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Just 12 hours left in one of the wildest presidential campaigns in American history. And if the polls are right, one of the tightest, with the two candidates offering sharply different visions at recent rallies:
Harris: "We have the momentum, because our campaign is tapping into the ambitions, the aspirations, and the dreams of the American people, because we are optimistic and excited about what we can do to together!"
Trump: "What a terrible thing they have done to our country. And you're going to say that to her. You're going to say, 'You've done a terrible job, you're grossly incompetent, we're not going to take it anymore. Kamala, you're fired! Get the hell out.'"
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First: Final hours. A frantic finish to a historic campaign. CNN's political director breaks down their potential paths after surprising new polling and Harris stops by "SNL".
Plus: House of cards. We're on the trail with Speaker Johnson.
And: Exclusive. A rare one on one with former President Clinton as he barnstorms the country.
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First: It's T-minus four days and 62 million Americans have already cast their ballots as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump blitz the battlegrounds with their closing arguments to that little, little sliver of persuadable voters.
Plus: Trump says he'll let RFK Jr. "do anything he wants" with health and vaccine policy if the former president is back in the White House.
And: $2 billion has now been poured into presidential political ads this election season. We break down the ones that work with two top political strategists.
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First: With less than a week to go till Election Day, we have brand new CNN polls showing Kamala Harris with a slight edge in two of the must-win Rust Belt states CNN's David Chalian breaks down the impact for both campaigns.
Plus: Donald Trump is promising to put RFK Jr., a man known for pushing dangerous conspiracies about vaccines, Covid-19, and antidepressants, in charge of public health. What would that mean for you?
And: Dana talks to a House Democrat battling an aggressive neurological disorder and the Republican she wants unseated about why they're now working together to try to elect Kamala Harris.
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As the clock ticks down to Election Day we bring you a brand new CNN poll from two pivotal battleground states which only affirms that this race cannot be closer.
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First: With just eight days left to win votes, the candidates are spread out across the battleground states trying to reach that dwindling slice of undecided voters, knowing more than 40 million Americans have already cast their ballots.
Plus: Vile, racist sexist insults dominated Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden yesterday. The former president's typical fear mongering was actually upstaged by his own warmup acts, who disparaged countless Americans.
And: When the votes are in, we could see the biggest gender gap ever. Two pollsters from both parties break down the growing divide and how each side is trying to close it.
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First: Nine days. With the race deadlocked, the candidates stormed the battleground. As Trump goes dark, Harris leaned on star power.
And: New data on why the race is still so tight.
Plus: Anxious nation. Two pollsters on what they're watching in these final days.
And: Badger State battle. We go one-on-one as Wisconsin Senate race gets ugly.
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First: A brand new CNN poll reveals the race is literally tied. David Chalian is at the magic wall to take us behind the numbers.
Plus: Kamala Harris is zeroing in on Donald Trump's role in overturning Roe v. Wade. Dana talks to a couple forced to leave their home state of Texas to end a non-viable pregnancy.
And: Elon Musk is pouring an eye-popping amount of money into his push to elect Trump. We have new details on what he's doing and what he likely wants out of it.
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With just 12 days left, Kamala Harris is focusing on the threats to democracy and abortion rights, issues she hopes will be at the forefront of voters' minds. Plus: "Daddy's home!" That's what the crowd chanted as Donald Trump took the stage in Georgia last night after a very weird moment. Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell is offering a new, blistering assessment of much of the party he still leads in the Senate, saying the MAGA movement is completely wrong, and that Ronald Reagan wouldn't recognize the GOP today.
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First: John Kelly, who served as Donald Trump's Chief of Staff, tells the New York Times he believes his former boss meets "the definition of a fascist" and warns Trump would rule like a "dictator" if reelected.
Plus: It could be a critical night for Kamala Harris - she's going to take questions from undecided and persuadable voters at a CNN town hall.
And: We have a special report on the Jewish vote.
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