5 Things To Know For Your New Day-Thursday November 1st

Trump shocks with racist new ad days before midterms:

In the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years, President Donald Trump and the Republican Party accuse Democrats of plotting to help people they depict as Central American invaders overrun the nation with cop killers.

The new spot, tweeted by the President five days before the midterm elections, is the most extreme step yet in the most inflammatory closing argument of any campaign in recent memory.

The Trump campaign ad is the latest example of the President’s willingness to lie and fear-monger in order to tear at racial and societal divides; to embrace demagoguery to bolster his own political power and the cause of the Republican midterm campaign.

The ad — produced for the Trump campaign — features Luis Bracamontes, a Mexican man who had previously been deported but returned to the United States and was convicted in February in the slaying to two California deputies.

Girl shielded her brothers as pickup fatally struck them at bus stop:

A 9-year-old girl crossing the street to catch the school bus held her twin brothers’ hands and shielded them before they were fatally struck by a pickup truck in rural Indiana, according to her uncle.

Elgin Ingle told CNN affiliate WRTV that his niece, Alivia Stahl, acted more like a mother than a sister in protecting 6-year-old Xzavier and Mason Ingle.

He commended Alivia for her bravery in her last moments.

Megyn Kelly’s camp calls out NBCUniversal CEO amid testy exit talks:

Megyn Kelly’s slow-motion exit from NBC News has turned into an all-out legal battle.

Kelly’s 9 a.m. show was canceled last week, but her contract goes through 2020. So now there’s a protracted negotiation taking place — and in an unusual move, Kelly’s lawyer Bryan Freedman is talking about it publicly.

“Andy Lack needs to stop,” Freedman said Tuesday, accusing the NBC News chair of leaking information about the negotiations.

GM offers buyouts to 18,000 employees:

General Motors is offering buyouts to more than a third of its white collar staff in the United States, as the company transitions to self-driving vehicles and other new technologies.

The largest American automaker announced a voluntary job reduction program to staff after reporting strong earnings for the just completed quarter.

GM employees with 12 or more years at the company — about 18,000 of its 50,000 salaried staff in the United States — will be given the offer. Typically about 10 to 15% of those eligible take the offers.

Derrick Rose Erupts for Career-High 50 Points vs. Jazz:

Welcome back to the spotlight, Derrick Rose.

The 2010-11 MVP turned back the clock Wednesday with a career-high 50 points, six assists and four rebounds in a 128-125 victory over the Utah Jazz at Target Center. He carried the Minnesota Timberwolves offense on a night former Chicago Bulls teammate Jimmy Butler didn’t play, and he blocked a potential game-tying three-pointer from Dante Exum in the final seconds.

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