With just under two days to go until the United States election, the candidates are making last ditch attempts to win over voters in the battleground states.

In the news moment of the weekend Donald Trump was rushed off the stage during a rally in Reno in Nevada over concerns a protestor in the audience had a gun. But there was no gun, just protestor Austyn Crites and his sign. Simon's report aired on Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report" with host Susie Ferguson.