9 AM: Tight battleground races, Israeli intel leak, Spanish royals egged & more

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🗓️ 4 November 2024

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As the polls show a tight race, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are blitzing through battleground states in the hours before election day. RFK jr. says a new Trump administration would advise that fluoride be removed from American water supplies. Israeli police have arrested a top aide to the prime minister over allegedly leaking classified information. Indonesian officials say at least six people are dead after a series of volcanic eruptions. Plus, we'll tell you why angry crowds booed and threw eggs at Spain's king and queen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Follow every moment of this election across CNN.
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0:16.6	From CNN, I'm Charlie Drever, with the five things you need to know for Monday, November 4th.
0:23.3	As we reach the final hours before election day, the presidential candidates are making
0:27.9	their last pitches in key battleground states. Vice President Kamala Harris is in Pennsylvania today,
0:34.0	with events in Allentown, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and Trump will be in North Carolina,
0:39.3	Pennsylvania and Michigan. Meanwhile, CNN's poll of polls show there's no clear winner in the state of Georgia
0:45.3	or any other swing state. Trump is ahead with 49% in Georgia compared to Harris's 47, which is within the margin of error. As CNN's Nick Valencia explains, state officials are preparing for another tight race,
1:00.0	as last time the election was decided by as little as 12,000 votes.
1:04.0	They're very well prepared, and if you believe Georgia elections officials,
1:08.0	these are some of the most secure elections in the country.
1:10.0	The problem is, though, there are plenty of people who don't believe what they're hearing.
1:14.2	And over the weekend, Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger, a Republican, was on 60 Minutes on CBS
1:19.1	and talking about that deep mistrust between MAGA loyalists and the conservative election
1:23.7	officials here and how difficult it's been to stop the flow of election misinformation.
1:28.3	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a new Trump administration would advise that fluoride be removed
1:35.3	from the country's water supplies. Over the weekend, Kennedy posted on social media that a Trump
1:41.5	White House would make the move, cooling fluoride, quote, an industrial
1:45.7	waste, saying it was associated with conditions like arthritis, bone cancer and thyroid disease.
1:53.0	But as CNN Health's Meg Tirel explains, there are reasons fluoride is added to drinking water.
1:59.0	Hi, Charlie, fluoride is a mineral that prevents tooth decay and it's been added to drinking
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