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Just in: Texas Supreme Court denies a Republican-backed petition seeking to toss out more than 100,000 votes in Harris County cast in drive-thru lanes. Opinion, without comment, is here: https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/orders-opinions/2020/november/november-1-2020/ …pic.twitter.com/h4X0rGCWSm

.@ScottGottliebMD on presidential leadership: “What he does over the next two months is going to be very important" Says the president needs to now be focused on providing resources to states, including passing the latest round of stimuluspic.twitter.com/8nTvjbji5w

#GOP Lookahead to #ElectionDay “We feel very strong that we have a surge coming on election day,” @GOPChairwoman tells @margbrennan. She notes “the margins are going to be based on that election day turnout.”pic.twitter.com/lXI9VNqyPs

If voters are so excited about @realdonaldTrump why haven't they voted already? @GOPChairwoman tells @margbrennan that voter surveys indicate “they really want to vote in person" citing distrust in the #mailinballot systempic.twitter.com/Ig43IuwVix

“I cannot discount the possibility of tension, some unrest on election day,” Former @DHSgov Secretary Jeh Johnson cautions @margbrennan as #ElectionDay results come in. "None of this discussion should discourage people from participating in voting," he notes.pic.twitter.com/MVhODYEvk3

“I think you’re going to see targeted mitigation,” @ScottGottliebMD tells @margbrennan about efforts states will take to combat #Covid19, arguing there's little "political support" for #lockdown He warns that “hospital systems are going to become pressed again.”pic.twitter.com/Gq52xPJCSx

WATCH: Asked about speculation that he’d serve in a possible @JoeBiden administration, former @DHSgov Secretary Jeh Johnson tells @margbrennan: “If asked to serve again as a patriotic American, I’d have to consider it,”pic.twitter.com/Xzb4OBlanU

A top priority in the later winter should be reopening schools, @ScottGottliebMD tells @margbrennan. He notes that schools have learned how to keep students and teachers safe WITH effective #PPE and mitigation strategies.pic.twitter.com/mQZjwjEqhy

Earlier this week @realDonaldTrump said “doctors get more money if someone dies from #COVID19,” but @ScottGottliebMD tells @margbrennan that reimbursement rates for some #coronavirus patients are higher because it’s more expensive to care for them. WATCH -->pic.twitter.com/WfQOrfKvmK

What should America be watching for on #ElectionDay ? @NorahODonnell tells @margbrennan: "The massive voter turnout we have already seen shows that everybody believes their voice matters, their vote matters. There is a passionate electorate out there on both sides of the aisle."pic.twitter.com/8Gv7icDxt2

Growth in new Covid cases is outpacing the increases in testing, and the positivity rate in the U.S. is rising — evidence of an accelerating epidemic. More people are getting tested because there are more symptomatic Americans, and more people being exposed to sick contacts.pic.twitter.com/fgjEiQWoov