Monday morning news: November 4, 2024

Trump campaign » On the eve of Election Day, candidates are pushing hard to turn out the vote in critical swing states.

TRUMP: Thank you very much. Thank you. And a very, very special hello to Pennsylvania. What a great, what a great place.

Former President Trump has closed with a consistent message on the campaign trail, calling the current administration inept.

TRUMP: But this is all you need to know. Kamala broke it, and we will fix it, and we're gonna fix it fast.

Pennsylvania, just one of several battleground states he visited on Sunday. An average of recent polls there continue to show Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris locked in a virtual tie.

He also stumped in Georgia, and North Carolina, where his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance campaigned as well.

VANCE: And I believe it's just in two days that we're going to turn North Carolina red and make Donald J. Trump the next president of the United States.

Recent polls suggest Trump is leading in both Georgia and North Carolina by about 2 points.

Harris campaign » Meantime, in Michigan:

NATS (Harris church rally): Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris! Come on, let’s receive her!

Vice President Harris campaigned during a Sunday morning church service in Detroit. While in other recent speeches, Harris has hammered Trump as a threat to the nation, her pulpit speech struck a different tone.

HARRIS: Church, God as a plan for us. He has good plans for us, plans that will heal us and bring us together as one nation.

She did not highlight abortion access on Sunday morning, a cornerstone policy for her campaign.

But those talking points were front and center in Atlanta, where Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged the men in the crowd:

WALZ: I want you in your mind right now, think of those women in your life who you love.

He then suggested that because of pro-life protections, the women they love could die if Trump is elected.

WALZ: Literally, this election, their lives are at stake on how we vote, quite literally. Donald Trump appointed those Supreme Court justices.

Walz again claimed the high court’s reversal of the Roe v Wade decision endangers women’s health.

NBC/FCC Harris SNL equal time » NBC is at the center of a campaign controversy after Vice President Harris made an appearance on Saturday Night Live, just a few days before Election Day.

And FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says the broadcast network may have violated federal policy that requires candidates be offered equal air time in the run-up to an election. And if Trump was not also invited to appear, NBC may be in violation of that rule.

CARR: NBC knows this because this exact issue has come up time and time again with respect to this exact program, SNL.

Trump’s campaign says he was not invited.

Lorne Michaels, the executive producer of SNL, told The Hollywood Reporter in September that neither candidate would appear on the show.

Voting process » Election integrity and the voting process has been a hot topic leading up to the election. Former President Trump has been highly critical of voting machines and some potential delays in tallying the votes.

TRUMP: Everything should be paper ballots put in boxes, voter ID

He argues that a paper-only system would be safer and faster.

But some Republican officials have pushed back, insisting their machines are 100 percent secure and efficient. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger:

RAFFENSPERGER:  Working with the counties, they have to do constant updates every hour, every 45 minutes. We want to see uploads, you know, as they continue their work and finish their work. Before the end of the night, you're going to have all that done.

He said the only thing his office will be waiting for after tomorrow will be “any of the absentee ballots that come into the elections office".

Netanyahu vows to response 'firmly' to Hezbollah » Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says several things must happen before the bullets and rockets can stop flying across Israel’s border with Lebanon. That’s where the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah is based.

Netanyahu donned a green bullet-proof vest as he spoke on the ground from the northern border.

NETANYAHU: [Speaking Hebrew]

He said “with or without” a cease-fire agreement, his military must do three things

First, push Hezbollah back beyond the Litani river about 20 miles from the border in Lebanon. Second, ensure that the terror group cannot re-arm. And third, “respond forcefully against any action against us.”

The Biden administration is pushing hard for a cease-fire in the region.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: a case about prescription dog food is before the Supreme Court. We’ll hear more from Mary Reichard in just a moment.

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