of president donald j. trump. hi. welcome to our viewers, here, in the united states and all around the world. thanks for joining me. this is cnn. i am robyn curnow. trump's blitz rallies in the campaign, the president pushing ahead in states with new record numbers of coronavirus case. plus, lining up early to vote. more than 22 million ballots have already been cast, across the u.s. we'll break down the voting trends for you. and then, also, this. >> he's still dishonest about it. he keeps saying it's getting better and it never is. it's getting worse. >> and with the coronavirus surging, these lifelong republicans are voting blue, this election, and they're not

the only ones. how seniors could swing states for biden. that's next. >> live from cnn center. this is cnn "newsroom" with robyn curnow. >> so it is just 16 days to go until the u.s. presidential election. donald trump is behind in the polls, and he is showing he is not afraid to push dangerous buttons, as he tries to energize his base. during a rally in michigan, on saturday, he criticized how the state's governor handled their coronavirus epidemic. and when the crowd started chanting, lock her up, he cheered them on. >> get your schools open. their schools have to be open, right?

lock 'em all up. >> those lock-her-up chants refer to michigan governor gretchen whitmer. if you remember, earlier this month, the fbi foiled an alleged kidnapping plot against her. 14 people are now facing charges for a plan federal officials call domestic terrorism. whitmer responded to the president's speech by tweeting, this is exactly the rhetoric that has put me, my family, and other government officials' lives in danger, while we try to save the lives of our fellow americans. it needs to stop. and then, in other news. the two states where mr. trump held public rallies saturday are having huge problems with coronavirus. michigan, which saw more than 2,000 new cases on, both, thursday and friday. and wisconsin, which is among ten states with record-high

daily case counts on friday, according to johns hopkins university. and president trump didn't focus, much, on those surging cases in wisconsin during his public rally there. instead, he promoted what he called his successes during the pandemic. here is jeremy diamond with more on all of that. jeremy. >> president trump is, now, losing to joe biden, according to recent polls, by an average of seven points. and so, the president, campaigning here in janesville, wisconsin, trying to win back some of his supporters. he talked about his support for law enforcement, in particular. speaking, here, in this town of janesville, wisconsin, which is 60 miles from kenosha, wisconsin. where, of course, a black man, jacob blake, was shot by police. and after that, of course, there were protests. there was some unrest that the president has, of course, amplified and talked about. but, what the president didn't talk about here, in janesville, wisconsin, is the surge of coronavirus cases that are happening in this state. wisconsin is experiencing one of

the worst surges in the country, at the moment. hospitalizations have tripled, over the last month. and the state of wisconsin experienced a record number of cases, just a day before the president came here to janesville to campaign. now, the white house's coronavirus task force, itself, has warned about these kinds of events that the president hosted here, in janesville. the task force, writing in its weekly report, about the state of wisconsin. saying, quote, wisconsin's ability to limit further and avoid increases in hospitalizations and deaths will depend on increased observation of social-distancing mitigation measures by the community, until cases decline. lack of compliance with these measures will lead to preventable deaths. and so, that is what is so startling, is to see the white house's coronavirus task force say, essentially, that these very same types of events that the president is holding, with thousands of people packed closely together.

no social distancing. very few people wearing masks. will lead to preventable deaths. and yet, the president of the united states, continuing to hold these events. in fact, he has pledged to hold very similar events to the one we saw here in janesville, wisconsin, over the next two weeks leading up to election day. once a day. multiple times a day, perhaps, as well, in order to try and save his chances at re-election. jeremy diamond, cnn, in janesville, wisconsin. and democratic presidential nominee, joe biden, isn't resting on his more favorable polling numbers. his campaign has a busy schedule ahead. surrogates, like elizabeth warren, stacey abrams, and andrew yang are hitting the campaign trail for the former vice president. and biden's former boss is going to be making an appearance on wednesday, as jason carroll tells us what's next. jason. >> as expected, the campaign putting much of its time, resources, and energy into battleground states. and states where they are doing early, in-person voting. they are seeing some of those

same images coming out of places, such as north carolina. for his part, vice president joe biden will be in durham, north carolina, today. speaking to voters. telling them to be patient, and to get out there and vote. senator ckamala harris will be doing the same in florida, on monday. she'll be making two stops there. biden, not out on the campaign trail on saturday. neither was harris. biden met with advisers from his campaign, on saturday. harris, for her part, as you know, a couple of people within her orbit tested positive for covid-19. so, out of an abundance of caution, they physically kept her off of the campaign trail for a few days. she did test negative for covid-19, on saturday. so, looking ahead. again, you have got biden. he's going to be in north carolina, today. you've got senator harris in florida. she'll be there on monday. jill biden will be in pennsylvania, on monday. she will be in michigan, on tuesday. jill biden. but wednesday is the big day. that is the day that former

president, barack obama, will be out there campaigning for biden. he's going to be doing that in philadelphia. and a number of democrats are saying if there is one surrogate that you want out there stumping for you, that would be the one. >> so joining me, now, from oxford, england, is thomas . thomas, hi, lovely to see you. so, a key point i think that is come out of the last several hours is the biden team has warned voters not to be complacent. where do you think they see their vulnerabilities are? >> well, robyn, biden's team has been warning about complacency for quite a while. and that does come with the territory of having a fairly sizeable lead. concern for democrats is that if enough voters feel like a biden win is a foregone conclusion, some might decide to stay home on november 3rd. simultaneously, biden's warning about complacency may also reflect the fact that he is

concerned about an enthusiasm gap. even if trump trails in the polls by 8 to 10 percentage points, there are arguably more republicans who are extremely excited about casting their ballot for the president, than there are democrats who are extremely excited about voting for biden. so it, again, becomes a turnout game. clearly, biden doesn't excite the liberal base as much as another candidate might have from the democratic primaries. this goes back to a challenge we talked about at length in the spring about coalescing the progressive and moderate wings of the party. >> what do you make, then, of this early voting? certainly, it speaks to enthusiasm. potentially, democratic enthusiasm. but you rightly mention enthusiasm on the other side with republicans. i mean, that's what massive turnout is about. it's about everybody coming out. what do you think is -- is -- is -- is the message in that? and what is its signposting? >> all indications are there will be a record-number of mail-in ballots this year.

mail-in balloting is highly polarized by party. many more biden voters are expected to cast their ballot through mail than trump voters are. a nontrivial reason for that is how the parties have framed the pandemic. with trump downplaying the risk to voting in person. and suggesting, without evidence, that mail-in balloting could be susceptible to widespread fraud. but there's no doubt that mail-in ballots will be pivotal in swing states, which adds another layer of complexity. both, to making predictions about who might win on election night, as well as how trump might respond if the election ends up being decided by a razor-thin margin. you know, it is worth pointing out that "the washington post" reported that, in the primaries, half a million mail-in ballots, across 23 states, were actually disqualified for technical reasons. so, worst-case scenario, also, is that kind of becomes the 2020 version of hanging chads. we can only predict what the fallout might be from that. >> and that was going to be my next question.

because, how likely a scenario is it that this election is decided in the supreme court? mr. trump has said he actually wouldn't mind, if it goes that way. but do you think that, that is an option that is certainly motivating this call from the -- from the biden campaign? >> well, it's a great question, robyn. because lots of people are speculating about this. and in any year, i think the chances that an election gets decided by the courts, like in bush v gore, is limited. still, it's not impossibility. and both sides will lawyer up if the results are close. with just this overwhelming number of mail-in ballots in the wake of the pandemic. of course, one of the reasons trump said he wanted amy coney barrett confirmed before november 3rd is that she would be eligible to cast a vote in any case that might come before scotus. obviously, when we saw the supreme court render a verdict in bush v. gore, that was divisive. but the country is at a whole

new level of polarization, now. so if this election does get adjudicate the by the court system, it could impose even more severe strains on america's social and political fabric. >> yeah. i think you are so right there. so, with that in mind as you talk about where this election is to be adjudicated, let's go down to the states. where do you think the key battleground moments are going to be? i mean, many seem to be in play like texas or even here in georgia. but where do you think this is going to wind up, in terms of being a swing moment, a swing location? >> well, the general consensus is that trump's path to victory is narrower than biden's. trump's best chance in 2020 is essentially to duplicate the success he had in 2016 where he was able to narrowly edge out clinton in just about every battleground state. you name it. the problem is that some of these states are looking, if not out of reach for trump, definitely uphill battles for him this year. case in point that i will point

out is pennsylvania. that's my home state, and it's where both candidates have been spending considerable time. according to 538, most polls have biden with about a five 5 percentage point lead there. not just philadelphia or pittsburgh but a number of small towns in the central part of the state where voters have been hit by unemployment, and also face other challenges associated with the coronavirus. >> yeah, and we have also seen white, suburban women, in pennsylvania, also, i think peeling away from the president, in record numbers as well. so it's going to be interesting, you're right. it certainly is a microcosm, that state. two weeks to go until that election. it is a generational one. thanks for all your expertise and analysis. thanks. >> thanks, robyn. >> so coming up here on cnn. more and more americans can't afford food. and now, they're worried about ending up on the street. the crisis many are facing, as the pandemic drags on.

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could be drastically worse compared to summer and here's why. the virus has made it to every region and not one of them seems to be safe. take a look at this map. the u.s. reported almost 70,000 new infections, just on friday. the most since july 29th, using data from johns hopkins university. now, that brings the total number of u.s. cases to more than 8.1 million. and that comes, as ten state reported their highest number of new covid cases on friday. and as the weather cools in the u.s., covid numbers are expected to rise even further, as evan mcmorris-santoro reports. >> as cases rise across the country and winter swiftly approaches. as you can see from this grac , graphic, ten states across the country recently reported their highest new daily total.

dr. fauci warns things can get a lot worse. >> you can't enter into the cool months of the fall and the cold months of the winter with a high community infection baseline. and looking at the map, and seeing the heat map, how it lights up with test positivity that is in more than 30-plus states, is going in the wrong direction. it's still not too late to vigorously apply good public health measures and, again, i emphasize, without necessarily shutting down the country. >> things that kept the virus in check in spring are, also, important for the winter. a diligent adherence to social-distancing rules and mask requirements. without it, fauci says, america could be in for a very tough winter. evan mcmorris-santoro, cnn, new

york. >> a clinical assistant professor at the university of arizona's college of medicine phoenix. hi, doctor. so, you have been working on the front lines. and you hear, there, that this is going to be a tough winter. 8 million people in the u.s. have coronavirus, right now. what's it like there for you in ho t in the hospital? >> thanks for having me, robyn. in arizona, it's sort of the opposite where the weather gets nicer but i am on the east coast right now and the weather's definitely gotten colder. ba it was quite cold, which means people will clearly be going indoors. but this year, there is a pandemic, along with covid. and so, we are seeing patients still come to the er, hospital i am in. and the concern is, weather getting colder, how much worse

is this potentially going to get? so, we are all trying to brace for it. >> and that's the point. how are you planning? are you concerned with capacity with this new wave hitting or about to in many places? this issue of beds and icu space. >> yeah, that is a great question. we have gotten so used to it, at this point, that we almost take it as second nature. but we, also, at some point believe people would try to beat the pandemic. distance. wear masks. et cetera. it seems the american spirit has been killed and people are giving up and the numbers are really rising everywhere. i hope it gets curtailed quickly. i have been wrong about a lot of things in the pandemic and i am hoping i'll be wrong about this. but all the experts are saying, in the winter, it will get worse. and we are just hoping that we can, you know, get over the hump. there might be multiple humps and conserve the ppe, conserve

hospital beds. i really thought we'd be really at the tail end of this and i was totally wrong. it sounds like we're in it for the long haul, which is unfortunate for all of us. >> so, are you exhausted just at all of this? and what are folks saying to you? >> absolutely exhausted. i am in a group chat with doctors and somebody asked what i now think is the ludicrous question of do we think we'll ever track and trace? and, of course, most of us responded with that will never happen here. people here don't even quarantine, even if they are positive. it's so demoralizing, we've already become demoralized. we are beginning to lose hope on it and we are just trying to fight through the battle lines and deal with the patients as they come in. i think a lot of patients also thought maybe the worst of it was over. but there are plenty of people coming in very sick, very short of breath. and remember, in the er, we

assume they are covid and then, we find after the fact that we had they had covid. that means, for every patient we see, whether it's really sick, respiratory stress, or mild asthma, it puts the whole hospital on, basically, a backlog and that affects every patient, not just covid patients. >> it also affects you doctors. >> exactly. >> i know there was recently a study that said men are more likely to die or at least be in the icu longer. are you seeing that, anecdotally, in terms of your patients coming through, that men are being disproportionately impacted here? >> even anecdotally, it seems like there are more men who come in now. there could be a variety of reasons for that. some might say that men, also, do more dangerous things. whether you talk about smoking or hanging out in large groups or whatever the case may be. and maybe, they are on the front lines more. it's hard to know. there could be a lot of confounders.

but we do tend to see men more often. and often, that's sort of the case with other illnesses, where men seem to have a more inflammatory response. so, that scientific part is not necessarily surprising but even anecdotally, yes, it seems people who come in, even if they are not sick, tend to be males more than females. but, of course, the larger data is really where it's most relevant. >> and let's talk, also, about -- i mean, you say you are exhausted. you are on this whatsapp chat with the other doctors. how are you dealing -- i mean, collectively, here, how you are all dealing mentally and emotionally with this? and do you have sort of the -- the stamina to just get through the next few months? potentially, the next six months? i mean, do you -- what is the effects of this for you? >> you know, it is kind of a double-edged sword. because i have a lot of residents at multiple hospitals i work at and they are struggling to find jobs.

and you can never imagine a situation where doctors are struggling to find jobs. we were always told that would never happen and it is happening. people are struggling to even find jobs because of how much the whole -- the whole system has been affected. so, on the one hand, there are people who are looking for jobs reque and can't get them. on the other hand, there are people working and everybody would like to go back to normal. i get that. everybody is exhausted. but we just cannot go back to normal while the pandemic is raging and while we haven't controlled it. this is my duty. this is my obligation. this is what i signed up for. the unfortunate part with a public-health disaster and infectious disease is that, even if i do everything in my part and even the patients i see do everything on their parts to do everything right. all it takes is a few people to get sick and become superspreaders. and, you know, when leadership, from the top down, isn't coming down in a clear, consistent message, what ends up happening is the virus just never goes

away. >> powerful words there. clinical assistant professor at the university of arizona's college of medicine in phoenix. so u.s. senate republicans will try to advance new stimulus measures this week. although, there is still no progress in talks toward a deal. meantime, millions and millions of unemployed americans who can't pay rent or afford food are desperate for relief. in one small town in texas, lines at the food bank have more than tripled since the start of the pandemic, as ed lavandera now shows us. ed. >> reporter: for three months this year, diane lusk was out of work, and watched unpaid bills pile up. and her electricity, turned off. >> it scared me, whenever i lost my job and i was like how am i going to make it? what am i going to do? >> reporter: now, she is making $11 an hour, cooking philly cheese steaks at a place called happy eats in dallas.

but when she leaves work, she doesn't know what she is coming home to. >> the constable was in the drive way and handed me court papers. >> reporter: lusk faces eviction from the house she rents for $600 a month. her landlord isn't renewing her lease. the 60-year-old cook is struggling to find a place she can afford. >> i just never dreamed that i would see the days that i am seeing. all i can do is pray. that's all i can do is pray. >> reporter: we met lusk in this food line at praise fellowship church in wilmer, texas, where she comes to get meats and fresh vegetables. it's stunning to see the endless car line that shows up every tuesday, in this unlikely place. a little church, on the side of an interstate. pastor edwin favre says covid-19 struck and the crisis knocked on his church doors. they went from helping 400

people a week to 3,000. >> this is a crisis that has literally hit every household. when a crisis comes, it doesn't stop. >> reporter: from the kitchen of his dallas home, mark meilton. in march, he started offering free, legal advice to people facing eviction. >> i got your message. i hear you are having some trouble. >> reporter: this woman is calling for a friend. >> she's unable to pay her rent tomorrow. >> uh-huh. >> been on unemployment since the beginning of this year. >> reporter: so many calls poured in that milton has recruited a small army of 150 lawyers to help. >> there are definitely days where i just turn the lights off and sit in here and just cry my eyes out. trying to figure out how to take the next step. >> ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. >> thanks to ed for that. so, coming up, here at cnn. we're going to keep on telling these stories. also, how the coronavirus pandemic is making some senior voters in florida reconsider

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welcome back to all our viewers, here, in the united states and all around the world. thanks for joining me. i am coming to you live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. i'm robyn curnow. i want to take you back to the election that is, of course, happening in just 16 days time. both, president trump and joe biden aren't wasting any of that time. mr. trump's been holding rallies but we haven't seen much social distancing, despite a surge in

cases across the country. and despite trump's own bout with the illness this month. even though joe biden is leading in the polls, his campaign manager is urging supporters to stay hungry, and to fight like they're trailing. she wrote to supporters we cannot become complacent because a very searing truth is that donald trump can still win this race and every indication shows this thing is going to come down to the wire. now, the swing state of florida has been a big, big focus in this presidential race. in fact, in any presidential race. and president trump, we know, won florida in the last -- in the last election. but now, coronavirus is making some senior voters reconsider their stance, as jeff zeleny now reports. take a listen. >> reporter: these florida seniors are fired up for joe biden. but it's not only democrats taking their stand. a bigger threat to president trump's re-election may come from voters like tommy johnson. lifelong republicans, who supported him four years ago,

but won't, again. >> i feel he is responsible for thousands and thousands of deaths. because of his attitude about it. he is still dishonest about it. he keeps saying it's getting better, and it never is. it's getting worse. >> reporter: their frustration with the president turned to fury with his handling of coronavirus. >> we voted for him and, of course, the virus, covid, has been terrible. >> reporter: three weeks ago, his son tested positive for covid-19. >> i was mad because he had it, and it was, you know, and i kept thinking it's mr. trump's fault because this thing should never have gotten as far as it had. >> reporter: seniors were key to trump's victory in 2016. yet, falloff from this critical voting block have the president sounding the alarm at a rally. >> biden would be a catastrophe for seniors. >> biden turned the subject back

to coronavirus. >> so many lives have been lost unnecessarily because this president cares more about the stock market than he does, you know, about wellbeing of seniors. >> toby is a nurse who is going door to door for biden where she hears the stories. >> they can't hug their grandkids so it's huge. that's been a huge factor. >> reporter: the pandemic and fears of a close election drive these vo llunteers. >> four votes. that's only two houses, maybe three houses. i don't want to wake up this year, the day after the election, and say what more could i have done? >> reporter: signs of an exceedingly tight race are plentiful here with passionate support for trump on display, from flags to front yards. >> there's more people out there supporting him now because he's had so many people going against him. and i don't feel he's been treated fairly by the democrats, at all. >> reporter: the question is just how many trump voters have

soured on the president? the johnsons live in a county that's still deep red. but they are no longer shy about showing their affirmative support for biden. >> mr. biden is a nice man. and there was a time i didn't like him, at all. i love him. >> reporter: but it's trump that's driving them and this race. >> he is so dishonest. and the worst is that, whenever he is caught in a lie, he blames it on somebody else. it's always somebody else. he's -- he's impossible. >> on top of all of this, the tv airwaves here are flooded with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of advertising about social security and taxes. those, of course, are familiar issues but it is the new issue of coronavirus that's front and center every time president trump holds a rally. he spent three of five days this past week here in the state of florida. certainly, underscoring the importance of the 29 electoral votes. now, early voting begins, in

many florida counties, next week. certainly, this state, as critical as it ever is. jeff zeleny, cnn, florida. so let's bring in our polling expert, harry enten. he is a senior political writer. he joins me from new york city. harry, wonderful to see you. i know you crunch the numbers and i do want to get your take on which voting block you think could swing this, either way. i want to talk about seniors, and i want to talk about suburban women. but i want to start with seniors. clearly, we are seeing some trends here. >> yeah. we're definitely seeing some trends. look. seniors was a group donald trump won, last time around. he won it by about five to six points depending exactly what you looked at in terms of the final election polls. if you look right now, what do you see? you see trump is trailing among seniors by ten points in most recent polls to former vice president joe biden. if joe biden, in fact, ends up carrying seniors, he is going to be the first democratic candidate to carry seniors in at

least 20 years, if not 24, depending which polls you look at. there is no doubt to me, at all, that donald trump has lost his grip on those voters, aged 65 and older and they are a group heavily in joe biden's corner, at this point. >> i think covid has a lot to do that. let's also talk about suburban women. in many ways, mr. trump -- mr. trump carried them last time around. again, we see a lot of trends, them turning against the president. why? >> yeah. if you look right now, suburban women are favoring former vice president joe biden by 21 points. the final election polls back in 2016, hillary clinton was only leading them by 12 percentage points. i think there are a number of reasons. obviously, the pandemic has something to do with that. white women, especially, have moved significantly against the president. and i think it has to do with a number of factors, including economic factors, right? women want to make sure there is the affordable care act that's

in place. and obviously, president trump's trying to get rid of that. the tax cuts that passed a few years ago. women voters don't tend to like that. and the other thing i'll mention is, you know, president trump has been trying to say, oh, i'm going to keep your neighborhoods safe to suburban women. but, in fact, they don't trust him on that issue, whatsoever. there is a recent fox news poll that indicated that suburban women were much more in joe biden's corner, when it came to racial equality and the police. so there are just a slew of factors running against the president among suburban women. >> yeah, but, still, we hear from the biden campaign and democrats. also, perhaps, a little bit cautious after 2016 but they are urging folks not to be complacent. and you know the electoral college can throw up anything. can you put a number and a percentage on mr. trump's chances, right now? >> yeah. i mean, here's what i would essentially say. if you were to take a dye, right, that you find at a casino. what is the chance that you roll a six?

and then, perhaps, trump's chance is a little bit worse than that. but i will point out over and over and over, again. look. we still have a little bit over two weeks to go. there are some historical examples where someone in trump's position, no matter how poor at this point, have come back and win. but there is no doubt when you look at the national polls, when you look at the swing-state polls, that the president is behind, at this point. >> what do you make of early voting? i know you have been quite verbal about not taking any clues or -- or signposts from early voting. why is that? >> yeah. i mean, look. we -- i -- i should point out, you know, look. there are a lot of voters that are casting ballots. over 22 million, at this particular point. and the fact is that i do think we are probably heading towards record turnout. but we don't necessarily know who those voters are, who they favor. and more than that, we know from the polls that democrats have said that they are more likely to turn out and vote early, while the president's supporters are more likely to vote on election day. and we know that, back in 2016,

in two key swing states, both florida and north carolina, that had a lot of early voters. hillary clinton won among those early voters but president trump carried both of those states because he did so well among election-day voters. the fact is although you'd rather get your votes now. sort of bank 'em, just in case anything happens, at the last minute. an election vote, at the end of the day, counts the same as a vote that's cast early. >> are you looking at any demographic? talking about suburban women, pensioners. are you looking at any demographic, for example, african-american men and hispanic men, that were certainly being courted during the republican national convention. do you see that balancing out by, you know, a surprise group of supporters for -- for the president? >> yeah. i mean, if you do look at the polls, there actually isn't much of a doubt in my mind that he is doing better among voters of color. he is doing better among african-americans than he did four years ago. he is doing better among

hispanic voters than he did four years ago. the problem is that he is doing so much worse among white voters that, that sort of overrides, sort of, the better strength that trump has among voters of color. but, look. would it be surprising, at the end of the day, if you go to a state like pennsylvania. and maybe, trump does better in philadelphia where there are a lot of african-american voters and that carries him over the finish line? look, it's possible. it's possible. after 2016, i don't leave anything aside. but at this particular point, the president's strengths don't outweigh biden's strengths. seniors and white voters, in particular. >> fascinating stuff. it just feels, though, november 3rd is about 500 million years away, doesn't it? anything could happen. harry, wonderful to see you. thanks so much. have a great weekend. >> you, too. still coming up on cnn. a drastic uptick calls for drastic measures in france. we will get a live report on how paris is handling the new

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european governments are in a mad scramble to get coronavirus spread under control. new cases are sweeping across the continent, as you can see here. all the red and orange show areas where the virus has spread up from the last week, at least 10% more than the week before. now, france is setting new, daily records for coronavirus infections. all the progress made over the summer in curbing the spread, well, you see the shocking uptick in cases. on saturday, more than 30,000 new cases were reported in france, in 24 hours. so to slow the virus spread, paris and nine other cities for at least four weeks. so, are people respecting the new curfew? what do people feel about this? >> this was the first full night of the curfew. so, from 9:00 p.m. last night, until 6:00 a.m. this morning,

the 20 million french people who lived in the ten cities concerned, found themselves in their first, full night of curfew. it does appear, for the time being, although there are no official officials yet on how many fines may have been given out. you are fined if you are found without a proper document to explain why you are the exception to the rule of needing to be home after 9:00 p.m. those 20 million french people spent their first night in curfew. at some point, we will be given some perspective of the fines. although, it's gone pretty well with how authorities want it to go. in order that, by 9:00 p.m., they could be home. now, of course, this comes as that record figure. you mentioned. of course, this is going to take some time to have an impact on those figures. the question is how long it's going to take for those figures

to start coming down, whether these curfews will be effective. and we probably won't be able to measure that for a good week, robyn. it's those numbers that then have a bearing on people who, a couple weeks later, then find themselves in the icu. for the time being, things remain really tight. nationally, higher than it's ever been, 13.1. so, it really is a race against the clock, robyn, to try and get these measures and any extra measures authorities might have to bring in since we are in a state of emergency. and they can do that if the figures continue rising, before places like paris, the hospitals, begin to creak at the seams. >> live in paris, thanks, melissa. so after months of social distancing in europe, restaurants were finally picking up speed. and then, second wave of coronavirus hits. so now, most countries in the continent are doing their best to encourage people to stay at home, as melissa was just saying. well, here is more from scott mclean on that. >> reporter: last call in london.

life is changing for people there. now, subject to tighter, tier-two coronavirus rules. meaning, they can no longer mix with people from other households indoors, and outside they are limited to groups of six. >> i can't meet up with friends. we don't know how long it's going to last. >> reporter: more than half the population of england is under new restrictions, as well as many parts of europe, where that meal out, with whoever, whenever, is now regulated by governments to try to stop the spread of the virus. hospitality workers say it's bad for business. >> translator: the pay is reduced. but the bills are not reduced. it's not right. but we don't have any choice. >> reporter: but more countries are clamping down on eating out. poland's prime minister is urging people in areas with high-infection rates to stay at home. and belgium will, soon, close its cafes, bars, and restaurants, for a month. >> translator: i really believe that cafes and restaurants are

really stigmatized. it's more than clear. we feel like we're the bad guys. >> reporter: germany's angela merkel is encouraging people to avoid sociology gatherings to stop a second wave of the virus. >> translator: please, forsake any journey that is not absolutely essential. every party that is not absolutely essential. stay at home, where at all possible. >> reporter: but some local businesses are fighting back. in berlin, a court overturned a curfew for bars to close at 11:00 p.m. though, alcohol, still, can't be sold, after that time. bar and restaurant owners say they can't afford to lose their livelihoods. but with the world surpassing more than 400,000 new cases a day, friday, and many of them in europe, tougher restrictions may be something that people have to live with. even though they're hard to digest. scott mclean, cnn, berlin. the second women's march of

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♪ they'll kill your jobs, dismantle your police departments, dissolve your borders, raise your taxes, destroy your suburbs, i saved your suburbs. women, suburban women, you're supposed to love trump. >> u.s. polls show that u.s. president donald trump is deeply unpopular among many woman voters, and he's very much aware of that gender gap as you saw there, heard there. barely more than two weeks before this election. also this, crowds in washington, d.c. and several other cities for the second women's march of the year. some of the people spoke with melissa rainy. here's why they say they're turning out. >> reporter: thousands participating in the second women's march on washington. unlike january's event, the second women's march this year coming in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic. >> we are sicker, we are poorer, we are scared.

we don't see ourselves in the future that is to come. women are here, we are fired up, we are fed up, we are voting trump out of office. >> reporter: protesters required to wear masks and observe social distancing. organizers telling supporters in states on d.c.'s self-quarantine list to join remotely or join local marches. saturday's event still drawing large crowds. >> the world is pretty much spinning in opposite directions, no matter whether it's black lives matter, whether it's women's rights. it's all connected in some way, shape or another. >> we want safety kroet tolls on the job, we want paycheck protections, we want that before we go back to work. we're going to vote on this issue. >> reporter: saturday's event a far cry from the 2017 women's march on washington which may have been the largest single-day protest in u.s. history. protesters say they're also voicing opposition to the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett. >> the process is a sham, from start to finish. it's deeply undemocratic. and the majority of the people do not want this confirmation to

happen until the inauguration. >> reporter: and with huge turnouts for early in-person voting, organizers say they hope to bring a final show of force before the november 3rd election. the late supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg, will get a statue in her native brooklyn, new york. the statue will be unveiled on march 15th, her 88th birthday. ginsburg was born in brooklyn in 1933. one of the organizers involved says her spirit will continue to inspire people there for generations to come. thanks so much for watching wherever you are in the world. i will be back in about five minutes' time for more news, so join me for that. ♪ ♪

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♪ hi, welcome to all of our viewers in the united states and all around the world. thanks for joining me. i'm robyn curnow. coming up on the show, the u.s. president on the campaign trail visiting states with huge spikes in coronavirus cases, but he doesn't mention the increases. also, covid cases on the rise in north of england, with new restrictions recommended. but the mayor of manchester is pushing back. and that is not sitting at all well with the prime minister. and thousands of women march across the u.s. protesting president trump and his supreme court nominee. will their message be heard?