hello, and welcome to our united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i'm rose mare churmary chur. donald trump and joe biden hold vastly different events as the pandemic rolls on in the united states. >> and record numbers are casting their ballots early. we will get a check on the state of the race. and as global covid cases inch closer to yet another grim milestone, we're live in europe where cases are at an all time high.

as the u.s. enters the predicted cold weather surge of coronavirus cases, the presidential candidates are in the final sprint to election day. at democrat joe biden's event in durham, north carolina, there were masks and plenty of space. not so for team trump. this was the scene at the president's reelection rally in nevada on sunday. the state just reported its biggest one-day jump in new infections in weeks. all across the country, case counts, hospitalizations, and deaths are all headed up. even so, dr. anthony fauci does not expect a national lockdown. >> how bad would things have to get for you to advocate a

national lock down? >> they'd have to get really really bad. first of all, the country is fatigued with restrictions, so we want to use public health measures not to get in the way of opening the economy, but to being a safe gateway to opening the economy. >> and cnn's ryan monobles is traveling with the trump campaign. he has the latest from carson city. >> reporter: president trump is in the middle of a very busy campaign schedule, a campaign schedule that's actually picked up since he was diagnosed with the coronavirus pandemic. the president just in the past few days traveling to key states including florida, georgia, north carolina, michigan, wisconsin, and he ended the weekend with a trip here to carson city, nevada. it was at the event in nevada that he talked about his response to the coronavirus pandemic and actually ridiculed some of the scientists who have been giving him advice when it relates to the virus. take a listen. >> if i listened totally to the

scientists we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression. we're like a rocket ship. take a look at the numbers, and that's despite the fact that we have like five or six of these democrats keeping their states closed because they're trying to hurt us on november 3rd. the numbers are so good anyway. they would be even better. >> reporter: this torrid campaign pace is expected to continue. the president expected to make stops next week in pennsylvania and in north carolina, and of course he'll travel to nashville on thursday for the final debate of the 2020 campaign. ryan nobles, cnn, carson city, nevada. >> and rallies like the ones you just saw there are part of the reason dr. anthony fauci was not surprised the president contracted covid-19. in an interview with 60 minutes, dr. fauci also cited the rose garden event in late september that sickened so many other people. >> were you surprised that president trump got sick? >> absolutely not.

i was worried that he was going to get sick when i saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded, no separation between people and almost nobody wearing a mask. when i saw that on tv i said oh, my goodness. nothing good can come out of that. that's got to be a problem, and then sure enough, it turned out to be a super spreader event. >> and democratic candidate skrjoe biden is running a very different style of campaign than president trump, in style and substance. arlette saenz tells us what biden has been saying and where he's going next. >> joe biden traveled here to durham, north carolina, as in-person early voting is underway in the state. the former vice president holding a socially distant drive-in style rally, as he encouraged his sporteupporters make a plan to vote in the final weeks of the election.

joe biden hammered away at the president for his response to the coronavirus pandemic as he believes this is a central issue in these final weeks before the election. and joe biden also talked about how the country needs to overcome division and how he is a president who will look out for all americans, take a listen. >> folks, as my coach used to say in college, it's go time. i'm running as a proud democrat. but i will govern as an american president. no red states, no blue states, just the united states. i promise you, our work is hard for those who don't support me, as those who did. >> reporter: north carolina is one of the states president trump won in 2016 that joe biden is trying to flip in the final two weeks before the election, and on monday, his running mate kamala harris is returning to the campaign trail. she will campaign in the state of florida. this comes after the campaign

had suspended her travel for a few days after two members of her traveling team tested positive for coronavirus. kamala harris tested negative for coronavirus on sunday, and will resume campaigning on monday, and later in the week on wednesday, perhaps the biggest democratic political surrogate out there is hitting the campaign trail for joe biden, president obama will campaign in philadelphia. his first in-person campaign appearances as he's making that pitch for his former vp. arlette saenz, cnn, durham, north carolina. the final televised debate between president donald trump and democratic nominee joe biden happens on thursday. but already millions of voters have made their decision at the ballot box. more than 27 million, in fact. that number represents almost 20% of the total number of votes cast four years ago, and here in georgia, there is a record turnout for early, in-person voting. cnn's natasha chen tells us why voters here are so energized.

>> reporter: over the weekend we saw georgians come out in droves to polling places, in some cases, waiting three or four hours to cast their ballots, especially in marietta, georgia, a suburb north of atlanta on saturday. we saw people arriving hours before doors even opened. they were undaunted. we saw people bringing their lawn chairs, their pets, their small children, their breakfasts and they were determined to wait however long it would take to cast their ballots in person. on sunday, we saw the wait times get a lot shorter. some people were not even aware that sunday voting was available to them. in many cases they were able to vote in just a few minutes. in both cases across the two days, we spoke to voters who said that it was critical for them to make sure their ballot was cast this time around. they said they were motivated by issues such as the response to the coronavirus pandemic and divisiveness in this country. >> this is such an important

election. there's so much at state and in today's society right now with so much racial divide going on, we need candidates who will be sensitive to that, and the person who gets elected needs to be held accountable for everything. >> the georgia secretary of state's office said that compared to this point in the early voting process in 2016, the total voter turnout has increased by more than 150%. that's including both in-person early voting as well as absentee ballots. natasha chen, cnn, atlanta, georgia. president trump took aim at michigan governor gretchen whitmer this weekend, less than two weeks after an alleged plot to kidnap her was revealed. at a rally in michigan saturday, he led the crowd in chants of lock her up.

whitmer herself responded sunday. she accused mr. trump of encouraging domestic terrorism. >> you know, it's incredibly disturbing that the president of the united states ten days after a plot to kidnap, put me on trial and execute me. ten days after that was uncovered, the president is at it again, and inspiring and incentivizing and inciting this kind of domestic terrorism. it is wrong. it's got to end. >> meantime, chilling videos of the suspects accused in the plot to kidnap whitmer have been released. in at least one of them, they can be seen conducting what appear to be training exercises. the videos are now part of the evidence being used against the suspects. sara sidner has details. >> you are looking at evidence that was played in federal court of the field training exercises federal prosecutors say were

carried out in a plot to storm michigan's capitol and kidnap governor gretchen whitmer. cnn affiliate, wxmi obtained the video from the u.s. attorney's office after the preliminary hearings for six men federally charged with conspiracy to kidnap a sitting governor. several pieces of evidence were played in court, including this video of suspect brandon caserta. >> i'm sick of being robbed by the state, and these are the guys who are actually doing it, you know, so if, you know, we're doing a recon or something and we come up on some of them, dude, you better not give them a chance. you either tell them to go right now or else they're going to die period. that's what it's going to be, dude, because they are the [ bleep ] enemy. >> so the judge could decide if there was enough everyday to go to a grand jury. in this video, the lead fbi

agent acknowledged in testimony the defendant adam fox is inside a basement, appearing to be speed reloading his weapon to quote minimize the time that your weapon is inoperable in case of a gunfight. prosecutors say the video was taken inside this vacuum shop in grand rapids. the owner of this vacuum shop says adam fox lived here for the last couple of weeks. he says he lived behind this door and down into the basement. >> he was only going to stay there until november. >> why did you decide it was time for him to go. >> he was buying more like attachments for an ar-15, and he was buying like, food, and i'm not stupid. i was in the marine corps, so i told him he had to go. >> reporter: bryant titus said he had no idea what was going on in his business's basement after hours. the fbi testified this is inside another defendant's basement where you can see an arsenal of weapons and a gun locker, including an illegal short

barrel rifle. beyond the videos, the fbi says they also infiltrated encrypted chat and text chains laying out the plot. in one chat, the suspects used code names and discussed killing governor whitmer, not just kidnapping her. and beaker, suspect daniel harris, laying in bed, craziest idea, have one person go to her house, knock on the door, and when she answers, cap her, at this point, f it. someone with the code name text responds, lol, only if it would be that easy, beaker replies, fixing dome her, then yourself, whoever does it. why create a man hunt. do it in broad daylight and then end it. text replies, good point or recon the house and sniper. the alleged plot was never carried out. the six men along with seven others were arrested in an october fbi raid. six were charged federally. the rest charged by the state for acts of terror.

we are now learning an 8th suspect has been arrested in the sate's case bringing the total number of people allegedly involved in this plot to 14. we heard back from one of the defendant's attorneys, federal suspect ty garbin's attorney, as soon as he learned of the alleged plot, he disavowed and withdrew from it. it goes without saying that all of the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. back to you. >> sara sidner, many thanks. ahead on cnn, the coronavirus pandemic is forcing many people into homelessness. see how one california town has found a creative solution. plus, u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says a 48-hour deadline to reach a coronavirus stimulus deal. and a glimmer of hope, how china's economy is bouncing back from the worldwide pandemic. we'll explain. want to brain better?

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welcome back, everyone. well, covid-19 is making a housing crisis in parts of the u.s. even worse, and that is especially true in california. but cnn's paul vercammen shows

us how some people are managing to stay off the streets. >> reporter: john kilgore in his early 60s with five children was couch surfing, floor surfing, they were staying anywhere they could. they needed to get off the streets. the people at fly away homes teamed up to provide housing in a shipping container and the family when they moved in, ecstatic. >> we came in, and you know, and with it being furnished and everything, we had everything we needed already. all we had to do was bring what little clothes we had, and when we walked in there and their face lit up and they was full of smiles and cheering and they was just so happy, you know what i'm saying, which made me happy. >> this is where i live. so. >> and you like it. >> and i like it. >> the kilgore's home has a kitchen, family room, a bathroom. we're seeing several of these projects in the pipeline.

there's an on site manager who helps them manage transportation, dealing with things such as taxes and other health issues. we'll wait and see if this becomes a trend in southern california. for now, it's chipping away at the larger homeless problem. back to you now. >> absolutely. thanks so much to cnn's paul vercammen with that report. as you saw, so many americans struggling financially because of this pandemic. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says a deal on a stimulus package needs to be struck within 48 hours to get aid out before election day. and cnn's joins us now from johannesburg, so pelosi says a deal needs to be struck within 48 hours. that doesn't mean it will happen. of course we've seen this, haven't we, despite so many americans living in poverty due to this pandemic. can they get this done? what is the likely impact if they can't? >> i mean, it's such a good question, and you and i have

been talking about this for a few months now. and the stimulus plan actually came to an end. many of those programs expired at the end of july, and here we are. we've got 48 hours. and nancy pelosi saying she's feeling hopefully they could find common ground basically by the end of close on tuesday. this after a conversation with treasury secretary steven mnuchin on saturday. the big point of divergence still remains here, rosemary, we're talking about the sheer size. republicans want a smaller package. the democrats are wishing for over $2 trillion, and nancy pelosi said over the weekend that she was very disappointed that half of the language had either been changed or removed regarding testing and even any tracking or tracing with regards to covid as well as assistance to minority communities. on the other end of the spectrum here, we keep hearing how important the stimulus package is, and if we don't see any kind of resolution now in 48 hours,

the chances of getting this passed before elections and paid out before elections becomes very unlikely. this is why the markets came under pressure of the past few weeks. probabilities are diminishing. if we wait until after the e elector, t election, the big question is a democratic win or a republican win. if it is a democratic win, we're looking at a bigger stimulus package. get this, president donald trump over the weekend said he's looking for a larger stimulus package than what the democrats have been talking about. this is the first time we have seen his side of the aisle finally talking about a far bigger number that ranges over $2 trillion. if that is the case, then common ground might be found and the problems that we had seen over the past few weeks will finally come to an end. remember, millions of americans are currently suffering and we know there are many people that were relying on that enhanced

unemployment, and eviction. it's vital more than ever. >> we'll keep an eye on this and see what happens. appreciate it. a number of countries are also dealing with the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic, including china. but new figures show it economy is now steadily recovering. with gross domestic product growing 4.9% in the third quarter year on year. selina wang joins us with more. good to see you. while the rest of the world is struggling with covid-19, china is showing this recovery. what do these numbers reveal? >> reporter: we have been talking about this divergent picture between china and the rest of the world for several months now as china continues to go back to normal life and reopen its economy. what these numbers show is that while the rest of the world is in the worst recession since the great depression, china's economy managed to grow 4.9% in

the third quarter. what this reinforces is that unless a country is able to get the virus under control, and that is the only way it can really sustainably reopen its economy. there is no shortcut here. and china's process so far of lock downs early, of mass testing, of contact tracing, has worked thus far. you compare that to in the u.s., which is expected to contract, more than 4% this year, the euro zone expected to shrink, for its economy to shrink, more than 8% this year. and china is the only major country expected to post growth this year. we are seeing this reflected in china's spending as well. people are opening their wallets again. we saw over china's golden week holiday, half a billion people were traveling and spending within the country, but there are some risk factors to this rebound as well, like other countries, china's economic rebound has been uneven. the poor and low income have been disproportionately affected by this pandemic.

we know millions of people lost their jobs amid the pandemic and china's numbers do not give us clarity as to how many of those people have gotten their jobs back. in addition to that, you continue to see pressure on low income spending as well. and there are questions as to how sustainable china's economic rebound is, if you still have these pressures on employment and spending. but something sprinteresting to point out rosemary is despite the talks about decoupling, the economists i spoke to say u.s. multinationals are still interested in engaging in china, and in fact, in the first half o of this year, for direct investment from the u.s. to china actually increased. >> all right. selina wang, bringing us up to date from hong kong, many thanks. we are getting new details of a u.s. effort to secure the release of american prisoners believed held by the syrian government. cnn has learned a top trump administration official traveled to damascus this fall to meet

members of the assad regime. one of the americans believed to be held, austin tice, a journalist who went missing in syria in 2012. neither the state department nor the families of those missing have responded to cnn's request for comment. and still ahead, struggling with a second wave as european countries face rising coronavirus cases. that day al they're also facing resistance over toughening restrictions. we're live in paris, berlin and manchester, next. so you're a small business,

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more than 8.1 million coronavirus cases and nearly 220,000 deaths. experts say masks can prevent the spread of the virus, but trump administration figures are still inconsistent about wearing them. here is the president and other officials in las vegas on sunday mask free. dr. anthony fauci thinks mr. trump's refusal to wear a mask is about image. >> he hasn't worn masks consistently. he has pushed back against thinks you said. >> i think that's less an antihigh temperature scienant anti-statement, it's more of a statement. >> what kind of statement. >> we don't need a mask, that kind of thing. he equates wearing a mask with weakness. >> does that make sense to you? >> no, it doesn't, of course not. >> the mixed messaging doesn't stop there. on sunday, twitter deleted a tweet from white house coronavirus adviser scott atlas that led masks work, no.

twitter called it misinformation. the u.s. healthy secretary was asked about the contradictions. >> we have it in our individual control, it's our ticket, to be reconnected to education, worship, to work, to health care and to our public and civic life, chuck, where a face covering when you can't be socially distant, chuck? >> why is that message so difficult for the president? >> i think it's a difficult message for all western democracies, we're seeing that in europe. people are tired. the american people have given so much. >> and earlier i talked about those mixed messages and the importance of masks with dr. amy phillip. >> my advice would be to stick with the science, and the science is really vetted by the experts at the cdc. something we have seen with this pandemic, and one of the reasons why we have concerns about the national leadership around the

pandemic is we need to let science speak and not take one person's opinion and amplify that and that's what's happened. the mixed messaging, you know, the cdc saying one thing which is where the expertise lies and then a belief for some reason, i still don't understand it, that counters what the science says being promoted by another arm of the government really is incredibly complicated for people to tease their way through. believe the cdc. masks work. >> absolutely. it's confusing people, though, nonetheless. and of course the irony is that if president trump asked his supporters to wear masks, they would do just that, and those actions could very well increase his chances of reelection, but he refuses to do it for whatever reason. what impact would a national mask mandate have on the united states if he called for one right now? >> you know, it would have to slow down the spread of the virus because what masks do is

they inhibit the person wearing it from spreading the germ to other people, and they also ensure that if you do get the virus, you get a lower viral load because if you breathe it in, you get a less severe bout of the disease because you inhale less viral particles, and because of that, it slows the spread and it makes the condition less bad in people who get it, and so i would believe that if we were able to have everybody wear a mask we could within the span of a couple of weeks, get our level of infection much much better than where it is today. it's the easy way for us to help getting control of this pandemic. >> we are currently witnessing the autumn surge in cases that expert had warned us about, and yet we are seeing more reckless behavior at these trump rally, no masks or social distancing, and dr. fauci said sunday night on 60 minutes that this is exactly why the president's covid diagnosis came as no surprise to him.

how concerned are you when you watch these rally, and how might they impact where the current surge in cases is going? >> i am very concerned, rosemary. this kind of behavior, and it's so unnecessary, it's easy to wear a mask. it's not that hard. we do it in hospitals, we do it in medical clinics all day long every day. it really is not that hard. it's such a simple solution, and all it would take is the president and all of the leadership in government to be aligned on saying wear a mask, you'll protect yourself. we would save countless lives, so i am disheartened when that's not the message that comes across. >> and that was dr. amy compton phillips, chief clinical officer of province health system. which was one of the worst hit countries at the beginning of the pandemic is struggling to

get it under control. the prime minister is desperately trying to avoid another full lock down saying it would quote compromise the economic fabric of the country. cnn's ben wedeman has more. >> reporter: sunday evening italian prime minister giuseppe conte had new measures for a second wave of coronavirus in italy. the emphasis of the new measures is on limiting public gatherings, particularly night life. the urgency of the situation was driven home sunday when authorities announced for the fifth day in a row, record increases in the number of new cases. the numbers, however, don't tell the entire story. testing is five times what it was during the darkest days of the pandemic last march, and the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care is just a fifth of what it was back then. however, winter is coming, and

this second wave is just beginning. ben wedeman, cnn, naples. officials in the u.k. and france are struggling with that second wave, too. both countries have seen major speck spikes in cases and both have introduced new measures. cnn's salma abdelaziz is ko covering the story from manchester, england, and cnn's melissa bell is joining us from paris. good to see cryou both. what is latest on the record coronavirus cases in france, and curfews? >> reporter: rises in the number of cases every day above 25,000. tonight, close to 30,000. a fresh record was set on saturday, but these are large rises in the number of new cases, and these are going to have a knock on effort in a couple of weeks in terms of the entry into icu. just to tell you where we are nationally in france, at the

moment, 35% of icu beds at a national level are already taken by covid-19 patients so that is likely to get worse over the course of the next couple of weeks. the positivity rate in france, 13.2%, and of course the problem with those curfews is that even if they have an impact on the figures, it's going to take some time for the impact to be felt, both in terms of the number of new cases announced daily and of course in terms of the number of people entering icu, and we remain here in places like the greater paris area the particular worry because of the nature of the pandemic that strikes locally very strongly, here already, 46.8% of icu beds taken up by covid-19 patients and there's a point at which the system simply can't cope. because the emergency help, medication, and help that is given in units to other patients gets taken away in favor of covid-19 patients. that's what authorities are looking at, the number of people in icu that are covid-19

patients very closely in the coming days. rosemary. >> and what is the latest on the resumption of talks over manchester restrictions? >> reporter: rosemary, we have a breakthrough after this day's long standoff. the mayor of greater manchester says he has held constructive talks with a downing street official. we have heard a larger financial package will be offered to manchester to help affected businesses deal with tier 3 restrictions. essentially the argument was over whether or not to raise the alert level of the city. the government in london said the cases are too high here, you need to move into tier 3 restrictions. that means shut down your pubs, bars, potentially your gyms, ban households from mixing together. the mayor of greater manchester's response was i don't want to raise the restriction levels for two reasons, i disagree with boris johnson's strategy, i think the limited regional lockdowns simply are a negative impact on

businesses without giving much in terms of reward when you're speaking about how much it would bring the number of coronavirus cases down, and two, his argument is if you're going impose the restrictions on our city, i want a better deal for my city. he has been calling for 80% of wages to be paid by the government to anyone affected. the mayor did say there's nothing planned or scheduled in terms of talks. the government has said they are hopeful they will find a resolution today. it's important to remember that manchester is just one city. imagine having to negotiate these restrictions town by town, city by city, while the virus spreads through the population. that's why the country's scientific advisers, or at least in part the country's scientific advisers are saying have a nation lock down as well. thanks to melissa bell and salma abdelaziz with live reports. the country hardest hit in europe despite spike in case

numbers, protesters took to the streets of prague sunday. they're unhappy about new restrictions but back in the spring, it was a very different story. and cnn's scott mcclain has been tracking this angle from berlin. he joins us live. good to see you scott, the check republic showed the rest of the world how masks work to fight covid-19, and then they stopped wearing them and paid the price. what happened? >> yeah, so the spring and the fall in the czech republic, rosemary, really could not have been more different. the country may have been too good at controlling the virus in the spring because czechs never saw overflowing hospitals, they never saw mass casualties, and it kind of seemed like the virus wasn't that harmful. only now are they realizing that, well, they may have under estimated it. in this prague icu, the sickest coronavirus patients are treated by staff in full hazmat suits. some are hooked up to ventilators, others placed face down. for now, there's still a bed for

everyone. the government is building a temporary field hospital it expects to need in just weeks. the czech republic has more new cases per million people than any other major country on earth. this is technically the second wave of infection. the first was bare wily a blip the radar after the government moved quickly to close borders and implement a lock down, just like many other countries. what set czech republic apart? >> we were the first country in europe with a mandate for masks from the government. >> reporter: in mid march before the w.h.o. was recommending masks, pete ludwig read the scientific evidence and made a video explaining why he was convinced they were the answer. the video went viral. and a few days later, the populous czech prime minister

andre bavish made masks everywhere outside the home. with masks scarce, czechs started sewing. the mask mandate was unpopular but effective. prague through a party to mark the end of the pandemic. the newly appointed health anyone st minister. >> do you think you did a victory lap too soon. >> that's true, because we had many experts, not virologists, they were arguing that had disease is dead, but it's mild, and they tried to put politicians to get out of strict counter measures. >> reporter: with almost no restrictions, the cases started to slowly bounce back in late september. the top epidemiologist called on the prime minister to reinstate the mask mandate. >> why do you think the prime minister said no? >> i think because we had an election. after the election, they started

to push some harder rules again but it was too late because we already had exponential growth. >> reporter: the government closed schools and bars, but the same strict mask rule, so effective in the spring still hasn't been fully reinstated. you don't think a mandatory mask mandate would have prevented you from being in the situation you're in now? >> i think just now we have a mandate for protective masks but indoor. there is discussion if to introduce it outdoor as well, but it's not only wearing a mask, it's an issue of other counter measures and social contact. this is the reason why the situation is still not under control. >> i think that one of the main causes is really populism. during the first wave they were, like, convinced that people want masks so they pushed masks. now they are convinced people don't want to wear masks, so they are against. >> reporter: and one czech

scientist that i spoke to said that despite the real success of the strict mask mandate in the spring, czechs do not like wearing masks. they don't have the same mask wearing culture that they do in some asian countries. the protests, there was no social distancing and very few masks in sight. the czech republic is reporting four more times than the united states and with hospitals starting to reach their capacities, the czech medical chamber and now also the health minister are calling for czech doctors abroad to come home to help deal with the surging number of patients. >> and what we're learning from all of that is that masks work, we need to wear them. it's just a matter of getting used to them. scott mcclain joining us live. appreciate it. and breaking news coming into cnn. moments ago johns hopkins university reported that the global covid-19 case total has topped 40 million people.

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ill during a flight to moscow in august. it was later determined that he had come in contact with the toxic nerve agent novichok. he says russian president vladimir putin is responsible. for more, let's turn to cnn's fled ple fred pleitgen. what did navalny have to say about poisoning. >> he talked about what it was like to feel, when he realized he had been poisoned. he did not feel any pain but realized he was dying. let's listen in. >> i said to the flight attendant and i kind of shocked him with my statement of, well, i was poisoned and i'm going to die, and i immediately laid down under his feet, and every cell of your body just telling you that body, we are done. >> one of the other interesting

things, rosemary was also that alexey navalny said he not only believed vladimir putin was behind his poisoning but that he was sure that vladimir putin was behind his poisoning, simply because he says no other entity except the russian state would have been able to get the chemical nerve agent novichok to conduct such a poisoning. the kremlin responded to this earlier saying they call all of this absurd and of course vehemently deny any sort of involvement. >> what was the message navalny had for president trump? >> i think it was a pretty important one. he was asked about president trump's silence on this case, and certainly not condemning and not blaming the kremlin either. he said that he took note of that. he was quite surprise bid thad and he believes the u.s. president being the most powerful man in the world should take a stance on that issue. here's what he had to say? >> i think it's extremely

important that everyone, of course including and maybe in the first row, the president of the united states to be very against using chemical weapon in the 21st century. >> and then of course if you recall when the european union conducted its sanctions against six russian individuals and a russian entity, they also did, they said, because this chemical warfare agent, because novichok or a substance similar to novichok was used in all of this. the germans and french on the forefront of that. alexey navalny believes there should be more said about this by president trump, but again, the kremlin is continuing to say they had nothing to do this. rosemary. >> flred pleitgen many thanks a always. a remarkable rescue, we'll tell you about a missing hiker who survived for nearly two weeks in this national park. back in a moment. bed... total game changerumt any other questions?

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firefighters in boulder county, colorado, are struggling to contain its largest blaze on record. the cal wood fire has spread almost 9,000 acres since it began saturday.

that's close to 3,700 hectors. weather conditions prevented air operations, hundreds of firefighters are trying to control the blaze with a federal fire fighting team on the way to help. a number of other fires are also burning in colorado. they include the cameron peak fire, the largest wildfire in state history. it's burned more than 2,000 acres or around national park. the 38-year-old was rescued sunday, and taken to a hospital for medical treatment. courtier was spotted by visitors to the park who alerted officials. a family friend says she's in good spirits though malnourished and dehydrated.

the family released the following statement, we are overjoy overjoyed that she was found safely today. we would like to thank the rangers and search teams who relentlessly looked for her and never gave up hope. the los angeles dodgers are headed to the world series after beating the atlanta braves in the national league championship series. here was the go ahead run from l.a.'s cody bellinger. he blasted a tie breaking solo home run in the bottom of the 7th and here was the final out. the score, 4-3 after the dodgers trailed in the series 3-1. los angeles is set to face the tampa bay rays in game one of the world series on tuesday. how about that. thanks for your company. i'm rosemary church, "early start" is coming up next. you're watching cnn. have yourselves a great day. so you're a small business,

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he's going to lock down. he'll listen to the scientists. >> the president mocks the idea of listening to scientists as the pandemic shows real signs of a devastating comeback in the u.s. we have reports this morning from nevada. north carolina, london, paris, rome, berlin, and moscow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> good morning, everyone, i'm christine romans, monday, november 19th, 15 days now to the election. early in person votings