president trump claiming the u.s. is rounding the turn in its coronavirus fight even as new cases spike across the country. plus more than 20 million americans have cast votes in the presidential election. what that could mean for the candidates. and the city of manchester in a standoff with the uk government. why it's proposing a new virus lockdown. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm isa soares and "cnn newsroom" starts right now.

a very warm welcome wherever you may be watching. in the united states, more than 8 million americans have now fallen victim to the coronavirus since the pandemic began. that's one-fifth of the world's cases and 1 million more than just three weeks ago. take a look at this. more than 132,000 cases were confirmed in the past two days. it is an alarming rate of infection. hospitals in seven states are reporting record numbers of covid cases. but u.s. president trump now apparently recovered from his own bout is insisting the virus has turned the corner.

at least one vaccine might be ready by late november. but as the head of the national institutes of health said, it is a big if. >> i'm still pretty guardedly optimistic that by the end of the year we'll have one or more vaccines that is safe and effective, and we can start distributing it, but even that is not a guarantee. s this is a very complicated science. >> nearly all polls show president trump trailing his opponent, joe biden. >> president trump continuing his blistering pace on the campaign trail. the president made three stops on friday alone, hitting a

number of swing states, including two stops in florida and here in macon, georgia. a traditionally republican state where the polls show a surprisingly close race. and the president hitting on all the big themes that he has throughout this entire campaign picking on vice president joe biden calling him the worst presidential candidate in history which is interesting considering that biden holds a sizable lead in many of the polls. he also talked about his town hall with nbc this week and listen to what president trump had to say about the person who moderated that town hall, savannah guthrie. >> and in savannah, it was like the anger, the craziness. i mean, the craziness last night. and i said good-bye. i said great job, savannah, you did wonderfully. >> it's worth pointing out savannah guthrie hosted the "today" show after she moderated that town hall on thursday. the president will continue this

pace through the weekend. he's going to be travel to go nevada and arizona. also wisconsin and michigan. all states that will be crucial to his hopes at winning re-election. joe biden's rallies look and feel much different than the president's campaign with face masks. on friday, he held a drive-in event in detroit. jessica dean was there. former vice president joe biden coming to the battleground state of michigan on friday and making the affordable care act and health care center to his closing argument here in michigan. his campaign really believes that is a through line to so many issues driving this race from the coronavirus pandemic to president trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic to amy coney barrett's nomination process and republicans' efforts to dismantle the affordable care act.

remember, democrats ran this play focussing on health care back in 2018 when they regained control of the house. it worked for them then and the biden campaign believes it will be an effective message this go around. meantime, joe biden talked more about whether he supports packing the supreme court. biden has said in the past and he said last night he's not a fan of the idea, but he will offer his decision on it before election day. he wants to see how republicans will handle the whole process before he announces his decision. and we move ever closer to election day. this is a voter engagement event. the campaign focussing on states where early voting is already happening and nearly going to sent perhaps their biggest surrogate out next week. that is former president barack obama who hits the campaign trail next week in philadelphia.

jessica dean, cnn, detroit, michigan. >> let's get some international perspective. natasha, thanks very much for being with us today. let's start off with the rather impressive images, i think it's fair to say, that we've seen right around the united states of people lining up, some braving -- some for hours and hours on end, actually, and a long wait to cast their ballots. what do you think is driving this record early voting? is it enthusiasm, the pandemic, this presidency? >> yeah, i think it's all of those things. 21 million people have cast their votes early. that is 21.3% of the total vote counted in 2016. we're seeing this seems to be favoring democrats.

they've been rallying their supporters to get out the vote early. we have states like florida, like michigan, like wisconsin where early voting has reached over 20% and democrats in the states that have reported data thus far have claimed that they have returned 2.5 million more ballots than republicans. now, this is part of the democrats' campaign. they want their supporters to get out early because they're worried about the way that counting is going to take place because trump has indicated he might not accept the results. the republicans remain confident that their supporters are going to turn out to vote on election day. >> so important that point that the made. it's all part of the messaging to get out and to get out and vote. president trump as we just showed to our viewers continue to go hold more campaign rallies in defiance, i must add, of his own government's social distancing recommendations as we're seeing now on our screen.

and he continues, as well, to minimize the impact of the pandemic. higgs his disregard for the pandemic, does that hurt him at all? >> his disregard for the pandemic doesn't really affect those who are going to vote for him, anyway. there is nothing you can do that is going to turn those voters off. what it does affect, the independent people, people who were uncertain, the people who really care about getting a handle on the pandemic and aren't part of trump's base feel that he's been incredibly irresponsible by holding all of these campaign rallies in person where people are crammed in there, sometimes not wearing masks, and this has reflected the way he's handled the pandemic. and he's down played it. and he said he did it to not

create the pandemic. who do they think is better able to get the crisis under control? >> and what is cheer is some of the more prominent members of the republican party are start to go distance themselves from the president. let's talk about today. today, president trump is campaigning in michigan and wisconsin. natasha, we've been here before and trump won. is this different? >> in 2016, trump was an unknown candidate. it was like a wild card situation. and you also had hillary clinton who was an unlikable president. and trump was effective in characterizing her in a negative

light. he's struggled to negatively characterize biden. he's tried to use sleepy joe, but that hasn't really worked. the other issue with the 2016 election was that there was low voter turnout compared to previous years from key demographics that support democrats. so what we're seeing already with the early voting and with the polls, they seem to be holding, they haven't wavered much. there are really big leads for biden in the key states like wisconsin, like pennsylvania, like michigan and he's really close in the race in florida. so what we're seeing here is these leads are pretty big. there is a lot of people that have started to change their mind on trump or who won't vote for trump. he won wisconsin by 23,000 votes.

he won pennsylvania by 44,000 votes. so he doesn't only need to win or maintain what he had before, but he has to make ground and he has not done that. >> natasha, always great to see your insights. come back on the show any time. have a wonderful weekend. >> thanks for having me. >> pleasure. health experts warn as bad as the covid-19 numbers are right now, they likely will get even worse this winter. cnn's brian todd takes us to communities already being pushed to the brink. look at this. >> hospital beds on the move in albuquerque, new mexico, with hospitals pushing capacity, officials in new mexico say many coronavirus patients there need to be transferred from one hospital to another throughout the state. and they're worried about having enough people to take care of them. >> our hospital leaders' greatest concern today is staffing up those betts. they point out health care workforce, they're getting

tired, there's people who step back. >> cases have spiked to such an extent in new mexico that the governor is telling people flat out, don't leave your home if you don't have to. the virus, she says, is winning. >> this is the most serious emergency that new mexico has ever faced. >> officials say many new cases are tied directly to virus spreads in prisons and veterans homes. >> there are 52 members in quarantine and 25 staff members out of the unit with positive covid-19 tests. >> wisconsin and new mexico had one of ten states that just reported the single highest number of cases ever. the u.s. topped 60,000 new cases in a single day for the first time since august 14th. 32 states on friday trending up in new cases.

the u.s. just topped 8 million cases. as we move towards the winter and the weather is getting colder, people will have fewer and fewer opportunities to be outdoors and to naturally social distance. we're going to create more opportunities for this virus to spread. it is a dangerous moment in history. >> experts say this year, even with so many americans desperate for some kind of celebration, holidays will v to be scaled back to avoid the virus. assess the infection rates in your community, consider postponing or canceling activities, think about having outdoor dinners or hosting virtual dinners and element the number of people at any

gathering. >> so if you think that by getting infected and pooh poohing the prevention modalities that you're living in a vacuum, no, you're becoming part of the problem. >> but dr. fauci said it's still not too laid to turn the tide for what will happen this fall and winter if state and local officials take good public health measures and he emphasized all of that can be done without shutting the country down. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> across europe, coronavirus cases spread at record rates. according to dat data, new case number he right here in europe are far exciting that of the united states. you can see that deep, deep head. the world health organization's director talked to becky

anderson about what the public can do to really make a difference. >> am i worried? yes, i'm very worried. there are some simple measures, systemic, generalized mask wearing together with a strict control on social gatherings could save in this region about 281,000 lives in six months. >>. >> one of those countries is seeing an expo nettant rise in infections. the curfew began on friday at midnight and is running daily from 9:00 a.m. through 6:00 a.m. friday morning. let's bring in melissa bell in paris, one of the areas under curfew. infections are rising rather

fast so are hospitalizations which are important for people to understand that. but will the curfew be enough? >> i think that is exactly what authorities are going to be looking at because they're following that vice from the world health organization who said, look, if we carry on this course and nothing is done, we're going to see fatality levels 4% to 5% april next year. also the world health organization is saying, look, lockdowns need to be a last resource because of the social and economic im my cases. so france, in the face of those record rising of the cases, they're saying, we're going to trying everything we can. right now, i can go and walk out with my mask on, but beyond 9:00

p.m., i'll have to have my mask on unless you are going out to work, you're going to look after someone, you have a special document proving you can be out. if you're a repeat offender, there is a threat of imprisonment. so this will be tightly enforced by 12,000 men and women. will it be enough to bring the numbers down? the icus in the paris region, 40% of icu beds are taken up by icu patients. there will be a point in which the hospital system can't cope any more. >> let's see whether this curfew measure really is able to shift those numbers. melissa bell in paris, great to see you. thank you. in france, nine people are

being held in the country after a history teacher was attacked and beheaded in a paris suburb. according to multiple reports, the teacher are recently shown corespondent controversial pictures. >> the attack happened in paris. the secondsary school teacher was attack at the scene. police gave chase. they confronted him and he was killed on the scene as, of course, is the teacher. president macron went to the scene and had this to say.

>> one of our fellow citizens was killed today because he was teaching students about the freedom of speech. he was attacked and he was the victim of an islamist attack. >> this has been labeled by the president himself as an act of islamist terrorism. the minister of education said this attack was a despicable assassination of one of the republic servants. the oouz presidential election is still two weeks away, but early voting rates are up across the country. that story, just ahead. neurivay proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference.

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voters in louisiana braved long lines in the first day of early voting for the upcoming u.s. election. this was the scene in new orleans on friday. they're not just choosing a president, they're choosing a senator and six judges. similar scenes are playing out right across the united states. election day is still more than

two weeks away, but millions of americans have already cast their ballots. in some cases, they're voting at i popping rates. we now take a closer look. >> i'd see it as being one of the most important elections in my entire lifetime. going forward. >> and it seems she's not alone, not by a long shot. more than 20 million americans have already voted. and north carolina, these long lines on the first day of early voting thursday were the first indicator of huge turnout in the tar heel state. more than 333,000 voters cast ballots on day one. that is believes to be a new

report, beating the 304,000 ballots cast in georgia in 2016. a similar story in tennessee where they've already seen a 91% increase compared to 2016. >> i think more of the millennial and younger are a little bit more aware and maybe are more wanting to get out there and vote and are more aware of the issues. >> in pennsylvania, the secretary of state says she expects full results for mail-in ballots won't be available until the day after election day. >> in michigan, the secretary of state announcing people can't carry guns on election day in

polling places. >> i don't feel he's been treated fairley by the democrats at all. >> in florida, the edge democrats had in voter registration is narrowing. new data from the state shows about 134,000 more democrats are registered to vote than republicans which is down from 2016 when they led by about 327,000. >> you know what? you can't just trust anybody right now. >> that frustration is part of a week long drop box drama which appears to have ended. a move the former republican governor arnold schwarzenegger called -- >> this stupid thing they're doing right now with the ballot boxes. >> in florida, election

officials there are taking steps to remove ex felons with court debt from the voter roles. this comes after this democratic led effort comes to pay off debt for those voters so they could vote. president trump loves to hold crowded rallies. after the break, how those are linked to covid-19 cases.

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i'm he's isa soares. the total cases in the united states of coronavirus are now up to 8 million. and it's beginning to take a toll of america's health care network. hospitals in seven states say they're seeing record numbers of people being admitted. president trump has ramped up his rallies jam packed with spectators and hardly any masks. sanjay gupta explains the correlation. >> for president trump supporters, these rallies have come to be a show of force. >> i am going to continue to live my life. i hope everybody else does, too. >> for a lot of public health

experts, these rallies have concerns. you can't see the virus, but what is happening during a super expresseder event? >>. >> if kwe we think of a campfire, not everybody sitting around that campfire is equal in regards to the amount of virus they're getting in that space. >> the virus is more likely to disperse into the air. but it is still not completely safe. again, think of that campfire smoke. it drifts and lingers and travels wherever the wind may carry it. but here is the problem. definitively linking a gathering like this or this to a later spike in new infections can be challenging, especially with 50,000 people becoming infected every day. so to better understand the

impact, cnn took a look at data from large rallies several weeks ago to see what happens to a relevant and related measure of the virus's damage. hospitalizations. as you watch this, remember, after someone is exposed, it typically takes about four weeks before they might become sick enough to require hospitalization. june 20th, tulsa, oklahoma, an indoor rally. here was the situation going into that weekend in tulsa. on that particular day, there were 197 hospitalizations in the state. on july 8th, 2 1/2 weeks later, the department of health held a press conference. >> we knew we had several large events two weeks ago, which is about right. so i guess we just connect the dots. >> and five weeks after the rally, the number of hospitalizations is at 625. more than triple what it was on june 20th.

june 23rd, phoenix, arizona, just days after that stop in tulsa, president trump held another indoor event, this time phoenix. when he visited, around 2,000 people were being hospitalized in arizona. that number shoots up to more than 3,000 cases daily and that's maintained over the next three weeks. august 17th, osk kosh, wisconsin, take a look at what happened after the president visited osk kosh on the 17th. five weeks later, the number of hospitalizations rising by nearly 20% and continues its upward chime. florida florida, pennsylvania and iowa, they've all been in the last few weeks so we have not seen impacts on hospitalizations yet. >> there is no doubt there has

been exposure at the rallies. if you're gathering together in a large group of people, there has almost certain been transmission. it is very difficult to document that transmission when there are so many people attending these events and then they scatter back out into their communities. >> on saturday, the president is heading to jamesville, wisconsin. a foreshadowing of what may be to come. >> son jay dupe that with that fascinating piece. cases are reaching alarming cases here in the uk, international in the northeast of england. but people are lashing out at new restrictions. p.m. boris johnson had a message

for the city's mayor. here is what mr. johnson had to say in response. i original the mayor to recontrol and engage constructively. more people will end up in intensive care and tragically more people will die. of course, if agreement cannot be reached, i will need to intervene in order to protect manchester's hospitals and save the live of manchester's residents. >> salma, we heard there the prime minister urging really the local leader there, the mayor, to reconsider. if he doesn't and if they have to intervene, what will be the response on their side?

>> it's a truly extraordinary standoff. we know there are negotiations between the manchester government and the prime minister boris johnson on thursday. since then, it's been radio silence. the mayor of manchester's argument is twofold, a, the government's own scientists have said localized regional limited lockdowns are not enough to stem the rise in cases and instead we need a nationwide lockdown. that's the first part of his aurmd. the second part of his argument is, well, prime minister, if you insist on implementing these regionalized lockdowns, you need to provide the economic packages these businesses need to stay open and to return after a period of lockdown. so essentially the department is over boris johnson's strategy at large. there is a growing chorus of

opposition voices calling for a nationwide lockdown. meanwhile, towns and cities including london have their restrictions changed. london today is waking up to new rules essentially curbing social life for londoners. now you cannot meet with anyone outside your household, which means no meeting your friends at publics, bars and restaurants. >> salma, great to see you. thanks. now, health care workers around the world have been hailed as the heros of the coronavirus pandemic and quite rightly. queen elizabeth has recognized the associate director of nursing at king's college as an officer of the most excellent order of the british empire. she accepted the award on behalf of her colleagues who gave their

lives fighting the disease. take a listen. >> the honor, it's an absolute privilege, but it's not just for me. the honor honors all of those who laid their lives on the line and continue to serve. it's about my colleagues and it's an absolute privilege to represent the profession. >> and it's also an honor for us to have felicia joining us now from london. congratulations first of all on your incredibly well de served obe. if i could start off on that point, give the viewers around the world a sense of what you saw and what your colleagues saw and what you had to endure. >> it's been very hard. through march, april, up until

june, july, it's -- we've witnessed things that we didn't think we would witness. we saw patients dieing very, very rabidly, really quick pace. we saw loved ones not being able to grieve and be with their loved ones when they died. we had to convert clean wards to coy wards. nurses that were not critical care chained needed to develop and train to become critical care nurses. and we had to dig really, really

deep. it was a frightening time. >> and talk about the next wave which we're currently facing. i want to talk about what you have seen, the growing horror, the death toll particularly among black, asian and minority ethnic health and social care workers. they were the ones that suffered huge, at least here in the uk. they've been disproportionately affected. is that fair to say? >> it is very fair to say. the first ten doctors to die were from a black nation background and we started to see those numbers rise and we saw studies, some key reports telling us some concerning figures. and the nurses and mid wives started to tell us about some concerns they had on the ground floor. these were predominantly black and asian nurses and filipino

nurses. and filipino nurses have the highest death toll within the nursing and workforce. they were telling us they didn't have enough ppe, they felt pressurized to work in covid areas, and they didn't receive enough training. and that was across the whole health care landscape. what we needed to do really quickly was to engage with those staff to see what is issues were. so we health a series of engagement events so we could understand what was happening. they told us they were dieing, but their treatment wasn't always scarce and they were very scared and they were very frightened.

>> and as we enter the second wave of the pandemic, what lessons should we have learned? the numbers are on the rise and theorizing very quickly. >> yes. we know that people from black and asian and ethnic minorities are extremely vulnerable. we know brock men are and black women are. so we must ensure that people have the proper equipment, sufficient, even accessive levels of ppe. there is a real drive and focus on psychological safety so people can raise concerns and those concerns are taken seriously. when they're making decisions about us as a community, we can

influence and have a say about how the direction of care is going. so as a group, we must product our most vulnerable and that is health care workers and health care communities. it's very, very important. >> thank you for your time and thank you for your service. >> thank you. straight ahead here on cnn, results are pouring in and new zealand's popular election. we'll go there live for the layest. test. what if i sleep hot? ...or cold?

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into earlier results in new zealand's general election are point to go a possible land slide victory with nor than half of the ballots counted. labor is holding steady. the national party is second. if the trend holds, labor could

have enough votes to form a majority government. it could be the first party to do so since new zealand adopted its current system in 1996. so we're around what, 50%, 60% of the counts voted? >> 60%. it's hovered around that 50% mark since those figures came in. judith collins, national party, 27.7%. >> and how much has her zero covid strategy had success in

battling the pandemic helped her in the polls here? >>. >> i think jacinta has figured very strongly in the polls since the election campaign began. and that really hasn't change. very early on, this election here was touted as the covid election. she moved very quick, she moved very fast to put the country into a lockdown. i'm sure that paid off for her. >> and we will check in with you in the next hour or so. thank you very much. now the u.s. is in the final weeks of a 2020 election campaign. we will have a look at the ads as well as the money paying for them after the break. want to brain better?

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now, the u.s. is now approaching the home stretch of the general election campaign and both republicans and democrats are plowing millions

into political advertising. but democrats have a big advantage. they raised $135 million more than republicans in september. cnn's tom foreman has more on the numbers plus the ads that campaigns hope will win undecided voters. >> joe biden knows what military families go through. he knows what it's like to send a child to war. >> in battleground arizona, biden is pushing hard on a message that could resinate with conservatives, while trump is trying to punch his way out of second place in the polls. >> i worked for 40 years and paid my taxes. i've earned my social security and medicare. >> reaching out to the state's large number of retirees and anyone else who will listen. >> president trump will end our reliance on china, eradicate the coronavirus, and make our medicines and supplies here in the united states. >> one thing tilting the map in biden's favor is the sheer volume of higgs ad spending.

biden coast to coast has dropped $423 million compared to trump's $368 million. and this eek, democrat ad spending will be more than twice as high as republicans. >> it's a simple problem sis, foekz. we're all in this together. >> so while the top ad is talking unity -- i'm a proud union guy and teamster, but i won't by voting for joe biden. >> same thing in north carolina where the polls are also close. trump and his allies are looking to raise fears about a biden presidency. sg. >> the liberal mob is tearing america apart. >> while biden is plowing ahead with the steady message of a front run perpendicular. >> joe listened to both small business owners and workers to create his economic plan that cuts taxes for middle class families, creates 18 million new

jobs in his first term. >> in september, biden had a mammoth hole of donations, $383 million. that's 135 million more than trump. what that means is the challenger goes into the home stretch with plenty of money to keep ads where he needs them and keep the heat up on the president. >> and that wraps up this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm isa soares. i'll be back in just a moment with more news. see you at the top of the hour. you are watching cnn.

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a light at the end of the tunnel is near. we are rounding the turn. >> the u.s. president unwilling to acknowledge the pandemic as the world talks 8 million cases. details on targeted lockdowns in areas across england as well as france. at least one person on the planet has ennowed lockdown. we'll tell you how a japanese traveler landed stranded in peru. welcome to our viewers in the united states and right around the world. i'm isa soares, "cnn newsroom" starts right now. a very warm welcome, everyo