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Clinton, Trump Make Last-Minute Appeals on Eve of Election Day

by Ken Schwartz

   Democrat Hillary Clinton is bringing out the big guns as the most
   caustic, exhausting and, at times, surreal U.S. presidential campaign
   in modern political history heads toward its climax.

   The all-star lineup at a Monday night rally in Philadelphia includes
   former President Bill Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama, and rock
   superstars Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi.

   Lady Gaga and Bon Jovi will join Clinton at a midnight campaign rally
   in North Carolina.

   Jon Bon Jovi acknowledges applause after performing during a Hillary
   Clinton campaign event at Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Nov. 7,
   2016.

   WATCH: Clinton Says Choice 'Could Not Be Clearer'

   Republican Donald Trump is making a marathon series of campaign stops
   in five battleground states he must win if he wants to be president:
   Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

   Polls heading into Election Day on Tuesday give Clinton a 2-to-3 point
   lead over Trump, but she has said she is taking nothing for granted.

   Clinton told voters in Michigan that the election is between division
   and unity, between a "loose cannon" and strong and steady leadership,
   and between an economy that benefits the wealthy and one that helps
   everyone.

   Trump said in North Carolina that Tuesday will decide if the country is
   ruled by a "corrupt political class" or by the people.

   He told voters that the American people are his only "special
   interest," and what he calls the "years of betrayal" under Obama will
   end the day he takes office.

   Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listen to
   him speak during a campaign rally at Lackawanna College in Scranton,
   Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 2016.

   WATCH: Trump Urges Voters to 'Deliver Justice'

   Trump also criticized the president for campaigning for Clinton rather
   than staying in the White House "creating jobs."

   Obama rallied voters in New Hampshire, again saying Trump is "uniquely
   unqualified" to be president and that the voters are "uniquely
   qualified" to make sure he will not be.

   Whenever the crowd booed when the name Trump was mentioned, Obama told
   them "Don't boo, vote."

   WATCH: Obama Addresses 'Crazy Stuff' in Election

   Tens of millions of Americans already have done that by casting early
   ballots. For voters who have not, polling places open early in the
   morning in many places and will close starting at 7:00 pm in several
   eastern and central states.

   Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute lawsuit
   by the Ohio Democratic Party seeking an order to prevent Trump
   supporters from carrying out actions that could be interpreted as voter
   intimidation.

   Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Ohio already has laws in place to
   prevent such harassment.

   Trump has called on his backers to watch polling places where he has
   said the voting might be rigged.

   Trump has not presented any evidence to back up his suspicions.
   However, some Democratic officials say Trump was thinking about
   African-American neighborhoods that lean heavily toward the Democrats.