Tonight, four days left in the finish line in sight, but graphic rhetoric once again overtaking the campaign trail.

Former President Trump going after Liz Cheney saying she wouldn't be a warhawk if, quote, guns are trained on her face.

Cheney comparing Trump to a dictator, Vice President Harris slamming his comments as violent, but Mr. Trump saying he was just referring

to Chinese backing of foreign wars, a fallout tonight. Plus how health care and Mr. Trump's

vision of who would oversee federal programs is causing a stir. We asked the Republican nominee

if he backs RFK Jr.'s controversial views on vaccines. And after conspiracy theories in 2020,

all eyes are on the vote. Our report, who's watching the polls, including those who believe

the election was stolen. Halloween mass shootings across America in Orlando, a local state

of emergency after two were killed during a massive downtown

celebration, plus three dead and a Denver suburb at a house party.

The never-before-seen body cam released as the trial kicks off for the Marine veteran

charged with choking another subway rider to death, what the video reveals. After one of the driest

octobers on record, the wildfires breaking out in the Northeast. And the good news,

one of America's favorite sports touches down in Africa.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

We'll get to the politics of it all and our correspondence with the candidates in these final days of the presidential race in just a moment. But we start with a controversy over violent imagery evoked by Donald Trump during an event in Arizona last evening in which he said his foe,

former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, would not be such a warhawk if she had, quote,

guns trained on her face.

Mr. Trump saying, let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her.

Trump today saying he was only pointing out that Cheney hasn't had to

face the consequences of war. But given the dark imagery of his words last night, it makes you wonder

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