Tucker Carlson is introducing Donald Trump on stage in Glendale, Arizona, where he has just described Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a "moron".

While warming up for the Republican candidate, the conservative broadcaster says "she's a revolutionary named after a conquistador and doesn't even know it".

Carlson adds: "Your last name is Cortez honey, sit this one out".

He spoke at length about what "makes a real man", adding, "you still need a brave man in charge".

Earlier, Harris sought to put Trump's views on women's rights in the spotlight. You can see that clip here.

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Robert F Kennedy Jr is now speaking at a Trump rally in Arizona. He says he's been asked to speak for longer than planned because Trump is running late.

Kennedy - a former Democrat who ran as an independent presidential candidate, before endorsing Trump - says he "asked God to put me in a position where I could end the chronic disease epidemic... and in August, God sent me Donald Trump".

RFK Jr has repeatedly pushed unfounded conspiracy theories about vaccines.

Speaking in Arizona, he again indicates that Trump has offered him a health role in a future administration, and told him "I want to see results within two years".

That tallies with what Trump has repeatedly said in recent days. He has said RFK Jr will "make America healthy again", without specifying what job he would do.

However, Howard Lutnick - who is the chair of the Trump transition team - poured cold water on the prospect of RFK getting a cabinet position during a CNN interview earlier.

He said RKF is "not getting a job" running the health department, though did imply he would be allowed access to "health data", leaving the door open to a more junior role.

Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's Secretary of State, has flagged a false claim circulating on social media that "illegal Haitians" are being flown into the US to vote for Kamala Harris in his state.

“Earlier today, our office became aware of a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia ID’s claiming to have voted multiple times," Raffensperger said in a statement on Thursday.

He added that the video is "obviously fake" and likely a product of foreign interference "attempting to sow discord and chaos on the eve of the election".

Raffensperger further stated that the post is "likely a production of Russian troll farms".

"As Americans we can’t let our enemies use lies to divide us and undermine faith in our institutions - or each other," Raffensperger said.

He also also asked X's owner Elon Musk to take the video down.

White House press officials "altered" the official transcript of a call where Joe Biden appeared to call Donald Trump supporters "garbage" earlier this week, according to the AP news agency, external, citing unnamed White House sources.

The president triggered a row earlier this week after footage emerged of him referencing a speaker at a Trump rally, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage".

“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden appeared to say in a recording.

However, the transcript released by the White House press office presented the quote with an apostrophe in the word "supporters".

The use of that possessive apostrophe is important. The word "supporter's" in the sentence would suggest Biden was talking specifically about Hinchcliffe's comments, not Trump's supporters in general.

The news agency, citing two US government officials and an internal email, says the press office changed the transcript, after it "conferred with the president", to include the apostrophe - whereas the original transcript produced by apolitical note-takers did not include it.

Biden denies he meant to refer to all Trump supporters. The BBC has not been able to independently verify AP's report.

Thank you for continuing to follow our live coverage of the final days of the US election campaign.

We're still waiting for two more live events today, which we will bring you updates from.

Donald Trump is due to appear on stage in Glendale, Arizona, alongside conservative broadcaster Tucker Carlson.

At roughly the same time, Kamala Harris will be speaking in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Stay tuned.

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire entrepreneur and former New York City mayor, has endorsed Kamala Harris.

“I do not agree with Vice President Kamala Harris on every issue, but earlier this week, I voted for her without hesitation,” he wrote in an op-ed in Bloomberg, the tech and finance outlet he owns.

“When it comes to policy, the contrast could not be clearer" between Harris and Trump, he went on.

Bloomberg held office in New York as an Independent, but ran in the Democratic presidential primary in 2020 in an unsuccessful bid to take on Trump.

He recently donated $50m to a nonprofit backing Harris' campaign.

Lawsuit against CBS turns spotlight back on Trump - where he likes itpublished at 02:04 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November

02:04 GMT 1 November

Rowan Bridge
North America correspondent, Washington DC

Donald Trump has a long and complicated relationship with what his circle disparagingly refers to as the "mainstream media".

Television helped make him a star when he hosted the US reality show The Apprentice, and he has an eye for what will catch the attention of broadcasters. But during his runs for the presidency, he has repeatedly attacked TV news and newspapers for coverage he claims is unfair and biased.

This lawsuit follows that playbook. It accuses Kamala Harris of answering a question on the Middle East with a "word salad" and "jumbles of exceptionally incoherent speech".

The Trump campaign has called on CBS - the BBC's US partner - to release a full transcript of the interview, something the network has refused to do.

In a letter obtained by CNN, CBS News senior vice-president for legal affairs, Gayle C Sproul, wrote that there wasn't "any legal basis for your demand that we provide you with the unedited transcript of the interview, which we decline to do".

Trump's testy relationship with 60 Minutes dates back to the last presidential cycle. In 2020, he abruptly left an interview with Lesley Stahl, unhappy with how he was being questioned.

This election cycle, Trump was invited to sit for an interview with CBS, which was to be broadcast in the same programme as the Harris sit-down.

But he backed out, something the programme made clear on air.

After it aired, Trump levelled his accusations of misleading editing, and at the time CBS issued a statement saying his claims were false. They said they had used different parts of her answer in different broadcasts.

Now he’s brought this lawsuit. Whether it has merit or not, it’s again helped turn the spotlight where Trump likes it - on him.

At her earlier rally in Phoenix, Arizona, a short while earlier, Kamala Harris brought up a comment that Donald Trump made yesterday.

The former president said he would protect women in the US "whether they like it or not".

"You have to listen to people when they tell you who they are," Harris said in response. "And this is not the first time he has told us who he is."

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Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance appeared on the Joe Rogan Podcast on Thursday, in a wide-ranging, three-hour interview where he suggested that he and Trump can win the “normal gay guy vote” - a comment that has been criticised by some members of the LGBT community on social media.

The two discussed transgender medical treatments, as well as abortion, the Covid vaccine, Muslim Americans and Vance’s Netflix picks.

Vance argued at one point that affluent parents were embracing their children's transgender or nonbinary identities as a way to “reject your white privilege”.

“One way that those people can participate in the DEI bureaucracy in this country is to be trans,” Vance said, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

Vance also criticised the Covid-19 vaccine, despite receiving one himself.

“The sickest that I’ve been in the last 15 years, by far, was when I took the vaccine,” he said.

On Trump’s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, Vance said he went into “fight-or-flight mode” after hearing Trump was targeted.

“We were at a mini-golf place in Cincinnati, Ohio,” Vance said. He added that he had to gather his kids, “throw them in the car, go home and load all my guns, and basically stand like a sentry at our front door.”

Trump himself appeared on Rogan’s podcast in a three-hour episode that aired five days ago.

Rogan, whose podcast has over 18m subscribers on YouTube, said he had invited Kamala Harris on his show as well, but added he had rejected terms set out by her campaign, including a one-hour limit on the interview.

Trump is on the part of his stump speech where he reasserts his pledge to end taxes on tips and other tax cuts.

Harris has also proposed ending taxes on workers' tips. Neither candidate has delved into the details of how such a plan would work, and the economic impacts are unclear.

After mentioning a brief list of tax proposals, Trump talks about windows in buildings.

He appears to be claiming that left-wing Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn't "want any more windows in apartments".

Trump seems to be referring to environmental proposals known as the Green New Deal, which was backed by Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats. They billed it as a blueprint to tackle climate change and income inequality.

"They don't want windows. They don't want cows, they don't want anything," Trump says.

"I've always been known for having the biggest windows," Trump says of his career as a real estate developer.

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At his rally in Henderson, Nevada, Donald Trump begins his address by once again attacking his opponent's intelligence, calling her a liar.

"Hillary was a lot smarter," Trump says of his 2016 presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton.

Trump has repeatedly questioned Harris's intelligence on the campaign trail. He has previously said there is "definitely something missing" and told crowds, "she’s a stupid person".

Trump then quickly turns to the hot-button issue of immigration.

He has made the promise of the mass deportation of people who do not have legal permission to be in the US a central part of his campaign - and in a state like Nevada, immigration is a top issue.

"We're an occupied country," Trump says as he again promises "the largest deportation program" in US history.

In Nevada, we're about to hear from Donald Trump who's speaking at a rally in Henderson, while a bit earlier today, we heard from Kamala Harris in Reno.

The state is one of seven swing states that will be crucial in determining the outcome of the presidential election.

With a population of 3.2 million, Nevada holds six of the 538 electoral college votes.

Around a third of likely voters consider themselves independent, meaning they aren't registered with either the Republican or Democratic parties.

Inflation and housing prices feature prominently among voters' concerns here and the state has the highest level of unemployment in the US, at around 5.5%.

Watches on election night include whether Latino turnout is high and the results in the state's two most populous counties - Clark and Washoe.

• A quick guide to swing state Nevada

The candidates have been criss-crossing the country today, with rallies still planned to take place in two of the seven key swing states: Nevada and Arizona.

Here's a look at photos from earlier today, which show eager crowds gathering in support of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris:

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Republicans are asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to enforce a mandate that would throw out mail-in ballots that are not dated correctly.

The mandate, which requires voters to handwrite the date on which they filled out their ballot, was ruled unconstitutional by a Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday in a case involving a few dozen ballots that were cast in September in a special state election.

But it was unclear from the ruling what impact this would have on how ballots are counted on Tuesday’s election day.

The dispute over the rule began after voting rights advocates filed several lawsuits against it, including a case pending at the US Supreme Court - though that federal case will not be resolved in time for the election.

In the meantime, Pennsylvania Republicans and the Republican National Committee (RNC) have fought to keep the rule in place.

In a court filing on Thursday to the state’s highest court, they argued that the appeals court ruling violates a directive by Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court that no “substantial alteration to existing laws and procedures” be made before the ongoing election.

They add it has also caused confusion around the issue, and could lead some election boards to try to count the ballots in question.

The filing asks the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to stay the lower court’s ruling while all appeals on the matter are heard.

NBA star LeBron James has endorsed Kamala Harris, writing on his personal X account that "the choice is clear to me".

The Akron, Ohio native went on to say that he was motivated by his family when he decided to back the Democratic candidate.

"What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me," he wrote, before adding: "VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!"

James joins a flurry of celebrities in recent weeks to throw their support behind Harris.

Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen both appeared alongside the vice-president at campaign events earlier this month, while Arnold Schwarzenegger - the former Republican governor of California - endorsed her on X this week.

Elon Musk, Kanye West and Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon, have all endorsed Trump.

We've just finished hearing from Kamala Harris in Phoenix, Arizona - which is the same city where Republican candidate Donald Trump will be addressing supporters later this evening.

The state, which has a population of 7.4 million people, holds 11 of the 538 electoral college votes.

Arizona is the only swing state along the US-Mexico border, where about one in four voters are Latino. It also found itself at the heart of the 2020 election misinformation claims.

Economy, immigration and abortion are among the key issues for voters here.

On election night, keep an eye out for the winner of Maricopa County, home to 59% of the state’s registered voters.

• A quick guide to swing state Arizona

Christal Hayes
Reporting from Phoenix, Arizona

Shortly before Harris finished speaking in Phoenix, everyone was on their feet here as the vice-president urged the crowd to vote - noting the importance of the state in the presidential election (it's a swing state with 11 electoral college votes).

She went on to call the 2024 presidential election one of the “most consequential elections of our lifetime” and urged people to fight and “turn the page” on Trump and his policies.

“We’re done with that,” she said, before emphasising a message of unity.

“It is time for a new generation of leadership in America," she said, adding that the "vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us".

Moving away from the campaign trail for a moment, we can now bring you an update from Donald Trump.

The former president is reportedly suing CBS, the BBC's US partner, over an interview the news outlet conducted with his rival Kamala Harris, which aired earlier this month.

The lawsuit alleges that the interview was "doctored" and demands $10bn (£7.7bn) in damages, Fox News reports.

The US outlet reports that Trump attorneys filed the suit over what they allege is "CBS’ partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion calculated to confuse, deceive, and mislead the public".

The suit further alleges that CBS edited an answer by Harris to avoid a "word salad" response to interviewer Bill Whitaker's question on Israel.

The network has denied the allegations raised by Trump.

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Kamala Harris is speaking to supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, in an effort to get out the vote in a key battleground state with five days left before election day.

“In this election, we have an opportunity to turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other,” says Harris, as the crowd boos in response.

“That is not who we are,” she says, billing herself as part of “a new generation of leadership in America”.

She later emphasises her campaign messaging on Trump, calling him “unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power”.

“In less than 90 days, it’ll be either him or me in the Oval Office,” she says, adding that Trump would walk in with an “enemies list”, while she would walk in with a “to-do list”.

She also repeats her promise of bringing down the cost of living for middle class Americans, delivering healthcare for seniors and tackling price gouging on groceries.

At one point, Harris is interrupted by a protester in the crowd. She responds by saying: “Let’s talk for a minute about Gaza. We all want this war to end and get the hostages out,” vowing to work on it “full-time” if she is elected as president.

Harris then hits out at Trump's policies on reproductive rights, saying that he plans to implement a nationwide abortion ban and will force states to monitor women's pregnancies.

• For context: Trump has struggled to find a consistent message on abortion. The three judges he appointed to the Supreme Court while president were pivotal in overturning the nationalised right to an abortion, a 1973 ruling known as Roe v Wade.

Christal Hayes
Reporting from Phoenix

Before we hear from Harris here in Phoenix, Rep Ruben Gallego is taking the stage.

He is running for a US Senate seat that could determine which party controls the upper chamber of Congress.

His opponent is Kari Lake, a Republican and one of the leading voices questioning election integrity in the state after Trump lost here in 2020.

Gallego tells the crowd he’d be the first Latino senator for Arizona - where 1 in 4 voters are Latino.

He says he wants others to have the same opportunities he’s had in the U.S. and says it’s “time to get the job done”.