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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this time the cliche fits its down to the wire, and donald trump and Hillary Clinton are campaigning late into the night. Their final blitz came as a last round of National Polls gave clinton a lead of three to six points. But, trump has made it close in a number of battleground states. In their final salvos today, trump called clinton a phony. She accused him of worsening the countrys divisions. Our teams are out on the trail these final days. We start with john yang who has been covering Hillary Clinton. Reporter the last day of Hillary Clintons campaign to become the first woman president began in a region where her opponent has been showing strength western pennsylvania. We can do this, right . We can do this. Tomorrow you can vote for hopeful, inclusive bighearted america. Reporter its been a long, strange trip to election day. Just yesterday, f. B. I. Director james comey lifted the cloud he placed over Clintons Campaign and her handling of classified emails. I would much rather love to hear from our next president , miss Hillary Clinton. Reporter in cleveland yesterday, she never mentioned comeys clearance the new comey letter as she appeared with n. B. A. Superstar lebron james of the champion cleveland cavaliers. So let me ask you this are you ready to vote . Reporter it was clintons second visit to cleveland in three days. This weekend, she followed an itinerary set by polling results and the math of getting to 270 electoral votes. Boy is this a hearty bunch standing out here in the rain. Reporter . Holding a soggy rally in florida saturday afternoon. Appearing on stage with singer katy perry that night in philadelphia. I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter. And with singer james taylor last night in manchester, New Hampshire. Her path circled back to cleveland. The swing state of ohio is again a key battleground, and this city is the democrats beachhead. This weekend, a new poll showed the race in ohio a dead heat. Yes, im worried. If i werent worried, i wouldnt be here in ohio. I do lose sleep over this at night. Thats the bottom line. Reporter cindy demsey is chair of the Cuyahoga County democratic womens caucus. Why is the vote here in Cuyahoga County so important for the democrats . So Cuyahoga County is the densest population of democrats. So what we need to get all of our democrat votes in to compensate for the rest of the state. Without that, hillary cannot take ohio. Reporter that explains the frenetic activity at the Campaigns Office in shaker square. Among the volunteers being trained to go doortodoor registered nurse donna stern, who lives in rochester, new york. Why come from new york to cleveland, ohio, to canvass for hillary . Well, new york state is not one of the swing states. So we decided we need to come to ohio to help swing some votes here for ohio. Reporter in every president ial election since 2008, sterns come to ohio to talk to voters. We are willing to travel four hours for your state and its, you know, thats important to say, you know, and to vote and aint no party like the Democratic Party cause the Democratic Party dont stop reporter the goal get people to the Cuyahoga County board of elections, where early vote ballots were cast all weekend. Please have patience. Well try to make this move as quickly and as smoothly as possible. Reporter taking a page from president obamas 2012 re election, the Clinton Campaign is trying to build a firewall of early votes in key states like ohio seeking to roll up a big lead even before polls open on election day. I just voted. Im glad that i did it. I got a chance to participate in the democratic process. Whats more important than doing this . Reporter a sign of potential trouble for clinton in ohio including this weekend, early voting in cleveland is behind 2012. One early voter was clara parrish. Is this your first time . Voting early, yes. Reporter and it was because of the calls and the urging of the Democratic Campaign . Correct. Reporter the Campaign Even enlisted jayz and beyonce. They held a free concert for clinton in cleveland friday night. Tickets were distributed directly across the street from the board of elections where people were encouraged to vote early. The concert was intended to energize two voting blocs Campaign Officials say are crucial to clintons potential success africanamericans and millennials. Ive always been democratic. Win or lose, ill be a democrat all my life. Reporter the black vote is especially important in cleveland, which is about 53 africanamerican. At sunday services at the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on clevelands east side, pastor Jawanza Colvin preached the power of voting. Its in our hands to decide who wins on tuesday. Its in our hands. We are going to vote on tuesday. Were going to make sure that every black person we know votes. Somebody say amen we always do our jobs. Reporter black churches dont just talk the talk, they walk the walk picking up worshipers from services to take them to early voting a program they call souls to the polls. Do you want to help us stop donald trump . Reporter amid concerns about africanamerican turnout, millennials could give clinton the edge she needs in ohio. This weekend, volunteers from Nextgen Climate talked to voters around the campus of case western reserve university. In the closing days of whats a remarkably negative and personal campaign, clinton has finally turned to a positive and uplifting message something the campaign had been promising to do for weeks. If you give me the privilege of your vote tomorrow, thats what ill do every single day of my presidency. To knock down barriers, to create opportunities so that you have the chance to fill your own dreams. You see, i believe americas best days are still ahead of us. Yang for the clinton rally in philadelphia on Independence Mall its an allstar lineup. Shell be with president obama, michelle obama, former president bill clinton and bruc bruce springsteen. It has the feel of a grand finale but one more event, a midnight rally at another key state, North Carolina. Judy . Woodruff so, john, tell us about the choice of states. We know at the end its all about location. She is ahead in michigan, pennsylvania, North Carolina a little bit closer. Why are they going to these places on their last night . Yang the campaign wants to nail the door shut on a possible donald trump to 270 electoral votes. Another reason theyre coming back here to pennsylvania, this is the third stop in three days. And in michigan today, these states dont have early voting so unlike other states they dont know whos been voting because on canvassing fieldwork. They want to make sure they get people out to follows tomorrow. Woodruff john yang reporting to us from philadelphia, thank you. Sreenivasan now to Jeffrey Brown whos been following donald trump in this final campaign push. The next president of the United States, donald j. Trump reporter how much does donald trump need North Carolina . Count the ways and count the days hes been here as the election nears. By all accounts this is a must win state. And this afternoon he was back again, before a large crowd at raleighs j. S. Dalton arena. This is amazing, thank you very much. Reporter following f. B. I. Director comeys latest dramatic announcement, trump did not back down. Of course the f. B. I. Was under tremendous pressure, so they went through 650,000 emails in eight days. Reporter that issue was also on the minds of his supporters, some of whom had waited outside for hours. I think theres something there. I think its being covered up. I think a lot of people here think its being covered up. Reporter its been a mad dash, with stops all over the electoral map in minnesota, michigan, pennsylvania and several more states just this weekend. We joined the campaign yesterday in iowa at the Sioux City Convention center. Were going to win the great state of iowa, and we are going to win back the white house. Reporter first time voter kailey bledsoe said she likes trumps independence. Im voting for trump because i believe he has the best intentions for our country. I like that hes never been in politics and i like that hes supporting himself. And he really has his own beliefs. Nobody is paying him to say anything. Reporter that youthful enthusiasm was reflected in a new Des Moines Register poll showing trump up by a healthy seven point margin in iowa his largest lead to date this after barack obama won the state twice and democrats have carried six of the last seven president ial elections. Hes winning among independents in iowa, right now. Reporter trump has reached beyond his core constituency, says pollster ann selzer. The other thing that were seeing here is a change in the character of the younger voter. And in iowa, part of the backbone of the Obama Coalition were young voters, and he won here by substantial margins with people under the age of 35. Trump is now winning that group. Theyre more likely to identify as republicans. Reporter hes winning among young people . Hes winning among young people. Reporter iowas demographics help trump a population mostly white, more rural, less affluent and fewer college graduates. And his Overall Campaign strategy has been to ignite these voters in battleground states across the country. Also helping trump leading Party Members here, including Governor Terry branstad, have supported him even through low points in the campaign. The governors son eric, in fact, serves as trumps iowa director. This is a Campaign Like ive never seen before. Usually when i go to a republican rally, spending a lifetime in republican politics, i know everybody there. This is a campaign that has brought in democrats. Independents. This election is bigger than donald trump. Reporter but at a rally to energize volunteers, trump himself was rarely mentioned. State republican chairman Jeff Kaufmann said this. Is our candidate perfect . Nope. Are you perfect . No. Am i perfect . No. The only way that grassroots politics works is to accept the candidate voters gave us. Reporter to make sure core republicans actually vote, the party had canvassers out this weekend, employing an app similar to what democrats have long used. 20year old jillian dunker grew up outside des moines. So you can click on this, it will show you their name, their age, gender, registered party and modeled party. Reporter oh, modeled in this case like hard republican. Yes. Reporter so thats how you know theyre the core. Yes. We also see how often they vote so we know the tactics we have to use to try to get them to a vote for our candidates and b get them to go out and vote. Reporter how to explain Donald Trumps popularity . Veteran pollster ann selzer. Ive been listening to people talk about a candidate like donald trump sometimes by name for 12 years. People are looking for Something Else. Something different. And if donald trump isnt different, i dont know who is. Hello, how are you today . Reporter Something Different for sure. But can that win here in North Carolina as well . Voters in cary this weekend waited in lines up to three hours to cast their early ballots a Diverse Group of people reflecting an increasingly diverse state, including many with College Degrees and higher incomes a challenge for trump. U. N. C. Professor ferrel guillory. So the trumpclinton election in this state represents this clash of people who look back to what they see as a better america, and those who look forward to rising affluence and a more Tolerant Society that they want to live in the future. Reporter North Carolina has been a classic flipflop state it voted for barack obama by the slimmest of margins in 2008. And then went back to the republican column, with mitt romney by another small margin in 2012. Did you already vote . Yes, we have. Okay. Would you like a sticker . Okay. Thank you so much. Reporter zan bunn, head of the North Carolina federation of republican women, wants to reach beyond the partys core. She canvassed around raleigh this weekend, including at the wendell harvest festival. Diversity is always a positive. And its important for republicans to message well to everyone. And that is perhaps not as well announced as it should be. But we just continue to try. Reporter as donald trump arrived here this afternoon, polls showed a very close race. Meaning all eyes will be on this key battleground state when the votes are tallied tomorrow. Donald trump finished his rally at the arena a short time ago. I was able to talk to a trump official earlier today. He said they were cautiously optimistic in North Carolina. That sounds about right. I dont think anybody can be completety can have donate about what happens tomorrow. Hari har. Sreenivasan you have been on the trail with trump, what is his Closing Argument to supporters . His message is i am an agent of change, i will change whats happening in washington, i will change whats happening with the government and lead you to make america great. This is an argument we have been hearing. This is a donald trump very much on message. He goes through the list of negatives and positives from Hillary Clinton corruption as he refers to it to obamacare to his own attributes. He stays on message. Sreenivasan does it connect with the crowd . Brown i think it seems to be working. The crowds weve seen, certainly. But hes speaking, really, to the core right now, and the whole idea at this point is get out the vote. Sreenivasan Jeffrey Brown joining us from raleigh, North Carolina. Thank you so much. In the days other news the Justice Department announced it is sending more than 500 staffers to 28 states to watch for civil Rights Violations at the polls. Thats down a third from four years ago. Meanwhile, the u. S. Supreme court refused today to reimpose curbs on partisan poll watchers in ohio. Democrats wanted the restrictions, citing fears of voter intimidation. Woodruff wall street shot higher today, as investors appeared to shed doubts about the election outcome. That came after the f. B. I. Said newly found emails warrant no action against Hillary Clinton. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 371 points to close at 18,259. The nasdaq rose nearly 120 , and the s p 500 added 46. Sreenivasan in syria kurdishled forces pressed toward raqqa today, the islamic states de facto capital. They announced the offensive on sunday, beginning what promises to be a prolonged fight. The u. S. Military is providing the coalition of kurdish and arab fighters with air support. An estimated 5,000 isis fighters are in the city. Woodruff iraqi troops are still advancing on isis forces holding mosul, and now theyve found a mass grave with 100 beheaded victims. The site was uncovered just south of the city. Its not known if the bodies are civilians or soldiers. Sreenivasan a thick layer of acrid smog hung over large parts of india today, the worst in 17 years. A Million School children stayed home and people lined up to buy face masks around the capital of new delhi. The gray haze contains smoke, ash and other pollutants, causing shortness of breath, watery eyes and coughing. Environmentalists urged new government action. translated it is a Public Health emergency; we hope that the Supreme Court will advise the government to take some strict measures to clean the air of delhi. Sreenivasan one plan thats under consideration bringing back a curb on road traffic. Woodruff china has barred two elected lawmakers in hong kong from taking office, after they openly advocated independence. Its the first time beijing has gone that far since britain returned hong kong to chinese rule in 1997.