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PBS News Hour - Segments

Harris and Trump appeal to voters with starkly different tones in final days of the election

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Final pre-election polls released Sunday show Trump and Harris deadlocked as the race goes down to the wire, but there are indications that some late deciders may be breaking for the Democratic nominee. Both candidates spent the weekend appealing to those who have yet to vote in the tight race, while 75 million Americans have already cast their ballots. Ali Rogin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm John Yang. Final pre-election polls released today show former president Donald Trump and

0:06.7

Vice President Kamala Harris deadlocked as the race goes down to the wire. But there are indications that

0:12.6

some late deciders may be breaking for the Democratic nominee. Seventy-five million Americans have

0:18.1

already cast their ballots and with the race so close and so competitive,

0:22.5

both candidates were out today appealing to those who have yet to vote.

0:26.5

Ali Rogan has our story.

0:28.9

I see a nation determined to turn the page on hatred and division and chart a new way forward.

0:36.9

At a black church in Detroit, Kamala Harris spoke of a future beyond Tuesday's election.

0:42.3

Each of us has an opportunity to make a difference.

0:45.3

Because in this moment, we face a real question.

0:48.3

What kind of country do we want to live in?

0:51.3

Harris needs high voter turnout here in Michigan and in other blue wall states like Wisconsin

0:57.0

and Pennsylvania. In a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, she poked fun at herself

1:02.0

with her doppelganger.

1:04.0

I'm going to vote for us.

1:07.0

Great. Any chance you are registered in Pennsylvania.

1:11.6

Nope, I am not. Well, it was worth a shot.

1:15.6

Donald Trump is also focused on Pennsylvania, where he has closed in on Harris in the polls.

1:20.6

And you have a chance in two days, and if you don't vote, you're stupid. You're stupid.

1:26.6

But he had a starkly different tone.

1:29.3

He dumped his prepared speech in favor of rambling remarks,

1:32.8

often questioning the integrity of the voting process.

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