Today on the Playbook podcast, it's the last day of campaigning before large parts of America go to the polls tomorrow.

We'll be bringing you up to speed on that.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments about Donald Trump's deployments of tariffs on Wednesday and the president is already weighing in.

And it's day 34 of the shutdown. Will he weigh in on that as well?

Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.

And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Monday, November 3rd.

Dasha, you've got the cutest guest for our podcast that I have ever seen. You you want to just introduce who's on your knee for our listeners who can't see the video today?

This is the newest member of the Playbook family. This is Helles. Hellie for short, he is an Iversetter mixed with a poodle. He's eight weeks old. And he's giving me kisses right now,

which I really need on a Monday morning. If you're listening to this on audio, I strongly recommend

you dig out the video clip that shows Dasha's new dog on it, because even if you don't like

dogs, this is pretty cute. Anyway, we're going to concentrate on the news ahead, Dashette.

Ellis is going to help us.

It's Playbook with a side of puppy today.

Ellis needs to know that this is a very big week in American politics.

That's right.

Even for an eight-week-old puppy, you better get engaged because it's election week in America.

Of course it is.

First week in November, very exciting.

Lots of America going to the polls tomorrow. And then we have a very, very big moment in the Supreme Court

coming on Wednesday. So let's just talk our listeners through Dasha, what to expect and what's

coming up this week. And of course, what the President of the United States, Donald Trump,

is saying about this stuff because he has not stopped talking about it all day yesterday. Let's start with the elections, because that's the most imminent thing. It's the biggest thing. And the president has a lot to say about it. He certainly does. The only thing on his schedule today is doing tele rallies in Virginia and in New Jersey where the two governorships are up for grabs tomorrow. So let's start with them, shall we? Virginia, of course, is currently Republican-held, Jersey Democrat, but in both cases, we're getting new governors. And I guess you'd say the Dems are expected to win them both. Certainly that is now the expectation in D.C., but in New Jersey, particularly, the polls have narrowed. And that, to me, looks like the most exciting race of the two tomorrow, and that's probably where most people's attention is going to be focused over this last 24 hours, is whether the Republicans can pull off a surprise in New Jersey or not. I mean, even if it's not a surprise, this is going to tell us a whole lot about where the electorate is at. Look, we know the challenges that

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