Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 10/24/2018, including: Now that the Trump/Cruz rally has come and gone, who benefits? The president has become a polarizing figure, so his appearance may spark Democrats to go to the polls as much as Republicans; The caravan of illegal migrants from Central America continues its trek toward a confrontation at the US border. Hard to believe this isn’t a coordinated effort timed right before the midterms. Who benefits from the optics of this? If you’re going to play the lottery, avoid the office poll and fly solo. There is more than 600-million dollars at stake in today’s Powerball drawing, but many more people will win smaller amounts. The stress over dividing up the crumbs from the lottery table just isn’t worth the hassle.