Nov 01, 2020, 1:47 PM EST
First lady to speak at campaign rally in North Carolina
First lady Melania trump will speak at a campaign rally in Huntersville, North Carolina, on Monday at 4 p.m., according to the campaign.
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Trump suggests he might fire Fauci
The president was responding to chants of "Fire Fauci" at a Florida rally.
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, 1:38 PM EST
ABC News chief on covering 2020 Election Day: 'Our audience is counting on us to get this right'
On election night in 2000, voters were told the crucial state of Florida had gone to one candidate. Then, they were told it actually went to another. Then again, they were told it was in fact too close to call.
Today, amid unprecedented concerns about reporting the election results in a timely manner, broadcast news networks are bracing for an extended period of uncertainty and trying to set expectations accordingly -- both for audiences and within their own offices.
"We have to get election night right," James Goldston, president of ABC News, said in an interview with ABC's daily podcast "Start Here." "On the flip side of that, I think what the audience has to expect on that night... I would use two words: uncertainty and patience."
--ABC News' Brad Mielke
Nov 01, 2020, 1:18 PM EST
Dems' focus on Philadelphia to offset expected strong showings for GOP in rural areas
Biden will make several stops in Philadelphia on Sunday ahead of Election Day, as Democrats try to juice turnout in a city where they need to perform well to offset the expected strong showings from Republican in rural parts of the state.
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Hillary Clinton won 82.3% of the vote in Philadelphia in 2016 with 584,025 - 4,781 fewer votes than President Barack Obama received in 2012, and 10,192 fewer than he received in 2008.
Given that President Trump won Pennsylvania by roughly 44,000 votes four years ago, Democrats know it's important to get as many people to vote in Philadelphia as possible.
-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel
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.
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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
