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Anderson Cooper 360

Beto O'Rourke on final campaign stretch of Biden vs. Trump

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

With only 3 days until the election, there’s new CNN polling from four battleground states. Already more than 91 million Americans have either voted in person or mailed-in their ballots. That's more than two-thirds of the entire votes cast in the 2016 presidential election. Former congressman and presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke joins Anderson to talk about the tight race in Texas.   Airdate: October 31, 2020 Guest: Beto O'Rourke To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening, less than three days to go.

0:03.0

Cannon H running mates, surrogates and other heavy hitters are blanketing battleground

0:06.2

states, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin.

0:10.3

Nobody is coasting to the finish because unlike past elections, nobody knows where the

0:13.7

finish line might truly be or what lies beyond it.

0:16.8

Because already we're seeing some difficulties in a number of places.

0:20.6

People taking part in a Black Lives Matter and souls to the polls march were met by police

0:24.4

with pepper spray.

0:25.7

The rally news and observer reports the racially diverse group of about 200 people walked

0:30.9

with a police escort from a local AME church to the county courthouse where they held

0:35.4

a rally encouraging people to vote.

0:37.0

According to the paper, there was a moment of silence for George Floyd.

0:39.8

Police told the crowd to disperse and then started spraying and making arrests.

0:43.8

One mother telling the paper her two kids, one eleven and the other just five were hit.

0:47.6

Police say the protesters hadn't followed proper protocol for holding the event.

0:51.2

Now they only use the pepper spray they said when the crowd refused to disperse.

0:55.2

They also said the chemicals were sprayed on the ground and not directly at anyone.

0:58.9

Some of the crowd said that wasn't the case.

1:01.9

Today was the final day of early voting in the state and some states New Hampshire for

1:05.8

one ballots are already being processed and others, they're being challenged in court

1:09.6

or the subject of judicial oversight because they're getting tied up in the mail.

1:13.9

Meantime, as we said, the candidates are focused on the key swing states.

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