President Trump, Kamala Harris campaign in North Carolina with less than 48 hours until Election Day

President Donald Trump making several stops around the country, including Hickory. California Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for vice president, made stops in Goldsboro and Fayetteville. Both campaigns were working their hardest to get to all the key spots before Election Day.

Trump says he’s preparing for legal challenges to the counting of mail and absentee votes in Pennsylvania. Speaking to reporters in Charlotte ahead of a rally in Hickory, NC Trump says: "We’re going in the night of — as soon as the election is over — we’re going in with our lawyers.”

Trump has repeatedly attacked the Supreme Court in recent days for not blocking the counting of late arriving ballots for days after Election Day. Trump aides believe Democrat Joe Biden has a substantial lead in early ballots but are betting on strong Republican turnout Tuesday to pull off a win.

Trump said in rallies in Hickory and Iowa that he predicted a "red wave” of Election Day votes for him, aiming to overcome Democratic leads in early votes.

"Two days from now, we are going to win this great state, just like we did last time," Trump said. "You were the one, right? You were the one that put us over the hump, and we're going to win four more years in the White House."

Cars lined up at Fayetteville State University about two hours before Harris was scheduled to speak. Security was extra tight. Each vehicle allowed into the event was thoroughly inspected.

Harris spoke to the crowd of FSU students of the schools of nursing and business for about 45 minutes. She hit all the Biden-Harris campaign points, starting with the nine million people who have contracted the coronavirus.

"It is within our power to determine, and you will determine, North Carolina, who will be the next president of the United States," Harris told the crowd.

Harris made the familiar campaign pitches about global warming and the country's economic crisis brought on the by the pandemic. She also touched the hearts of this mostly African-American crowd by addressing the racial injustices endured by people of color in the country.

"It's Joe Biden who says we will ban choke holds and carotid holds," Harris said. "George Floyd would be alive today if that were the case."

Harris declared a vote for Biden is a vote for someone who supports democracy, will enhance America’s standing in the world and conducts himself with dignity during a campaign stop in North Carolina.

During her campaign stop in Goldsboro, Harris said Trump, by contrast, offers none of those things. Harris made her remarks to a small crowd in Goldsboro, a majority Black city in Wayne County. She also made a campaign stop in Fayetteville.

In 2016, Trump won the county where she was campaigning.

Harris, the first Black woman on a major party presidential ticket, has been trying to appeal directly to Black voters in key swing states. She gave a shout out to people in the crowd wearing representing historically Black fraternities and sororities. Harris was part of Alpha Kappa Alpha at Howard University. She said North Carolinians are more familiar than most with attempts at voter suppression. She’s citing a previous state voter ID law that was struck down by a court that said it targeted African Americans with surgical precision.

Fewer than 50 people were in the park, but several dozen more people gathered in a nearby parking lot.