The presidential race is tight. What can polls tell us?

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<p>Hurricane Helene isn&rsquo;t an outlier. It&rsquo;s a harbinger of the future, according to NBC hurricane specialist John Morales in the <a href="https://apple.news/A-VEmDnbmSWKhDe7BSyVHxg">Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists</a>. He joins us to talk about his concerns for Milton&rsquo;s future victims.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AZ8aenFMKTIm6RlorPkbVTw">Vox</a> asks: Can we trust the polls this year? And Apple News editor Gideon Resnick discusses what the polls can and can&rsquo;t tell us in the final weeks of the election.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>In a landmark move, the EPA said U.S. cities must remove all lead pipes over the next decade. The <a href="https://apple.news/Anro4-W5QQEWko-IIk8y8pA">Washington Post</a> has more.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AfZmKmbqqRXyyzKaJpHEC4A">NPR</a> reports on how the Supreme Court may uphold the Biden administration&rsquo;s plan to regulate &ldquo;ghost guns.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AtRBB5rVLR3iWIJt_0kbWeA">Popular Mechanics </a>explains why the &ldquo;godfather of AI,&rdquo; who just won a Nobel Prize for physics, worries the technology could threaten humanity.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p>