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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: NOVEMBER 2, 2026 · What You Need To Know

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  Speaker 1: It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know. Today,
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  Speaker 1: it's Monday, Election Day Eve, November 2nd, 2026. Number one,
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  Speaker 1: more than half of the Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Haley Stevens'
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  Speaker 1: staff quit Sunday, protesting her endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers
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  Speaker 1: for U.S. Senate over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Former Chief
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  Speaker 1: of Staff Justin German said the team was shocked and
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  Speaker 1: heartbroken and urged voters to back El-Sayed and Democrats. The
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  Speaker 1: move came just... hours before Tuesday's election. Number two, one
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  Speaker 1: person was killed and eight other people were injured in
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  Speaker 1: a shooting Saturday night near Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama,
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  Speaker 1: after the Magic City Classic between Alabama A & M
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  Speaker 1: and Alabama State. Police said nine people were hit, one critically,
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  Speaker 1: with seven in stable condition, and multiple firearms were recovered
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  Speaker 1: and reports that one person was detained. Number three, Affordable
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  Speaker 1: Care Act open enrollment is underway in most states through
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  Speaker 1: January 15th, with shoppers warned to expect higher premiums and
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  Speaker 1: fewer options for 2027. Marketplace prices are expected to rise
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  Speaker 1: about 13% as financial help is restricted for many previously eligible,
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  Speaker 1: and experts say people who do not qualify for a
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  Speaker 1: subsidy will be hit hardest. Number four, it's Ministry Monday,
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  Speaker 1: and Willie Mae McIver writes that to rebuke is to criticize,
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  Speaker 1: and in the Bible, it confronts a person with their sin.
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  Speaker 1: She says correcting loved ones should be done softly and
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  Speaker 1: from love, with restoration as the goal. And she cites Proverbs,
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  Speaker 1: an open rebuke is better than hidden love. Wow. Number five,
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  Speaker 1: Black America, Let's Celebrate Our African American History was made
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  Speaker 1: on November 1st, 1910. Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois published the
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  Speaker 1: inaugural issue of The Crisis as the magazine of the NAACP.
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  Speaker 1: Du Bois, a co-founder of the NAACP, edited it until 1934,
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  Speaker 1: saying that it would show the danger of racial prejudice.
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  Speaker 1: And he called it a record of the darker races. Whew.
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  Speaker 1: Here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels. Peace is a choice.
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  Speaker 1: You may not control the chaos around you, but you
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  Speaker 1: can decide how much of it you allow within you. Whoa.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed. Be empowered.