Election 2020: Joe Biden has MORE senior moments at Michigan rally - Daily Mail

The man who could be America’s next president in three days: Barack Obama had to call Joe Biden three times before he finally emerged at Michigan rally, then had to remind him to put his mask back on and help guide him off the stage

• Joe Biden held a rally in swing state of Michigan on Saturday alongside Obama 
• Former president warmed up for his old friend, before calling him up to the stage
• Biden missed his cue, and Obama had to call twice more before he emerged 
• Biden then forgot mask coming off stage, with Obama appearing to remind him

By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline

Published: 13:34 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 14:57 GMT, 2 November 2020

'Sleepy' Joe Biden was caught napping twice during a rally in Michigan on Saturday, missing his cue to appear on stage and then forgetting his mask as he walked off it. 

The 77-year-old was speaking at a rally in Flint alongside Barack Obama when he suffered the 'senior moments', just the latest in a series of gaffes that have dogged his presidential run and raised questions over his mental capacity.

The first came as Obama had just finished warming up for his old Vice President, and tried to welcome him to the stage by shouting: 'My friend, the next President of the United State of America, Joe Biden!'

But Biden was nowhere to be seen, prompting Obama to shout for him again.

Joe Biden missed his cue to appear on stage at a rally in Flint, Michigan, on Saturday - leaving Barack Obama waiting alone for several seconds after calling out his introduction

After three calls from Obama, Biden eventually appeared and jogged up to the podium

Several more awkward seconds passed, as Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder - who performed at a different Biden rally that day - began playing over the loudspeakers.

Eventually Biden emerged, jogging over to the stage from a nearby school building as Obama tried to get the crowd - who were confined to their cars as a Covid precaution - fired up, shouting: 'Honk if you're ready!'

During the rally itself, Biden also appeared to stumble over the word 'healthcare' while lining up a shot at the newest member of the Supreme Court - a Trump nominee - Amy Coney Barrett.

'Donald Trump thinks health care is a privilege, Barack and I think it's a right to have badakathcare,' he said.

He fumbled again at the end of the rally, as Obama returned to the stage wearing a facemask and the two waved to the crowd before going off together. 

Biden - who was wearing a mask as he emerged before removing to speak - appeared to forget he hadn't put it back on as he departed.

Obama stopped him at the top of the stage steps and said a few words to him, after which he jogged back to the podium in search of the face covering.

After about 20 second of fumbling, Biden eventually found the face covering - which was in his pocket, not on the podium - and put it back in place.

Biden fumbled again as he left the stage, with Obama appearing to remind him to put on his face mask - sending Biden running back to the podium to get it

Biden eventually found the mask - not at the podium but in his pocket - and put it back on

In a bizarre moment, Biden then picked up the microphone again as if he were about to speak, before putting it down without saying anything and walking off stage

There was then further confusion as he picked his microphone back up from the podium where he had left it, and seemed to try and talk into it.

It appeared the microphone had been disconnected, because Biden quickly placed it back down without saying anything and followed Obama off stage.

The frequent slip-ups, which began during the presidential primaries and have continued throughout Biden's main run, have raised doubts about his fitness for office, and Republicans have hammered him over it. 

On Sunday, Biden slipped up at a rally in Philadelphia - touting his links to the state by boasting 'I married a Philly girl' before pointing to his jacket.

'By the way, I've got my Eagles jacket on,' he said, pointing to the logo on his windbreaker. 

In fact, the symbol was not the Philadelphia Eagles' logo but that of his alma mater, the Delaware Blue Hens. 

Among those highlighting the mix-up was Zach Parkinson, the deputy director of communications for President Donald Trump's campaign.

He wrote on Twitter: 'This 'Eagles' jacket Biden claims he's wearing to try and show how much he's in touch with Pennsylvania? It's a Delaware Blue Hens jacket.'

During his speech Biden pleaded with voters to turn out at the polls on Tuesday as he aims to shore up support in Pennsylvania, which has emerged as one of the most hotly-contested battleground states in the final days before the election.

'We're at an inflection point. So we have to vote like we never did before. There's too much on the line to sit it out,' he said.

'We only have two more days. Two more days we can put an end to this presidency that as has from the very beginning sought to divide us, to tear us apart.' 

Biden made another slip at a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday night, telling people that he was wearing his Eagles jacket 

In fact, the jacket actually showed the symbol of his alma mater, the Delaware Blue Hens (left), not the logo of the Philadelphia Eagles (right)

Last week, Biden was addressing a virtual concert when he appeared to forget who he was running against, telling viewers 'we need to stop four more years of George.'

Wife Jill, who was sitting next to her husband, appeared to mutter Trump under her breath in an attempt to correct him.

Hours later President Trump tweeted: 'Joe Biden called me George yesterday. Couldn't remember my name. 

'Got some help from the anchor to get him through the interview. The Fake News Cartel is working overtime to cover it up!'

But Democrats insisted that he was actually saying the name of George Lopez, host of the rally whose questions he was answering.

On social media, people were dismayed.

'Watch his wife saying Trump under her breath 3 times,' said one.

Another remarked: 'The look on Jill's face was like 'come on Joe, get the train back on the tracks...''

Biden and Jill appeared during the star-studded 'I Will Vote Concert' which was headlined by A$AP Ferg, Sara Bareilles, Aloe Blacc, the Black Eyed Peas, Jon Bon Jovi and Cher.

It garnered around 12,000 views and was live-streamed on YouTube.

It comes just two days after the former Vice President said during a campaign video: 'We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.'

This too was seized upon by the Trump campaign, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany who tweeted: 'BIDEN ADMITS TO VOTER FRAUD!'

Biden has also attempted to laugh off Trump's attacks on his mental agility, telling 60 Minutes: 'The same guy who thought that the 911 attack was a 7-Eleven attack?

'He's talking about dementia?

'All I can say to the American people is watch me, is see what I've done, is see what I'm going to do. Look at me. Compare our physical and mental acuity. 

Donald Trump is banking on a late surge in key swing states to tip the election in his favor, the same path to victory that he took in 2016

'I'm happy to have that comparison.'

Monday marks the final full day of campaigning for Trump and Biden, with each hoping to tip the race in their favor in the closing stages.

More than 93 million people have already voted - two third of the 2016 total - and each campaign insists it has a pathway to victory. 

Mr Trump is banking on a surge of enthusiasm from his most loyal supporters in the swing states, allowing him to eke out an electoral college win without winning the popular vote.

Heading into the closing 24 hours, Mr Trump and Mr Biden each painted the other as unfit for office and described the next four years in near apocalyptic terms if the other were to win.

The incumbent president told a rally in Iowa: 'The Biden plan will turn America into a prison state locking you down while letting the far-left rioters roam free to loot and burn.'

Mr Biden said America was on the verge of putting 'an end to a presidency that's fanned the flames of hate'.

Speaking in Philadelphia, the biggest city in a state that could decide the presidency, he said: 'When America is heard, I believe the message is going to be clear: It's time for Donald Trump to pack his bags and go home.

'We're done with the chaos, the tweets, the anger, the hate.'

Biden's blunders: From claiming 200 million Americans have been wiped out by Covid to forgetting the Declaration of Independence 

August 8, 2019: He tells the Asian & Latino Coalition in Des Moines, Iowa, that 'poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.'

He attempted to clear up his statement, adding: 'Wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids — no, I really mean it. But think how we think about it ... mWe think how we're going to dumb it down. They can do anything anybody else can do given a shot.'

Later that day he tells a crowd: 'We choose unity over division. We choose science over fiction. We choose truth over facts.' 

August 9: Biden was accosted by a right-wing Turning Point USA staffer at a rally in Iowa. 'How many genders are there?' He asked. 

Biden replied: 'There are at least three.'

The reporter said, 'What are they?'

And Biden responded: 'Don't play games with me, kid.' Biden then shook someone in the crowd's hand before turning back and saying, 'By the way, the first one to come out for marriage was me.'

August 10: Biden says he was VP when the Parkland school shooting took place, even though it occurred in 2018. 

'Those kids in Parkland came up to see me when I was vice president,' he told a reporter. 

A campaign official clarified that Biden meant the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, in December 2012.

August 24: Biden mistakes New Hampshire for Vermont.

Speaking in Keene, NH, he said: 'I love this place. Look, what's not to like about Vermont in terms of the beauty of it?'

September 2: Biden appears confused about the definition of a magazine for a rifle, telling supporters in Iowa: 'The idea that we don't have elimination of assault type weapons, magazines that can hold multiple bullets in them, it's absolutely mindless.' 

By definition a magazine holds multiple rounds. 

September 25: Biden forgot the name of the last Supreme Court nominee under President Barack Obama on Jimmy Kimmel's show. 

'Back when, when they were holding up before Trump got elected, they were holding up, uh, um, the nomination of the president put forward for the Supreme Court,' Biden rambled.

'Merrick Garland,' Kimmel said.

'Merrick Garland, a really fine man,' Biden added. 

November 2: Says he's in Ohio when he's in Iowa. 

November 20: Biden claimed that he had the backing of the Senate's only black female Senator during a Democratic debate.

'I have more people supporting me in the black community that have vouched for me because they know who I am… The only African-American woman who's ever been elected to the United States Senate.' 

Senator Kamala Harris corrected him, saying: 'That's not true. The other one is here!'

December 5: He called a voter a 'damn liar' and 'fat' after he asked if his son Hunter earned a job on the board of a Ukrainian gas company as a result of his father's high office.

'You're a damn liar, and that's not true,' Biden snapped at him. 'I'm not sedentary. You want to check my shape, let's do push ups together, let's run, let's do whatever you want to do, let's take an IQ test.' 

He continued, 'But look, fat, here's the deal.' 

February 9, 2020: Biden called a 21-year-old woman a 'lying, dog-faced pony soldier' during a Q&A in New Hampshire.

Asked by the economics student Madison Moore about his poor performances in the Iowa caucuses, he asked if she'd ever attended a caucus. Moore said she had and Biden hit back: 'No you haven’t! You’re a lying, dog-faced pony soldier.'

February 24: In South Carolina he said: 'My name's Joe Biden. I'm a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate.'

During the same speech he claimed to to have worked with Chinese leader 'Deng Xiaoping' on the Paris Climate Accord - Deng died in 1997. 

February 25: During the final Democratic debate he claimed that '150 million people have been killed since 2007' by guns. If that were the case, half the American population would be dead.

March 1: He calls Fox News host Chris Wallace 'Chuck,' and then claims it was because he'd had a recent interview with NBC's Chuck Todd.

March 3: He confused Super Tuesday with 'Super Thursday.'

And during the same speech he botched the Declaration of Independence, saying: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women are created, by the, you know, you know the thing.'

March 4: He confused his wife with his sister on stage at a rally in California.

'By the way, this is my little sister Valerie!' Biden said while grabbing his wife's right hand. 'And I'm Jill's husband,' he went on while reaching for his sister's. 

March 9: 'Together, I think we can win back the House,' Biden said before correcting himself. 'We're gonna keep the House, increase it and flip the Senate.'

March 10: Biden pledged to ban the 'AR-14,' (instead of AR-15) when challenged by a worker who accused him of 'trying to diminish our second amendment right and take away our guns.'

April: He appeared to forget Barack Obama's name while discussing Russia's annexation of Crimea.

'Because they invaded another country and annexed a significant portion of it called Crimea. He's saying that it was president - my boss - it was his fault.'

May 22: Biden tells radio host Charlmagne the God that 'if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black.'

August 31: Speaking at a steel factory in Pittsburgh, he stumbled badly over his words, saying: 'COVID has taken this year, just since the outbreak, has taken more than 100 years. Look, here's, the lives, it's just, it's uh, I mean think about it. More lives this year than any other year for the past 100 years.'

September 15: Biden says that wealthy people were able to stay home during lockdown because 'some black woman was able to stack the grocery shelf.'

Speaking to a group of veterans in Tampa, Florida, he said: 'The American public, the blinders have been taken off. They've all of a sudden seen a hell of a lot clearer.

'They're saying: "Jeez, the reason I was able to stay sequestered in my home is because some black woman was able to stack the grocery shelf."'

September 20: Biden said that 200 million had died of coronavirus, confusing a million for a thousand.

'It's estimated that 200 million people have died probably by the time I finish this talk,' he said.

September 21: He botches the pledge of allegiance, saying: 'I pledge allegiance to the United States of America, one nation, indivisible, under God, for real.'

The correct text is: 'I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.' 

October 12: He appeared to forget that he ran against Mitt Romney in 2012. 

'You may remember,' Biden said when telling reporters he was opposed to Democrats criticizing Amy Coney Barrett's faith, 'I got in trouble when we were running against that senator who was a Mormon, the governor.'

October 24: He tells a virtual meeting: 'We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.'

October 25: He got confused about who is president, calling him, 'George.'

Speaking at the 'I Will Vote Concert' Biden said: 'Four more years of George, er, George, er, he - we're going to find ourselves in a position where, if Trump gets elected, we're going to be in a different world.'

He was aided by his wife Jill who appeared to mutter 'Trump,' under her breath while Biden struggled for the words.

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US Election Polls: Trump has SEVEN-point lead in swing state of Iowa - Daily Mail

The Donald's not done for yet: Trump has a SEVEN-point lead in vital swing state of Iowa according to the same late poll that showed he could win the White House in 2016

• A survey for the Des Moines Register puts Donald Trump seven points ahead of opponent Joe Biden 
• The same late poll in 2016 was one of the few showing Trump could beat candidate Hilary Clinton  
•  The survey will worry Democrats who fear Mr Biden faces the same fate as Mrs Clinton, also the strong favourite

By Daniel Bates In New York For The Daily Mail

Published: 10:12 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 12:26 GMT, 2 November 2020

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Donald Trump has surged ahead in the key swing state of Iowa, according to a poll that suggests he has a slim chance of pulling off another huge upset.

The survey for the Des Moines Register showed the President was seven points ahead of Joe Biden with a day until the election.

The same late poll in 2016 was one of the few showing that Mr Trump could win the White House. It gave him a seven-point Iowa lead over Hillary Clinton which became a win by 9.6 percentage points.

The survey will worry Democrats who fear Mr Biden faces the same fate as Mrs Clinton, also the strong favourite.

The survey for the Des Moines Register showed the President was seven points ahead of Joe Biden with a day until the election

Supporters wait for the rally of U.S. President Donald Trump at Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina U.S. yesterday

Supporters wait for the rally of U.S. President Donald Trump at Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina U.S. yesterday 

Supporters wait for the rally of U.S. President Donald Trump at Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina U.S. yesterday

Supporters wait for the rally of U.S. President Donald Trump at Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory yesterday 

He is ahead by around seven points overall in the polls, and there is little doubt that – like her four years ago – he will win considerably more votes than Mr Trump. However, the outcome of the election will be decided not nationally, but by a handful of battleground states.

In the final weekend of campaigning the two candidates stormed through the swing states with a particular focus on Pennsylvania. It is one of ten won last time by Mr Trump and he needs to hold on to most of them if he is to remain in the White House.

Mr Biden leads in nearly all of these states, but his advantage is slim and falling.

Together they account for 179 Electoral College votes and Mr Biden needs to grab 38 on top of the 2016 Clinton haul.

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. yesterday 

President Donald Trump greets supporters as he arrives at a campaign rally at Dubuque Regional Airport yesterday in Iowa 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attends a campaign rally by U.S. President Donald Trump at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Opa-Locka

Trump finished his five state, five rally tour Sunday night landing in Miami, Florida just after 11.30pm where it was a balmy 79 degrees. People wait for the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump for his campaign event at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport on November 1 

If Mr Trump can hold on to enough large states – such as Texas with 38 votes, Florida with 29, Pennsylvania with 20 and Ohio with 18 – then Mr Biden may struggle to make up the numbers elsewhere.

Iowa is one of the few swing states where Mr Trump has moved ahead, and the Register poll shows it is becoming a sizeable one. He has 48 per cent compared with Mr Biden’s 41 per cent – the same poll in September showed them tied on 47.

A RealClearPolitics (RCP) average of polls gives Mr Trump a lead of 0.7 per cent in Iowa.

He has yet to pull off the same feat in enough of the other swing states and is still trailing by four points in Pennsylvania. Yesterday he tweeted: ‘Our numbers are looking VERY good all over. Sleepy Joe is already beginning to pull out of certain states. The Radical Left is going down!’ 

A crowd of people wait for the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump for his campaign event at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport on November 1 in Opa Locka, Florida

People wait for the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump for his campaign event at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport

President Trump continues to campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leading up to the November 3rd Election Day (pictured in Florida

While polls have consistenly shown Trump tied or behind in key swing states the president said he didn't really need to make his final two stops of the night - in Georgia and then in Florida

The President’s path to victory involves retaining and building on his voting base from 2016, but polls show he is haemorrhaging support among women and pensioners. As a result he is relentlessly focusing his efforts on very targeted states so he can scrape the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory.

Mr Trump must retain all the southern states he won in 2016 including Arizona, Florida and Georgia, where he is behind by 1 per cent, 0.7 per cent and 0.8 per cent respectively.

If the President also holds on to two or three of five ‘Rust Belt’ states in the Mid West that he won from the Democrats in 2016, then he has a path back to the White House. He is behind in three, including Michigan, which he won last time by seven points.

Political strategist Mike Madrid, one of the founders of The Lincoln Project, a Republican group opposing Mr Trump, said: ‘If he does have a dramatic overperformance... I could easily see them winning North Carolina and Florida’.

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally, in Rome, Georgia, U.S., November 1 

At another point in the rally, he commented on Biden's trim figure. 'His legs have gotten very thin,' Trump said at the Florida event

A sea of MAGA hats and Trump 2020 flags could be seen at the fourth campaign rally stop in Rome, Georgia 

 People cheer as President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Hickory Regional Airport on November 1, 2020 in Hickory, North Carolina

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Earthquake in Turkey and Greece: Children, 3 and 14, pulled from rubble three days after tremor - Sky News

Two children, aged three and 14, have been pulled from rubble three days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece, killing at least 81 people and injuring more than a thousand.

Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir clapped as the young teenager, Idil Sirin, was saved from under a toppled building she had been trapped beneath for about 58 hours.

Shortly afterwards, three-year-old Elif Perincek was rescued some 65 hours after her apartment building also crumbled - reportedly becoming the 106th person to be saved.

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A 14-year-old girl was also pulled from under a collapsed building

Health minister Fahrettin Koca said Elif "strengthened our hope" as she "said hello to life again", in a tweet with a video of the girl being stretchered into an ambulance as onlookers gathered.

"We are grateful for our teams," he added.

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Elif's mother and two sisters were rescued two days before she was, according to local media, while Idil's eight-year-old sister died.

The girls' survival stories followed similar news on Sunday of 70-year-old man, Ahmet Citim, who was rescued from a collapsed building in Izmir 34 hours after the quake hit. Citim said he "never lost hope" as he lay trapped.

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Inci Okan, 16, was stuck under the same eight-storey building before being rescued 17 hours after the quake.

While Rescue teams found more survivors overnight in Turkey's third largest city, they also found many more bodies.

Image: The health minister said Elif's rescue 'strengthened hope for life'

Image: Idil Sirin, 14, was trapped under rubble for roughly 58 hours

The tremor hit the Aegean Sea on Friday, northeast of the Greek island of Samos. It killed two teenagers found near a collapsed wall and injured at least 19 others on the island.

Its magnitude has been debated, with the US Geological Survey putting it at 7, while the Istanbul's Kandilli Institute said it was 6.9 and Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) measuring it at 6.6.

Image: Loved ones look on anxiously as rescuers search for survivors

The quake triggered heavy surges of water in many low-lying coastal areas, with Izmir and the Greek island of Samos the worst hit. Hundreds of aftershocks were felt.

Image: The quake hit off Turkey's coast, near the Greek Island of Samos

Turkey has a mix of older buildings and cheap or illegal construction, which can lead to serious damage and deaths from earthquakes.

Adding to its earthquake risk is its position on top of fault lines. In 1999, two powerful quakes killed some 18,000 people in the country's northwest. This latest disaster has further hurt a nation severely struggling with the pandemic.

Greece is also prone to tremors.

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Typhoon Goni: Fears after Philippine town said to be 90% damaged - BBC News

Goni - known as Rolly in the Philippines - is the most powerful storm to hit the country since Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 6,000 people in 2013.

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US election 2020: Trump hits out at FBI for investigating supporters accused of harassing Biden bus - Sky News

Donald Trump has hit out at an FBI investigation after his supporters were accused of trying to run a Joe Biden battle bus off the road.

Tensions rose in the final hours before Americans head to the polls, with the president tweeting: "In my opinion, these patriots did nothing wrong."

Mr Biden's team said they were forced to call 911 when the caravan of cars bearing Trump flags surrounded their campaign bus - and those in front tried to slow it down to a stop in the middle of a Texas motorway.

Image: Mr Biden said his opponent 'is the virus'

On Saturday, Mr Trump tweeted a video of the incident, adding: "I LOVE TEXAS!"

According to the Biden campaign, staff aboard the bus called 911 to report the incident, with local law enforcement responding to the calls and helping the bus reach its destination.

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Neither Mr Biden nor his running mate, Kamala Harris, were on board the bus.

But speaking about the incident on the campaign trail in Philadelphia, Mr Biden said: "We've never had anything like this. At least we've never had a president who thinks it's a good thing."

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Mr Trump defended his supporters against the FBI investigation, saying the organisation "should be investigating the terrorists, anarchists, and agitators of ANTIFA, who run around burning down our Democrat-run cities and hurting our people".

Image: Mr Trump is holding five events on Monday

The row intensified as the incumbent Republican leader and his Democrat challenger make their last-ditch appeals to voters in swing states.

With polls due to open on Tuesday morning but a record number of Americans voting early or by mail, Mr Trump is holding five events across North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, Mr Biden is focusing his efforts on one event in Ohio and three in Pennsylvania, even employing the star power of Lady Gaga.

Attention is also turning to the possible outcomes after Tuesday, with predictable scenarios thrown into the air due to the coronavirus pandemic and record high numbers of early voters and mail-in ballots.

Image: Barack Obama will be sent to Georgia and Florida

Mr Trump's strategy seems to be that, if he sees good margins in states early on, then he will declare himself the winner - and if high numbers of mail-in ballots supporting Mr Biden threaten that lead, then he will declare them illegitimate.

But in anticipation of further campaigning and legal action, Mr Biden's team have dispatched Barack Obama to call for last-minute donations to "make sure they can keep up the fight after election day, if necessary".

Mr Biden is also using the former president to drive turnout with events in two other crucial toss-up states - Georgia and Florida.

Seeking to put COVID-19 and the US death toll of over 230,000 central to his campaign message, Mr Biden said to get control of the pandemic voters had to oust Mr Trump as "he is the virus".

He also revealed at a rally in Georgia that aides told him he did not have to visit the state, because "we have it made" there.

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Analysis: What Trump and Biden's final campaign stops say about their aims
By Greg Milam, US correspondent

Donald Trump has dusted off his 2016 manual in the hope it contains the secret to another election upset.

Four years ago, a breathless sweep through swing states in the final few days of the campaign reversed what the polls had been saying.

Trump believes the same is possible this year, with polls again showing him heading for defeat.

But they also show the president has so far failed to reach beyond the noisy, enthusiastic loyalists at his rallies and attract voters in the middle. That could be decisive.

Joe Biden needs to rebuild the "blue wall" Democrats used to count on in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to ensure poll predictions become reality.

His focus on places like Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is an attempt to drive up turn-out among black voters which, his campaign believe, could tip him into winning territory.

Florida and Arizona are also Biden targets - America's "sun belt" and "rust belt" are where this election will be won and lost.

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2020-11-02 07:05:24Z
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US election 2020: Trump hits out at FBI for investigating supporters accused of harassing Biden bus - Sky News

Donald Trump has hit out at an FBI investigation after his supporters were accused of trying to run a Joe Biden battle bus off the road, as both politicians enter the final election campaign stretch.

Tensions hotted up in the final day before Americans head to the polls when the US president dismissed a probe into "patriots" who "did nothing wrong".

Mr Biden's team said they were forced to call 911 when the caravan of cars bearing Trump flags surrounded their bus and those in front tried to slow it down to a stop in the middle way of a Texas motorway.

Image: Mr Biden said his opponent 'is the virus'

The row intensified as the incumbent Republican leader and his Democrat challenger make their last-ditch appeals to voters in swing states.

With polls due to open on Tuesday morning but a record number of Americans voting early or by mail, Mr Trump is holding five events across North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

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Image: Mr Trump is holding five events on Monday

Meanwhile, Mr Biden is focusing his efforts on one event in Ohio and three in Pennsylvania, even employing the star power of Lady Gaga.

Attention is also turning to the possible outcomes after Tuesday, with predictable scenarios thrown into the air due to the coronavirus pandemic and record high numbers of early voters and mail-in ballots.

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Mr Trump's strategy seems to be that if he sees good margins in states early on then he will declare himself the winner, and that if high numbers of mail-in ballots supporting Mr Biden threaten that lead, then he will declare them illegitimate.

But in anticipation of further campaigning and legal action, Mr Biden's team have dispatched Barack Obama to call for last-minute donations to "make sure they can keep up the fight after election day, if necessary".

Image: Barack Obama will be sent to Georgia and Florida

He is also using the former president to drive turnout with events in two other crucial toss-up states - Georgia and Florida.

Seeking to put COVID-19 and the US death toll of over 230,000 central to his campaign message, Mr Biden said to get control of the pandemic voters had to oust Mr Trump as "he is the virus".

And continuing a row that has dominated the weekend, the former vice president addressed the video of Trump supporters encircling his bus.

"We've never had anything like this - at least we've never had a president who thinks it's a good thing," he said during a campaign event.

Image: There have been record numbers of early voting

But Mr Trump defended his supporters against the FBI investigation, saying the organisation "should be investigating the terrorists, anarchists, and agitators of ANTIFA, who run around burning down our Democrat-run cities and hurting our people".

He also revealed at a rally in Georgia that aides told him he did not have to visit the state, because "we have it made" there.

Analysis: What Trump and Biden's final campaign stops say about their aims
By Greg Milam, US correspondent

Donald Trump has dusted off his 2016 manual in the hope it contains the secret to another election upset.

Four years ago, a breathless sweep through swing states in the final few days of the campaign reversed what the polls had been saying.

Trump believes the same is possible this year, with polls again showing him heading for defeat.

But they also show the president has so far failed to reach beyond the noisy, enthusiastic loyalists at his rallies and attract voters in the middle. That could be decisive.

Joe Biden needs to rebuild the "blue wall" Democrats used to count on in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to ensure poll predictions become reality.

His focus on places like Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is an attempt to drive up turn-out among Black voters which, his campaign believe, could tip him into winning territory.

Florida and Arizona are also Biden targets - America's "sun belt" and "rust belt" are where this election will be won and lost.

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2020-11-02 05:52:31Z
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Suspect in Lyon priest shooting released as police say gunman still at large - Sky News

French police have released a suspect who was arrested following the shooting of a Greek Orthodox priest in Lyon, and said the gunman is still on the loose.

According to the Lyon prosecutor's office, the man who was arrested shortly after the shooting on Saturday was released as police found no evidence of his involvement.

The priest, 45-year-old father-of-two Nikolas Kakavelakis, was fired at twice while he was closing the church at about 4pm. He remains in a critical condition.

According to the Greek Orthodox Holy Diocese of France, the victim was scheduled to return to Greece after working at the Lyon church where he was shot.

"We pray for a speedy recovery and unequivocally condemn all forms of violence," the diocese said in a statement.

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There is still no known motive for the shooting. It is not being investigated by anti-terrorism prosecutors, and is being treated as an attempted murder investigation by the Lyon prosecutor's office.

Police cordons around the church were removed on Sunday, and the search area was widened to the broader Lyon area, according to the national police service.

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It follows a high security alert across the whole of France following the killing of three people at a church in Nice on Thursday, amid global tensions over cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed published in a French newspaper.

The shooting also came amid tensions within Lyon's Greek Orthodox community.

The victim is understood to have had a long-running legal dispute with a former monk who was convicted of defamation, according to French media reports.

Image: The shooting took place amid heightened security alert in France

The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in France, Emmanuel Adamakis, told French radio station Europe 1 that Kakavelakis had been relieved of his duties to conduct services in Lyon and "had been asked to return to Greece".

The attack appeared to have taken place in a small courtyard in the back of the church, where the priest had been living in an official church apartment, Mr Adamakis said.

Antoine Callot, the pastor at another Greek Orthodox church in Lyon, said that the city's Greek Orthodox community had not received any threats, but added that he had asked police for security protection at his church after Saturday's shooting.

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