite of the selfish of a nation because patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism. nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism by saying our interest first. who cares about the others. we erase what a nation holds dearest, what gives it life. what makes it grace and what is essential. it's moral values. >> let's continue this conversation with a former senior adviser to the supreme allied commander. >> did you see president putin give president trump a thumbs up? it was like he was saying i know that you know that i know that we know stuff that's only between us. >> i did see that. it's a strange thing. it's as though they have some little secret code that the rest of us don't have. maybe even a secret handshake. in truth, there's probably trouble coming to that relationship because now with democratic majority in the house, in all likelihood there will be a more vigorous look at russian

this is an issue of -- >> we will be back with more president macon, but now president trump is about to start speaking at the american cemetery for the american commemoration of world war i. let's listen in. >> american battle monuments commission for doing just an absolutely fantastic job. exactly 100 years ago today on november 11th, 1918, world war i came to an end. thank gods. it w -- god. it was a brutal world. millions of troops fought with extraordinary skill and valor in one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history. we are gathered together at this hallowed resting place to pay tribute to the brave americans who gave their last breath in their that mighty struggle. earlier, melania and i were deeply honored to be the guests of president macron and bridget at the centennial commemoration of ar mimistice day. it was very beautiful and well done. to all the dignitaries in attendance with us now, thank you for joining us as we honor the service members who shed their blood together in a horrible, horrible war, but a war nope known as the great war. he were joined by many disti

let's head to the next destination for the president, macon, georgia where he will be campaigning. sarah westwood is already there. the president and vice president will be sharing the stage with brian kemp who by the way, was to be in a televised debate with stacey abrams, but he decided this is going to be the place he would rather be. >> reporter: that's right, fred. this race is as tight as they come. one of the most closely watched gubernatorial contests in the country. brian kemp was supposed to debate stacey abrams today, but he cancelled it to appear on stage with the president tonight. stacey abrams looking to make history as the first black woman to become governor in any state in the country. she attracted some star power with former president obama, oprah winfrey going down to the peach state to campaign with her. if neither gets 50% on tuesday, then gubernatorial contest could go to a run off. that's why president trump is coming here today. he hopes to put brian kemp over the 50% threshold and stave off a run off. georgia is one of the only states on president trump's

the president wrapping up his gaggle with white house press as he heads to macon, georgia.an incredible group of guests. kasie hunt is with me here in new york. beth is our senior politics editor. she's in

he's going to be with him in macon, georgia. we are in atlanta now. that's going to get underway at 4:00 in the afternoon. one of the big rallies, president trump had been doing the last several days. we'll see if anything gets cleared up about what on earth brian kemp is saying or doing two days before the election. >> i want to say in terms of statements, they are confirming no personal data was breached and the system remains secure regardless of what they make possibly investigating. thank you very much for speaking with us on atlanta on that. let's go to mccaskill and josh harley. nbc morgan radford is joining us right now. do you have a sense of what people are doing and psyched up for this race? >> reporter: alex, people are fired up. there is also no straight ticket voting. there is no tip of the hat so to speak in terms of which way the race is going to go. make no mistakes, these two are locked in a dead heat. mccaskill is in the political fight of her life, she has to convince voters that she's able to move across the isle who a lot of her

and his dad quickly made him manager of the company's macon, georgia branch. >> he was running the billboardillboards, selling more billboards. making lots of money for his father and for the company. >> already one of the biggest billboard companies in the south, ed turner took a risk to make it the biggest. he borrowed $4 million, bought out his largest competitor and then, lost his nerve. >> he had kind of a nervous breakdown. >> fear of defaulting on the loan consumed him. >> and he went against everything that he taught me, you know. be courageous and hang in there. and so, it really shook me. a couple days later, he killed himself. >> ed turner shot himself in his bathtub in march 1963. the loss left a void ted has felt ever since. >> are you the man you are today, at least in part, because of your father? >> sure, sure. one of the things he told me, he said, set your goals so high that you can't achieve them in your lifetime. >> so he really worked hard to try to instill in you that same kind of competitive goal? >> yeah. and he did a good job of it. >> and yet, to this day, ted has c