Physically voting. The streets are lined with a lot of his supporters. A lot of people are here, not all of them Wearing Masks, but many of them gathered here to see him early vote. This is a busy day for him. Hes continuing a blitz through battleground states. After this, hes heading to ohio and wisconsin. He is trailing in the polls to joe biden, so he does need to shore up support there. The early voting is as much a symbolic gesture as anything else. As you know, President Trump has been encouraging his supporters not to vote by mail necessarily. Hes been undermining confidence in the Voting System and really encouraging people to vote in person. This is a highprofile way for him to demonstrate he believes its safe. Thats what hes been trying to convince people to do and he is casting his vote presumably for himself. Certainly, presumably. Sarah, we know that he spoke yesterday at Campaign Rallies in the villages and pensacola. We hear people yelling behind you. Are all of those people behind you people who may have attended his rallies . Is there anybody there that is a protester . Reporter there are a few biden harris signs, but by and large people are trump voters. He did do the rallies yesterday in pensacola and the villages and what we heard from him was this level of optimism about the end of the pandemic that isnt really rooted in the data were seeing. We are seeing coronavirus cases spike across this country, but thats really part of the president s closing argument. He is making a gamble, guessing that people are more concerned about returning to normal everyday life than they are about the virus and thats likely the kind of message we are going to see from him today as he heads off to battleground states and finishes casting his ballot at the library behind me. Looking at the big picture, there are two important things that the president is trying to communicate here, not only that were rounding the corner, as he says, and as you noted, sarah, is not rooted in fact, but also that voting in person is key. A really suspicious message that weve heard from this president bashing the idea of voting by mail over and over, even though records indicate that he, himself, has voted by mail at least three times, twice in new york and once in florida. So help us understand the symbolism here. Hes trying to communicate a very Important Message to his supporters, and yet hes also casting doubt on the legitimacy of the election when he suggests that people who vote by mail, their votes might be manipulated. Reporter right, boris. You mentioned the fact that he has voted by mail previously in new york, in florida. The president has worked really hard to draw a distinction there between absentee voting and between voting by mail in the context of coronavirus. He hasnt wanted to support these expanded vote by mail policies that a lot of states are working to implement to make it easier for people to vote during the pandemic. Its very symbolic that his supporters here are seeing him vote in person. Its giving them confidence that perhaps its safe for them to vote, too, on election day. In the villages yesterday we heard the president talk about how he described it as voting the oldfashioned way and he prefers to wait in line, even if it takes two hours. So we are hearing the president push people to vote in person. Democrats in many states do have advantages right now when it comes to mailin voting. The republicans are counting on a strong turnout when it comes to election day inperson voting. On the righthand side of your screen were waiting to see the president emerge after casting this ballot. Im wondering, has there been any sighting of the first lady with him . Is she registered in florida . What is the expectation there, sarah . Reporter she is registered in florida, but she is not with the president today. He came here off of a couple of rallies in florida yesterday, so the day of complaining. He did not come straight from washington. And hes going on to three additional rallies later today, so the first lady did not accompany him. This is the president casting his vote in florida, the first lady may vote at some point in the future. Clearly, there was a clear message that the president wanted to send by doing it in person, taking time out of his campaign schedule. Keep in mind, he only has ten days left. Its a very finite amount of time. Hes trying to make up the deficit with joe biden, but he is taking the time to do this ahead of these rallies today in order to send that message that voting in person is crucial and doing so here in florida, a key battleground state, by the way, which he has been spending a lot of time in trying to make sure that he locks it down once again in 2020. As we await for the president to emerge, i did want to point out something that you touched on. Melania trump did vote by mail in 2017, but according to new york election officials, her mailin vote did not count because she didnt sign the ballot. Perhaps she may want to actually vote in person. Of course, sarah, focusing on what were looking at today and the campaign moving forward for President Trump, hes not only stopping here to vote, hes also headed to North Carolina, a state that would be crucial for him to win, ohio as well, and one that he won in 2016 in wisconsin that isnt really trending in his direction right now. Give us a sense of where the Campaign Stands and what they envision moving forward with these campaign stops. Reporter yeah, boris, its key to look at the states that hes spending the final days of his campaign in, because thats likely where the campaign is most concerned. His time is precious right now, so where he goes in this final week will send a message about where the campaign is hoping to make a stand, where the campaign is hoping to shore up support. All three of those states he did carry in 2016, but most of them by thin margins, wisconsin, especially. Those are states that hes trying to maintain in 2020, but joe biden is leading by sometimes big margins, sometimes smaller margins in some of the battleground states and there are others that he did win in 2016 that have, as you mentioned, been trending away from him. So hes spending time in the midwest and also spending a lot of time out in nevada, and also turning his attention to pennsylvania. That is a big prize for either candidate as well. We know joe biden is spending time there today. Its 20 electoral votes. The winner of the president ial election is likely to have to carry pennsylvania, so weve seen the president really focus his attention on the half dozen states or so that will really decide who is going to be the next president. As we were talking about the symbolism of this, sarah, the logistics for a president to vote, they can be complicated. Youve got lines of people that weve been seeing out the doors as they wait to vote, and then weve got the president and his whole entourage and Security Team that is with him. Do you know, is the Security TeamWearing Masks, do you know how much it costs to have this team with him . And they need to be with him, were not questioning that. I want to make that very clear. But talk about the logistics of this president at this time, during covid, walking into this polling station and casting his ballot. Reporter well, we know that Law Enforcement, secret Service Started securing this area hours ago, before the sun was even up. They were preparing this area for the president to arrive and to vote. Most of the Law Enforcement officers and secret Service Officers we have seen are Wearing Masks but were not seeing universal mask wearing of the supporters of trump that have come out to gather to catch him. Theres been flags, music, some buses wrapped in the trump logo here. People knew that he was voting here. Theres a large turnout. Sort of a hometown element because the president has spent a lot of time in West Palm Beach. And obviously he has his Maralago Club here. You can hear them in the background, theyre very enthusiastic. Were waiting to get a glimpse of the president. Hes due to walk out at any moment of the polling booth. Well listen to what he says. Very quickly, i want to pivot to mj lee, who is in pennsylvania with the biden campaign. Mj is in philadelphia. This is just one of several battleground states where biden and his surrogates are going to be campaigning. Biden is especially focused on pennsylvania, though, because as we heard sarah say, it could make or break both campaigns. Reporter thats absolutely right. This is the second to the last weekend before election day, so it tells you a lot that joe biden is choosing to spend his day campaigning in this state, in pennsylvania. His first stop is going to be here behind me, Bucks County Community college, and i should note this is going to be a drivein rally. This has almost become sort of a signature Joe Biden Campaign event. You might be able to see behind me there are some cars still coming in, waiting to get swept by security. This is obviously such a stark contrast from the recent trump Campaign Rallies where we have seen big crowds, big rallies, full of people that are not socially distanced, who are often not Wearing Masks. So this is just one important visual in which we have seen the contrast between biden campaigning and how trump has campaigned out on the campaign trail. And in terms of what we are expected to hear when biden speaks later this hour, i mean weve not gotten a full detailed agenda from the campaign, other than that he wants to talk about the economic recovery. But i can guarantee you, he is going to lean into covid19 as a central issue. He has made abundantly clear that this is going to be so key to his closing message in these final days, and yesterday, for example, he gave a speech in wilmington, delaware, solely focused on covid19. He first laid out what his own plan is to deal with the virus if he is elected president. He talked about enforcing mask wearing across the country, how he thinks he would distribute vaccines and ppe. And then, of course, he went after the president for what he said he saw as his failures in dealing with the virus, and even saying that he feels like the president has quit on the American People. And one thing that was interesting was that he consistently and repeatedly asked the American People to imagine a Better Future under a biden presidency. Take a listen. We dont have to be held prisoner by this administrations failures. We can choose a different path. Imagine a day in the not too distant future when you can enjoy dinner with your friends and family, maybe even go out to a movie. When you can celebrate your birthday, weddings, graduations, surrounded by your nearest and dearest friends. Reporter and we will see a number of top surrogates and celebrities also out on behalf of the biden campaign. Former president braarack obama and Kamala Harris and john bon vo joevy will be out today. Thank you so much for this. I want to head back out to Sarah Westwood where President Trump at any moment is going to emerge in this polling location after casting his ballot in the 2020 election. Do we have those live pictures . No, but we have sarah. There she is. And, sarah, do we have any expectation that the president will stop for the cameras and that hell make any sort of announcement or give any sort of even mini speech in front of the library . Reporter thats always a possibility. He has the traveling press pool with him so there are reporters inside the secret service bubble. We heard him talk a little bit about the idea of voting in person here yesterday at the villages as he was on the way here, he said this was the whole purpose of his trip down to florida, even though he did fit in the rallies in pensacola and in the villages, and he was saying that hes looking forward to voting in person. Hes been pushing that on supporters for weeks now, pushing on them that any wait is worth it, to get out to their polling locations, that its safe. And hes had Administration Officials and surrogates pushing the same message, so we could see him emerge and Say Something to hammer home the symbolism of today and demonstrating that he does believe that its okay for people to gather. Weve seen lines across the country as people have already been doing that in states that are allowing inperson early voting. Well see that on election day as well. Just to point out from a factual perspective, the president changed his residence from new york to florida in 2019, and this is i believe his Second Chance to vote in the Sunshine State. And, sarah, back out to you, im curious about who hes traveling with at maralago. As you know, maralago is sort of this closedknit community on the waterfront in south florida, and with a pandemic upon us, there are a lot of questions about safety. I mean, it was shut down in march shortly after covid19 restrictions came on in the Sunshine State. Reporter thats right, the president hasnt traveled down to maralago to stay since march 6th, so its been a long time. Obviously a lot has changed since the last time we were all down here. A lot of changed in the town of palm beach and within maralago. It is not the same resort that he left in march when he was downplaying the virus at that time. There are restrictions in place within the resort, obviously. The main dining room wasnt even set to be open until november. So its not the same experience that the president used to have where he could go around and interact with anyone that he wanted. Theres obviously continuing to be a protective bubble of covid testing around the president , even though that proved ineffective in preventing him and his inner circle from getting the virus before. Hes not spending the whole weekend here. When he would normally come down on a friday, he would stay until sunday afternoon and treat it as sort of a working weekend, hit the golf course. Thats not happening now. Obviously he doesnt have an entire day of leisure to waste. He needs to hit the campaign trail. Hes doing three rallies today and we expect him to continue hitting multiple states a day during the tenday sprint to election day. We have to assume that part of what might be taking him so long to emerge is there could be people in there who are talking to him. I would think this is a moment where people and poll workers have this moment where the president of the United States walks in, they may want to Say Something. They may want to talk to him. And, sarah, we know the president likes his audiences. So it would not be unusual for him to take some time to speak to them, would it . Reporter absolutely not. Weve seen him do that and certainly before covid that was something we frequently saw him do. As you can hear from the people behind me, this is a trumpfriendly area and crowd who has gathered. He did not drive past all of the signs, but certainly its a possibility that the delay is due to the president talking to people inside of the polling station. Obviously, because he was so heavily promoting the fact that he was coming here, this is a big moment for him as well. So hes not rushing through it, it seems. But he was running behind schedule when he arrive, so its unclear if that could push back the timing of his other rallies. He left maralago about 35, 40 minutes late. The president already running behind schedule for his day of campaigning and is taking his time inside the polling location, which is the library here in West Palm Beach. It looks Like Secret Service agents are walking out. The president has yet to emerge, though. And, sarah for a second i thought he was about to walk out. And there he is, the president of the United States, emerging from this library in West Palm Beach not far from his maralago estate where he just cast his ballot in the 2020 election. Lets listen for a moment and see if he makes remarks before the cameras. No, not much. It was a very secure vote. Much more secure than when you send in a ballot, i can tell you that. Everything was perfect, very strict, right by the rules. When you send in your ballot, it could never be secure like that. Theyve done a fantastic job over here. Great people inside. But its an honor to be voting and its an honor to be in this great area, which i know so well. And were going to make three stops today, big ones, big rallies, three big ones. Crowds have never been i dont think theres ever been anything like this, this tremendous spirit. I hear were doing very well in florida, and were doing very well, i hear, every place else. So thank you very much and youre going to be very busy today, because were going to work you hard. Mr. President , who did you vote for today . I voted for a guy named trump. Thank you very much, everybody. When is the first lady voting . President trump with a smile after a reporter asked him who he voted for, saying that he voted, as we expected, for himself. The president now departing that library in West Palm Beach. Two things, two really key things to think about. First, the president saying that he loves this area, a wink at florida voters. As we know, those 29 Electoral College votes critical for either campaign, and also the president , as soon as he emerged and got to the cameras, talking about the security of the vote. Again, trying to sow doubt in the electoral process, saying that voting in person is more secure than voting by mail. Something that there isnt really evidence to back up. Sarah, what did you take from the president s comments . Reporter yeah, boris, i think that you nailed it right there. Its important to stress that there is no evidence that mailin ballots are any less secure than voting in person. In fact, many states have taken additional steps this year to ensure that the mailin vote is secure because so many states have expanded it in order to make it easier for people to vote during the pandemic. So thats a bit of a misleading claim from the president there, but its in keeping of what weve heard from him before. Hes really pushed the inperson vote, obviously thats what he wanted the takeaway to be today, because it was the first and only thing that he said when he emerged from the polling location. And i just dont think we can really stress enough that any way you vote is safe. Its important that people do get out and vote and no one method is any less safe than another. Thank you for walking us through all of that as we watch the president leave and as hes on his way to the airport now to move on to North Carolina, ohio, and wisconsin for three, as he called them, very big rallies with tremendous spirit, as he characterized them just a little while ago there. All righty, so coming up, we are learning that a 19yearold, heavily armed man in federal custody researched joe biden and came within miles of his delaware home. We have more details on that. Plus, more than half the country seeing a surge in new covid19 cases and experts warn those numbers could only get worse as we head into the winter months. A live report next. So with at t, you can pick the perfect plan for each Family Member with the features they want like hbo max. [sfx the hbo max opening sting] what was that . Happens every time i say hbo max. [sfx the hbo max opening sting] cool hbo max. [sfx the hbo max opening sting] [sfx the hbo max opening sting] it can read . Its not complicated. 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He said yesterday he easily sees a situation where we will begin to see sixfigure daily numbers. This display is a visual representation of the lives taken by a virus that seems to be surging again. Over 223,000 dead and counting. More than eight months into the covid crisis, hospitalizations and infections are at an alltime high in many states across the country. This week marked the First Time Since late july that the number of daily new cases exceeded 71,000. If you look at the numbers of the daily infections, the upticks on the map of more than 30 states that are having upticks, its not going to spontaneously turn around unless we do something about it. Reporter as the president claims, we are rounding the turn on the pandemic, his opponent and many medical experts are warning we are only headed toward a dark winter. The reality is that the worst could be yet to come and that the beginning has been more or less the warmup act for what is about to hit and were already seeing that across the northern states. If you look at covid19 heat maps, the whole northern part is lit up. Reporter with hope hanging on a safe covid19 vaccine, astrazeneca said it has a green light to resume its trials in the u. S. Ahead of the National Institutes of health is growing increasingly worried that after a safe vaccine is approved, a growing number of americans may not be willing to take it. A recent cnn poll found 45 would not try to get a vaccine, even if one was widely available. Ive been talking to optimistically about how we are likely to have a vaccine by the end of the year, but if only 50 of americans are interested in taking it, were never going to get to the point of immunity across the population where this covid19 goes away. Reporter this week, an updated model published in the journal of nature forecasts some possible grim scenarios, suggesting that we could see up to 1 million covid deaths in the u. S. By the end of february if social distancing mandates are eased and only about half the population wears masks in public. Anthony fauci tells cnn he thinks the u. S. Should just mandate mask use. I get the argument, if you mandate a mask then youre going to have to enforce it and that will create more of a problem. Well, if people are not Wearing Masks, then maybe we should be mandating it. Reporter this weekend, big ten football is back, prompting some of the mayors in College Towns involved to help the conference for helping to stop the spread of the virus. They wrote that Football Games generate a lot of activity, gatherings and the consumption of alcohol. These activities within our communities have also been associated with an increased spread of covid19. This leads to the question of what and who could potentially be behind this latest spike. Weve talked on the program before about recent search that suggests that the behavior of young adults has been linked to an increase in infections among some of the older people. Meanwhile, as far as the what could be behind it, experts do say that some of the smaller gatherings, the back yard barbecues likely contributing to that, especially some of those family events. In fact, marylands governor saying that was the number one source of transmission in his state, followed by house parties. A critical message to get out, especially as we approach the Holiday Season and so many families are wanting to get together after so much time apart. Probably better to stay safe. Paulo sandoval, thank you so much for that. A man who was arrested in North Carolina on child pornography charges also apparently researched democratic president ial nominee joe biden. 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But its an honor to be voting, its an honor to be in this great area, which i know so well. And were going to make three stops today, big ones, big rallies, three big ones. The crowds have never been i dont think theres ever been anything like this. Theres tremendous spirit. I hear were doing very well in florida and were doing very well, i hear, every place else. So thank you very much and youre going to be very busy today, because were going to work you hard. Mr. President , who did you vote for today . I voted for a guy named trump. That was President Donald Trump moments ago voting in West Palm Beach, florida, on his way to several campaign stops. As he mentioned, the three stops in ohio, North Carolina and wisconsin, more than 52 million of you, though, have already cast ballots across the country, whether it be in person or whether it was by mail. And we have Team Coverage of this. Yeah, natasha chen is standing by in georgia. First, we want to go to Evan Mcmorrissantoro in new york where early voting got under way. What are you seeing . Reporter good morning. Here in new york, this is the first day of early voting in new york. The first day new york has ever been able to vote for president early and the excitement is very high. Were getting reports all over the city of long lines. Here in jackson heights, queens, where i am, thats definitely the case. This is the back of the line, okay, on is 81st street and if you walk up with me now, you can see all around this building, all around the whole city block, thats the front of the line. So people can come here today, drop off ballots theyve already cast and they can come and vote in person. And were seeing high, high, high interest in that. We talked to somebody who was here at 6 00 this morning to be the first person in line and just had a chance to vote a few minutes ago. This is interesting, because this is jackson heights, queens, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in new york. People have been eager to get out and vote after a summer of the coronavirus and politics and theyre coming out and casting their votes, guys. Evan mcmorrissantoro in new york, thanks for the update. One state were certainly watching in this election is georgia, where a democratic president ial candidate has not won since bill clinton in 1992. A younger, more diverse electorate is turning out in droves this year, it seems, and it has people asking if we could see the state flip to blue this election. Cnn correspondent natasha chen is in atlanta where voting is under way. I think its a mobile unit that is behind you and i was saying earlier, natasha, i voted via a mobile unit here in georgia a couple of weeks ago. And 15 minutes. I mean, they seem to have it down in some places, lets put it that way. What are you seeing . Reporter yeah, that probably was a smart choice. If youre in atlanta right now, palm city market where the mobile voting unit is this weekend, theres no line. This is pretty unusual, though, compared to other places weve seen around the metro area, because like last weekend we saw there were early voting lines in the suburbs north of here, seeing well over an hour wait, sometimes several hours. So this is the second weekend now of early voting and weve seen in georgia that more than 2. 5 million votes have been cast. And a lot of those people that weve been meeting in lines have been young voters, perhaps even firsttime voters. We talked to a couple this morning here who brought their 7 month old daughter for this experience. Heres what they told us. I really do think its about the character of this country, about who we vote for. So i think i just want my voice heard on that. 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After about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didnt notice before. Its still helping me. I still notice a difference. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. We are now just ten days until election day and both president ial campaigns are out on the trail today, attempting to drive home their closing arguments. Joining us now to discuss the latest in the race, we have republican strategist Brian Robinson and democratic strategist. I want to start with you. Part of trumps message, especially since the debate, has been to pin the liberal label on joe biden. So far, it hasnt really stuck, but there was a moment of daylight after the debate on thursday where it appeared it might have worked. I want you to listen to this. Would you close down . I would transition from the oil industry, yes. Oh, it is a big statement. It is a big statement, because i would stop why would you do that . Because the oil industry pollutes significantly. Oh, okay. Thats a big statement. Well, if you let me finish the statement, because it has to be replaced by renewable energy, over time. Now, biden tried to clean it up, saying that he wanted to get rid of subsidies for fossil fuels but not get rid of fossil fuels. If you look at his platform, the substance of it, for example, hes not really planning to ban fracking nationwide as some in the Trump Campaign has accused him of. Is this really a place that republicans see Fertile Ground . Well, again, in politics theyre saying what they really think and in this case he said in the primaries he was going to stop fracking and now hes saying he never said that. Well, he did. And to have a repeat of that where he says were going to phase out fossil fuels, goes to show you that really in his heart, thats what he wants to do, that he wants to have a liberal agenda on energy issues. And hes got supportive comments of the Green New Deal on his website. So i do think that its something we can pin on democrats of their lurch to the left of an issue that directly impacts jobs, directly impacts quality of life and the cost of living in our communities. What is your response . Boris, the only daylight that we saw during that debate was between a candidate, Vice President joe biden, who believes in Climate Change and has a real plan to make sure that we have a planet earth, clean air and water to have when we are older and when our children are grown, and a candidate and a president currently that does not believe in Climate Change, that thinks its a hoax, and who wants to sell our earth, our clean water and our clean air to his best friend polluters. Look, joe biden was very clear and his campaign was very clear. He is not going to get rid of fossil fuels. He is going to phase out the subsidies that fossil fuels get and he wants to focus on clean, renewable energy. Look, getting to zero emissions is not a new thing. In fact, george bush talked about it when he was president in 2006. In fact, every president , republican and democrat, has talked about it for the last two decades, except, of course, donald trump. So the choice is very clear. If you want somebody who believes in Climate Change and who, frankly, has a plan in terms of going to Renewable Energies that will create millions of jobs and protect our planet, thats joe biden, not donald trump. Maria, staying with you, i want to pivot to interesting polling from the new york times, that shows a gender gap among latino voters. Biden is winning women by 26 points but hes only ahead by 8 points with latino men. How do you think President Trump has been able to keep this group, latino men, as part of his base . He hasnt, boris. Im so glad you asked me this question, because that polling is deeply, deeply flawed. You have a lot of pollsters out there who have no idea how to accurately poll latinos. As you very well know, if you dont have a good, large sample of latinos and latinas that include spanish speakers, that include noncollege educated latinos, you are not going to get an accurate number. The polling i have seen from pollsters who know how to pole latinos show that there is a gender gap between latinas and latinos, but its because latinas are overwhelmingly performing for joe biden and right now latino men are for joe biden by plus 25. So the numbers youre seeing in that poll and other mainstream polls are not the correct ones. And as you know, latinas are going to continue to focus on making sure that we get our families out to vote. There is a huge gender gap for us, but were going to make sure that our brothers and our fathers and our husbands come out to vote for joe biden as well. A now, brian, aside from the disparity that maria points out in this reporting, it is true, especially in the Sunshine State in florida where im from, that President Trump has been outperforming among latinos, especially when you compare him to mitt romney, for example. Can the president expand that and drive a wedge in this portion of the electorate that i think joe biden has been underperforming in . Well, i think we overstate things when we assume that all minorities in this country are liberal. There are many who are conservative. You look at the cubanamerican community in south florida, these are families who came to this country to flee socialism. They are concerned, worried about the turn to the left that the Democratic Party has taken. Theyve seen this before and they know how it turns out. If latinos were a monolith for democrats, as maria was sort of asserting, the democrats would be winning statewide in texas, we would be winning statewide in florida. And right now trump is going to win texas and it looks like hes probably going to win by a narrow margin in florida as well. There is this wrong perception that trumps rhetoric, that his messaging is only for white, Blue Collar Workers and flyover country. Thats not the case. Many americans of many different races and ethnicities respond to his patriotism, to the bringing manufacturing jobs home and to keeping taxes low, school choice. These are all issues that appeal far beyond the Republican Base and beyond one race or ethnicity. Maria, i imagine you have a rebuttal, and then, brian, youll have one after that. And then it will be sunday night and well be getting ready for monday morning. Very quickly, boris, on the cuban vote, historically the cuban vote has always gone to republicans. But you know whats happening in florida . Overwhelmingly, a lot of Puerto Ricans have moved there and they overwhelmingly are supporting joe biden and right now they are equal to the vote that the cubans have. Im going to get yelled at for giving you ten seconds, but go ahead. Look, theres a diverse latino population in this country. Im seeing it here where i live in georgia. Many latinos are showing up at the event we had just yesterday. The message getting through beyond just the white Republican Base. We have to leave it there. Thank you both so much. Thank you, boris. You kept it to ten. Authorities in washington, d. C. , theyre prepared for the possibility of serious unrest in the hours and even the days after the election. A lot of concern about that. Cnns Vivian Solana has reporting for us. With such a high stakes election its understandable that people are anxious, especially considering that we may not have a clear winner on election night. What have you learned . Reporter thats right, boris. And its actually that uncertainty that has Law Enforcement officials at the federal, state and local level on high alert. Now, if you look across the capital here in dc, you see preparations are under way. Lafayette park across from the white house and was the scene of protests over the summer, thats been gated off largely to the public and the parameters have been increasing by the day, essentially. We also see secret Service Officials training around the area. Theyve been getting new equipment. And you see a greater presence of Law Enforcement growing as we get closer to november 3rd. Now, that is actually standard protocol and officials tell me that they have been preparing for this election, like they do with most general elections, for about a year now. There have been over five dozen meetings, including with folks at the white house, to prepare for this. But ultimately, the fbi, secret service and a number of the other agencies i spoke to said that they are mindful that this year is different. And so theyre preparing for, quote, worst Case Scenarios. What does worst Case Scenario me mean . The potential for violence in the days to follow. Law enforcement is on high alert for groups that might try to em bed themselves with protests. People have a First Amendment right to peacefully protest and Law Enforcement officials are very mindful of that, so theyre trying to protect that right while also preventing people from taking advantage of these situations. And, remember, we also have a situation where were in a pandemic, and so Law Enforcement officials also are trying to protect themselves with regard to trying not to expose themselves unnecessarily to any health issues. 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