Trump suggests he might fire Fauci

The president was responding to chants of "Fire Fauci" at a Florida rally.

ByLauren King, Julia Jacobo, Ivan Pereira, and Marc Nathanson
Last Updated: November 2, 2020, 10:18 AM EST

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are racing toward Election Day with Biden in Pennsylvania and Trump Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida on Sunday.

Vice President Mike Pence is in North Carolina and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is in Georgia and North Carolina.

In the season's final ABC News/Washington Post polls, the pandemic versus the economy defines the presidential contest in two key battlegrounds, with Florida holding firm to its toss-up status while Biden leads slightly in Pennsylvania.

There's little change in either state. In Florida, Donald Trump has 50% support among likely voters to Biden's 48%; it was 51%-47% in an ABC/Post poll Sept. 20. Trump won the state by 112,911 votes out of more than 9.4 million cast in 2016.

In Pennsylvania, the race stands at 51%-44%, Biden-Trump, a 7-point advantage for the Democrat; that compares with a 9-point margin late last month. Here, Trump's 2016 win was even narrower: 44,292 votes out of nearly 6.2 million cast.

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Here is how the news developed on Sunday. All times Eastern.
Nov 01, 2020, 1:04 PM EST

Trump wraps 1st of 5 rallies

Trump spoke to a packed crowd of supporters in Washington, Michigan, declaring he was going to win the state and periodically complaining about the frigid temperature at this first of five rallies on Sunday.

At one point he compared himself to Luciano Pavarotti, who he called "the greatest of all divas," who would leave appearances if he didn't feel up to singing. Trump ultimately said that while he feels like Pavarotti, but that he didn't consider himself a diva, which is why he stuck around to finish his remarks in the cold.

President Donald Trump holds an umbrella as he arrives for a campaign a rally, at Oakland County International Airport, in Waterford Township, Michigan, Nov. 1, 2020.
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He also said that if he didn't win the state four years ago, he wouldn't have been in Michigan on Sunday.

"I love the people of Michigan. We won. We won. It's worth it. It's worth it. It's worth it. It's worth it," he said. "We won last time, right? It's worth it. If we didn't win last time, I probably wouldn't even be standing here. I'd get up here and say no thanks."

-ABC News' Terrance Smith

Nov 01, 2020, 12:52 PM EST

Biden adds Ohio stop Monday

Biden is adding a stop in Ohio to his schedule Monday, making a visit to Cleveland to "discuss bringing Americans together to address the crises facing the country and winning the battle for the soul of the nation," according to the campaign. 

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden arrives for a drive-in campaign rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla., Oct. 29, 2020.
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This is in addition to Biden's previously advised "barnstorm" across Pennsylvania, with Biden, Harris and their spouses -- all fanning out across the state ahead of Election Day. 

This will be Biden's third visit to the Buckeye state since late August.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

Nov 01, 2020, 12:23 PM EST

Harris, Obama courting Georgia voters

Democrats have not won the state of Georgia in a presidential election since 1992, but the Biden campaign is making efforts there by sending two of its most important figures.

While former President Barack Obama will be in the state on Monday, Harris is visiting Gwinnett County, a suburb of Atlanta, on Sunday.

In 2016, the Atlanta suburb did go for Hillary Clinton, but it was the first time it voted for the Democratic presidential candidate since 1976, when Georgia native Jimmy Carter won every one of Georgia's 159 counties.

Cobb County, another area outside of Atlanta, also flipped to blue in 2016.

Winning statewide in Georgia as a Democrat is going to depend on turnout, and getting more Democratic votes in the Atlanta metro area will be key to this.

People cast their ballots at an early voting location at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, Oct. 24, 2020, in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
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The state has seen record turnout so far with absentee ballots and during the three weeks of early voting, almost surpassing the total votes cast in 2016, which is the record for votes cast in a presidential race in Georgia.

-ABC News' Quinn Scanlan

Nov 01, 2020, 11:51 AM EST

North Carolina the 'epicenter' of this election

Republican strategist and ABC News Contributor Sara Fagen said on "This Week" that North Carolina is now the epicenter of the 2020 election.

"It's also probably the epicenter of the Senate," she said, "who's going to control the Senate."