Trump suggests he might fire Fauci

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

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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Biden, Harris, spouses to split campaign duties in Pennsylvania Monday

Biden, Harris and their spouses will divide the state of Pennsylvania in half on the final day before the election.

Joe and Jill Biden will take Western Pennsylvania, while Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff will visit the eastern half, according to the Biden campaign.

The day in Pennsylvania will culminate with drive-in rallies headlined by Harris and Emhoff in Philadelphia and the Bidens in Pittsburgh.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle


Harris tests negative for COVID-19

Harris tested negative for COVID-19 on Sunday, according to an aide to the senator.


Efforts to throw out 127,000 votes in Harris County, Texas, continue

The Texas State Supreme Court has again just rejected a separate effort by the plaintiffs in this case seeking to invalidate the Harris County drive-thru votes.

The order, which was posted on the court's website Sunday, did not include any comment on the merits of the case.

This is separate from an effort underway by the plaintiffs in the Southern District of Texas federal court, where a federally appointed judge could decide whether to invalidate 127,000 early ballots cast in Harris County via a secure "drive-thru" method after a lawsuit was filed, challenging the county on the legitimacy of the method.

Harris County said it got state approval for drive-in voting in June. The state of Texas did not allow for no-excuse absentee voting during the pandemic, so this method ensured at-risk people could vote in the safety of their cars.

A similar lawsuit was rejected by the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court last week.

Harris County has already set an all-time record for total turnout, with the drive-thru votes accounting for roughly 10% of the total early vote turnout.

-ABC News’ Alexander Mallin, Matt Foster and Jon Schlosberg


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.


Trump says he won't declare victory before votes are counted

President Donald Trump is denying a report that he plans to declare victory Tuesday before all results are in, calling the report "false."

However he continued to press to have all of the ballots counted on Tuesday night, claiming, without evdence, that ballots counted after the polls close would be more open to fraud.

"As soon as that election's over, we're going in with our lawyers," Trump said.

Vice President Joe Biden was asked by reporters earlier about the possibility that Trump would declare victory on Nov. 3,  even before all of the votes were reported by state election officials.

"My response is the president's not gonna steal this election," the Democratic nominee said.

Election results are not certified until all of the ballots, including absentee ballots, are counted, even if a candidate declares victory.

Biden also denounced the group of Trump supporters in Texas who appeared to aggressively tail and harass a Biden campaign bus on Friday. The FBI is investigating the incident, which was praised by the president and his allies.

"We've never had anything like this. At least, we've never had a president who thinks it's a good thing," Biden said. "Folks, this is not who we are. We are so much better than this."

-ABC News' John Verhovek and Elizabeth Thomas