hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom, and i'm rosemary church. former president barack obama hits the campaign trail for joe biden going after donald trump like never before. what he said, and how the current president responded. and election interference, the u.s. says iran and russia are meddling. we'll tell you how. and later. he really is for your hard working people. do i think he's racist? no, i think he's racist against

lazy people. >> hear what's motivating some of the president's middle class voters with time and money to spend at a dune buggy rally for donald trump. the final presidential debate between donald trump and joe biden is set to get underway in the coming hours with the election less than two weeks away, and with mr. trump trailing biden in most polls, the match up could be the president's last best chance to make a compelling case for the reelection. it's clear many americans have already made up their minds. so far, some 40 million people have voted in person or by mail. that's almost a third of all the votes tallied in 2016. the president says he's preparing for the debate by holding campaign rallies and

doing interviews. biden, on the other hand, is at home pouring through briefing books while former president barack obama campaigned for him in philadelphia, slamming president trump's handling of the pandemic. >> tweeting at the television doesn't fix things. making stuff up doesn't make people's lives better. yo you've got to have a plan. you've got to put in the work, and along with the experience to get things done, joe biden has concrete plans and policies. we literally left this white house a pandemic playbook that would have shown them how to respond before the virus reached our shores. they probably used it to, i don't know, prop up a wobbly table somewhere. we don't know where that playbook went. donald trump isn't going to suddenly protect all of us, he can't even take the basic steps to protect himself. >> despite his own hospitalization for covid president trump continues to

regard the pandemic as a nuisance that he and his supporters are sick of hearing about. >> all you hear is covid, covid, covid, covid, covid, covid, covid, that's all they put on because they want to scare the hell out of everyone. >> well, the president may wish the virus would simply disappear but the fact is the pandemic has infected has infected well over 8 million americans and killed more than 222,000 of them in just seven months and the outlook is not encouraging. the former head of the u.s. food and drug administration predicts a sharp rise in new infections will begin sweeping across the country before election day. and we'll have the latest on the covid-19 crisis in the u.s. and around the world in just a few minutes. we want to begin with the one up to thursday night's presidential debate. cnn's jeff zeleny is in philadelphia. >> former president barack obama

delivering one of the most mocking and blistering assessments of his assessor. coming out on the campaign trail for the first time this year touting joe biden but making more of an effort to say why donald trump does not deserve a second term in office. talking fist and foremost about coronavirus and the trump administration's handling of the virus, saying the president did not take it seriously, thsaying that the, you know, mask mandate should have been down and talking about how other countries around the world did indeed handle this better than the united states did. from there, the former president went on to deliver a broadside of president trump, making fun of how he has conducted himself in office, also talking about the exhaustion factor, the day in and day out. the president said this is not a reality show. this is reality. but at the end of this speech, some more than 30 minutes or so delivered in philadelphia, mr. obama also talked to democrats

directly, delivering some tough medicine to them, saying four years ago, many democrats thought hillary clinton would defeat donald trump. that didn't happen. so he called on democrats to not be lazy, to not be complacent, and he urged them to come out and vote. this is the first of many stops that former president obama is going to be making in the next two weeks, certainly making the case against donald trump, and for joe biden. back to you. >> thanks for that, and president trump continues barn storming with rallies that ig fore basic precautions to keep the virus from spreading. we get more from ryan nobles in north carolina. >> president trump making another trip to the important battleground of north carolina, a state he won four years ago, and a state the desperately needs in the win column if he were to win in 2020. as the president was making his way here to the tar heel state, president obama was crushing him and his administration in a speech in support of joe biden.

president obama making his first appearance on the campaign trail and had some pretty harsh criticism for president trump. president trump had the opportunity to respond here in north carolina and this is what he had to say. >> there was nobody that campaigns harder for crooked hillary clinton than obama. he was all over the place. the only one more unhappy than crooked hillary that night was barack hussein obama. >> reporter: surprisingly the president held his fire for the most part against obama. refusing to get too in-depth in response to president obama's remarks. this is not going to be president obama's last trip, though, before election day on november 3rd. president trump will have plenty of time to respond. the president saying here tonight in north carolina, telling this crowd that he promises that he will deliver north carolina. instead, it is a key to his reelection bid. ryan nobles, cnn, gastonia, north carolina. u.s. intelligence officials

say they have evidence iran and russia are interfering in america's upcoming election, and are trying to undermine voter confidence. iran rejects the allegations, calling them absurd. cnn, evan prerez reports from washington. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence official says iran and russia have obtained u.s. voter information, in an effort to interfere in the election. iran is behind intimidating e-mails, purporting to come from the right wing group known as proud boys, associated with supporters of president trump. the e-mails telling people to vote for president trump or spoofs and appear to be designed to pit americans against each other. director of national intelligence john ratcliffe tried to reassure voters that the intelligence and law enforcement agencies are working to ensure votes won't be compromised. >> we will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections and we will continue to cork

wi work with our many partners to disrupt and impose costs and consequences on any adversary that attempts to interfere in our democratic processes. >> officials say russia has obtained some of the same data. officials don't know what russians are planning to do with that information in coming weeks. russia has been waging a campaign to help trump's reelection and spreading disinformation about fraud in the u.s. elections amplifying the fears that are fanned by the president himself. fbi director chris wray told voters those are bogus. >> we have been working to build resilience in our election infrastructure, and today that infrastructure remains resilient. you should be confident that your vote counts. early unverified claims to the contrary should be viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism.

>> u.s. officials in recent days have warned states and vendors that supply their voting systems to patch vulnerabilities after detecting intrusions. evan perez, cnn washington. and cnn's frederik pleitgen joins us live from moscow. good to see you, frequend, so ws been the reaction from russia and iran to interference in the u.s. election. >> for russia, it's not the first time. the russians have shot those allegations down or denied those allegations. so far this morning we have not heard from the kremlin. we do believe there is going to be a phone call with the press secretary for the kremlin coming up in the next hour, maybe in the next couple of hours, and certainly we'll keep you posted as to what exactly the reaction of the kremlin is going to be. as far as the iranians are concerned, we just heard that those e-mails were mentioned, phony e-mails that the iranians

sent out representing the proud boys group. the iranians have said that that is absolutely not true. they have denied knows allegations. they came out quickly with a reaction. it comes from an iran spokesperson with the un resolution. i want to show some of what he said. unlike the u.s., iran does not interfere in other country's elections. the world has been witnessing the u.s.'s attempts to question the outcome of its own election at the highest level, essentially throwing this back at president trump, saying that president trump is the one who has been sowing doubts as to the legitimacy of the upcoming u.s. election. he then goes on to post on twitter, these accusations are nothing more than another scenario to undermine voter confidence and are absurd. iran has no interest in interfering in the u.s. election and no preference in the outcome. that's something the iranians have been saying for the last

couple of weeks. and asked whether iran has a preference who should in their minds be the next president of the united states. the iranians are saying they do not have any preference but of course one of the things we have been saying is that the relations between the trump administration, if one can call them relations and the iranians have been at rock bottom for a very long time. it seems like ages ago but it was just last year that the two countries were almost at war at various stages of that time. of course with the trump administration following that campaign of maximum pressure which has done a lot of damage to the iranian acadeeconomy. voters across the u.s. aren't leaving anything to chance with this election turning out early in record numbers to cast their votes. with more than a week and a half left until election day, early votes are up nearly 180% from the 2016 presidential election and here's our pamela brown with

more. >> with the election less than two weeks away, voter intimidation is coming to the forefront. election officials in florida and alaska went to the fbi after dozens of people reported receiving e-mails threatening to vote for trump or else. >> i think calling it out and letting it be seen for what it is will hopefully encourage people to ignore it. >> reporter: the e-mail was made to look like it came from a far right group, the proud boys. the extremist group trump failed to disavow at the last debate. >> the proud boys, stand back and stand by. >> reporter: proud boys have denied involvement and a cnn analyst found the e-mails were sent in a sophisticated way, routed through foreign services. more cries of possible voter intimidation in miami. a police officer in full uniform wearing a trump mask inside a polling place called out by the mayor. >> his actions have violated departmental policy and he will

be disciplined. >> >> reporter: in memphis, a poll worker was fired for asking voters to turn their black lives matter shirts inside out. >> this incident was the bad behavior of one poll worker. >> reporter: tennessee laws ban any clothing worn to polling paces that endorses a political candidate order party. social justice messages like blm are allowed. overall, early voting remains in high gear. more than 40 million ballots have been cast nationwide so far. it's clear many americans have been relying on the post office to deliver their votes. but as election day approaches, michigan secretary of state is encouraging voters to turn ballots in personally to drop boxes or their county clerk's office if they can. >> there are a lot of uncertainties and variables with the postal service. >> reporter: a new post office inspector general report finds the post office never investigated how trefcontrovers cuts to service in the summer

would affect mail delivery. >> my office used the c.a.r.e.s act, over a thousand drop boxes all over the state for that reason. >> the postmaster general who has defended the cuts as nonpolitical postponed the changes. on time mail delivery is still suffering, and triggering new lawsuits. and north carolina an appeals court upheld the state's deadline to receive absentee bal ballots, nine days after election day. a decision they'll challenge at the supreme court. the second win for democrats, on monday, the high court handed down a ruling, allowing mail-in ballots in pennsylvania to count if they're received within three days of november 3rd. given the issues with the postal service and how close we are to the election. election experts say your best bet if you haven't already requested a mail-in ballot is to go vote in person, early. pamela brown, cnn washington.

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some u.s. states are now taking a closer look at just how many hospital beds are available as covid-19 hospitalizations surge. wisconsin already has set up an overflow medical facility, and this comes as the fda commissioner says the agency doesn't have a time line to review a vaccine but the goal is to get a vaccine out by spring. our nick watt has more.

>> normal life, that's all we want, you know what we want? normal life. >> sure, we all want it. but we can't have it. not yet, nowhere close. cue the actual experts. >> this looks like we're going to have a very different fall and winter. >> we're about a week away from a period where we're going to see a rapid acceleration in cases. >> you'll start to see closer to 2,000 deaths per day. >> average new case counts, not a single state is trending in the right direction. not one. but schools are open many places in michigan, infections now reported in 84 of them. infections among kids jump 13% in just the first two weeks of this month. very few serious cases or deaths in those under 18. but. >> those kids live with adults, right, and those kids bring that

germ back home to adults. >> in el paso, texas, more tests coming back positive now than ever. in california, under new guidance, disneyland might not reopen for months. some of us are tired, given up on masks and distance. for others. >> probably giving up isn't the right term. most of them never started. >> reporter: some due to a wink from the white house. twitter just took down a dr. scott atlas post undermining masks. he's now the president's closest covid adviser, also promotes herd immunity, let it risk, among lower risk demos. >> we should be fine with letting them getting infected, generating immunity on their own. >> reporter: the surgeon general pushed back hard. this could overwhelm health care systems and lead to many

complication/deaths. a vaccine might bring life, a volunteer just died in brazil, unclear if they had been given the vaccine or a placebo, and the trial goes on. following careful assessment of this case in brazil, there have been no concerns about safety. oxford university told cnn. moderna and pfizer meeting with an fda advisory committee to discuss efficacy, safety, manufacturing, but not to present new data from trials. not yet. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. with us now an emergency physician at the valley wise medical center and assistant professor at the university of arizona's college of medicine in phoenix, always good to talk with you, doctor. >> great to be back. thank you for having me, rosemary. >> more than 221,000 u.s. covid deaths and not one state is trending in the right direction. but president trump claims he wouldn't change much in the way

he responded to the pandemic if he had his time over. what is your medical response to a leader saying that when this country represents 20% of the global death toll but less than 5% of the global population. >> i would have done everything differently. i'm not surprised that president trump has so much hue brbris. there are many countries that have done it the right way, and i'm not to say the president is to blame for everything but he clearly sent the wrong message multiple times, even though he had answers that most people didn't have. there are clear things he could have done like advocated for masks more strongly, not advocated for opening up the economy in the midst of a pandemic and we are one of the worst countries if not the worst country in terms of covid cases and deaths per capita, and to be the worst country and say i

wouldn't do anything differently, that's like saying i wouldn't be the worst president possible. i will continue to be that way, and i wouldn't change that, which is i don't know why he would say something like that, but medically there are way better things we could have done. >> and doctor, the cdc has redefined what constitutes close contact with a patient. they say it's considered high risk if you're exposed for a cumulative or total of 15 minutes. previously it was 15 minutes of continuous exposure. how significant is this? >> i think that everything in medicine, there's very few black and whites in medicine. obviously close contact is bad. obviously longer exposure is bad. i have been saying that from the get-go. for the people who pass each other on the jogging pathway that's very short and probably not a close contact. for people who are in a room together that's not well ventilated even if they're 10 feet apart, in the room together for an hour, that's

probably pretty bad. you can talk about 50 minute cutoffs, 10 minute cutoffs, but nothing in medicine is binary, everything is in gray scale. in general, avoid close contact with people, and in particular, family, distance as much as possible, and when you have to be by people, when you have to be by them, wear a mask. t it's actually a simple fix. it's unbelievable people still have to be told that. >> thank you so much for talking with us. >> thanks for having me, rosemary, stay safe. >> you too. a volunteer in brazil's trial of astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine trial has died according to health officials. it's not clear whether the volunteer received a vaccine or a placebo as part of the trial, and why the person died. no more information was released due to privacy concerns. astrazeneca said nothing happened to justify stopping or pausing the test, so the trial in brazil will continue. and here in the u.s., a top

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of course, which trump carried four years ago, but the polling is tighter in florida. 50% for biden, 46% for trump. that is within the margin of error. now, along with his age in the polls, joe biden has a big advantage in cash on hand. $177 million for biden compared to trump's 63.1 million. but in the end, the only number that counts is 270. that is the number of electoral college votes needed to win the white house. joe biden and donald trump will earn those state by state, and cnn's john king spoke to anderson cooper about the possible paths to victory. >> let's say joe biden has a shaky debate or donald trump has a particularly strong debate. the biden campaign should come out of that thinking we need to protect. one scenario you think of is the president takes away the toss up states, iowa, ohio, north carolina, georgia, florida. the president could even flip

arizona back to him. he won those states in 2016, perfectly with the realm if he comes out momentum. protect wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania, the three most spoken words in presidential politics, wisconsin, michigan and biden would protect them. what if biden thinks he has a strong debate. they come out of the debate thinking not only do we have the money, we had a strong debate. then you start thinking about this, number one, you think not only do you have money, michael bloomberg is spending money in florida for you. priority usa super pac money, all of these democratic senate candidates are blowing the candidate away in fundraising. there's a lot of money to spend. you're thinking if you have a strong debate, this is going to hold true. you're going to be leading in michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin, and guess what, you're in play in arizona, you're leading a little bit. you're in play in iowa, georgia, maybe a little bit behind, but competitive in ohio. even close in texas, right, and

in florida. if you're biden, a lot of democrats are going to be saying you come out of the debate tomorrow night strong, think big, think bold, think about making a statement. florida if you're joe biden, game over. the president can't win without florida and its votes. if you get north carolina back to the democrats again, there's no way the president can win, plus, guess what there's an important senate race. you're the biden campaign. a senate race in iowa. a senate race in texas, and if the democrats won texas, what a statement that would be. >> joining me now is cnn political commentators, tara setmeyer, and jess mcintosh. great to have you both with us. >> great to be here. >> we are just hours away from the final presidential debate. donald trump has been slamming the format and the moderator calling this all unfair. but what each of the candidates need to do to sway undecided voters and what risks to each

phase. jess, let's start with you. >> i still want to put the brakes on the fact that we're sure there's going to be a debate happening tomorrow. a couple of things needs to happen that donald trump has never agreed to before. he says he's going to this time, but we know that doesn't always work out. he's supposed to take a negative covid test. he has said he's willing to do that. he was unwilling to before the last debate. he also has to agree to have his mic shut off when joe biden is talking, which seems like it shouldn't be necessary, but it honestly is. all in all, this is a pretty risky debate for trump. he seems like he can't afford to lose any more supporters than he already has and the last debate performance cost him with a few women. i'm still not entirely in the camp that thinks this is 100% definite tomorrow night. >> tara, how do you feel about this, and what do you think each of the candidates need to say and do? >> i'm with jess where you never quite know what's going to happen until you actually see donald trump set foot on the

stage. he has been so erratic lately, and he's thrown a lot of temper tantrum, and he's very upset with a lot of people, and that list is getting longer that you never quite know. assuming that it does happen, joe biden needs to just make sure that he does no harm. he needs to continue to represent the adult in the room. he needs to continue to show the american people that he is presidential, ready on day one, and that he is the complete opposite of donald trump, and the vision that he has for this country moving forward is one that i think that the american people would want to see. they just want some normally back. everyone is exhausted from the trump show the last four years, which president obama was so articulate about today on the campaign trail, and for president trump, i mean, he needs to have a moment where he can actually articulate his vision for a second term and try to stop the bleeding.

he's hemorrhaging voters, he's hemorrhaging women voters. his performance in the last debate was atrocious, and unless he does that and has a moment to stop the momentum for joe biden which i think is probably not going to happen, that's what they need debates for. he needs in more than joe biden does, and i'm not holding my breath. donald trump is who he is, and he's not keen to change. >> the microphones will be cut off while each candidate speaks for the first two minutes. that's not going to stop for the other one hearing what's said. i mean, if donald trump is talking on the stage there, biden is going to hear him, and that may very well put him off. we saw moments of that in the first debate. what do you think is going to be the likely response to this, and does this improve the process? >> i think it probably makes him a more pleasant viewing experience for the audience at home. i can't imagine anybody watched the last debate and went away feeling good about the capable,

steady hands that our country is being governed by and we won't have to hear as much of that this time. i do feel for joe biden in all of this. i think trump walks into these debates looking for ways to destabilize his opponent. we saw some of the absolutely depraved things that he tried with hillary clinton in 2016, so i certainly would not put it above him to make use of the fact that the microphone is off and that we won't be able to hear what he says and his opponent will. i think joe biden has a really strong closing argument. and i think that america is desperate to hear from a leader who wants to understand what they're going through, who cares about them, who has a plan for get us out in the situation that we are currently finding ourselves stuck in. i think as long as he stays focused on who he's talking to, trump can play whatever mind games he wants and he's going to get his message out. >> and tara, you get the final word on all of this. >> i agree with jess on that, i

think that joe biden is in a very strong position to give his closing argument. you have already seen that in ads, and he is uniquely qualified to bring the country together given his own life experience, his own personal losses and what better time to have someone who can be someone who can empathize with the loss and the tragedy that's going on in this country when we have 221,000 dead americans, and that was preventable, and it's directly correlated to the failure of donald trump's leadership on covid-19. and donald trump i think is, you know, he's not having a great week, and the fact that president obama is now out on the trail, someone that donald trump despises on top of all of the other things that are going on, i don't think that he's going to be able to contain himself and all of a sudden have the magic presidential pivot that's never coming, so strap in, folks, because you never quite know what you're going to get from donald trump tomorrow night. >> tara setmeyer, and jess

mcintosh, thank you both for joining the panel. appreciate it. >> thank you. and stay with cnn for our coverage of the final presidential debate starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern on thursday. that's 12:00 a.m. friday in london, 3:00 a.m. in abu dhabi. coronavirus on the rise in many parts of the world, a look at restrictions in place to slow the spread. that's next. and later, this. we believe that trump will help us be able to keep the money that we make and let us be able to work as hard as we want, and not give our money away. people like nancy pelosi can get funding for money people aren't willing to work for. i worked all my life, i had to put myself through college and do what i enjoy, like an activity like this, and spend 15 to $20,000 on toys because i

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vraylar helps smooth the ups and downs. coronavirus cases are surging across europe, and some countries are now looking to curfews to help curb the spread. france has just surpassed 1 million total covid-19 cases according to johns hopkins university. it is the 7th country to pass that mark. ireland has just imposed europe's toughest lock down, and is set to remain there for at least six weeks. people are encouraged to stay home unless they're essential workers and they can't have gatherings in homes and gardens. schools will stay open. in germany, the centers for

disease control is reporting a record number of daily cases. that number just shy of 11,300. in italy, a new curfew is set to begin at midnight on saturday in the region surrounding the city of rome. and for more on the situation across europe, let's turn now to scott mcclain. he joins us live from berlin. good to see you, scott. each european country struggling to come up with its own approach to containing this virus. what's the latest on that? >> hey, rosemary. we'll start in germany where the health minister just tested positive for the virus, the same day that this country recorded a new record in daily confirmed cases, smashing the old record by more than 40%. you mentioned france hitting that 1 million confirmed cases mark. spain also hit that mark yesterday as well. and i want to show you a chart that shows you the situation in europe. you can see that europe has surpassed the united states in new daily confirmed cases per million people, and you can see that trajectory really shows no signs of slowing down.

it gets even worse than that, once you add on belgium, the czech republic, all of which are dwarfing the u.s. and europe. belgium and the czech republic are reporting five times more new cases per capita than the united states. the czech republic has more new cases per capita than any major country on earth. here's why the situation in the czech republic is particularly scary. most countries saw a high death toll early on in this pandemic in the first wave and their second wave, well, they may be seeing a lot of cases, not a lot of deaths. that's not true in the czech republic where deaths skyrocketed and hospitalizations are falling as well. the government is setting up a field hospital in prague. they are bringing in doctors from the u.s. national guard. the czech prime minister was really praised for his handling of the situation in the first wave but he's taken a lot of criticism. one of his cabinet ministers called him a moron on a hot mic.

he hasn't responded because he has much bigger fish to fry. after an emergency session of parliament yesterday he conceded that the current measures in place were not working and he apologized for not acting sooner. so starting today, the czech republic will go back into something you might describe as a lock down. there will be only essential businesses that will be allowed to open, and there will be severe restrictions on movement as well. and rosemary, i want to share with you one other pretty remarkable statistic. if you went to the czech republic today, one in every 85 people there would officially be infected with the virus right now. the official number or the true number, i should say, is likely much much higher because more than one out of every four people being tested for the virus is actually turning up positive. >> that is very high. scott mcclain joining us live from berlin. many thanks. in a break with the past, pope francis has declared support for civil unions of same

sex couples, but the church's position on marriage between a man and a woman is unchanged. cnn's delia gallagher is joining us from rome. good to see you, delia. the pope is supporting same sex unions but this will of course anger some catholics. what are they saying? >> well, that's right, rosemary, because the pope's comments about legalizing same sex unions are a departure from the teaching of his predecessors, john paul ii, and pope benedict the xvi against the legalization of same sex unions. it was a film documentary that premiered yesterday in rome. let's see what he said in the film. the pope said homosexual people have the right to be in a family. they're children of god and have a right to a family. what we have to create is a civil union law. that way they are legally covered. and we should say, rosemary, that in interviews in the past,

the pope has shown him to be open to the legalization of the same sex unions. this is the first time as pope he has directly come out in support of it. when he was arch bishop in b bueno, he has made distinction as marriage between a man and a woman but legal protections for gay and lesbian couples. this has been met with praise but also criticism inside catholic circles because of the change that this represents, rosemary, in the past teachings. we should emphasize these are comments from a film. we don't have any official document from the pope or vatican. we'll see if that's coming. rosemary. >> we shall indeed. delia gallagher joining us live from rome. many thanks. in a time when the truth is under assault and facts are questioned, we want to mark the passing of one of truth's greatest champions. james randy, the dazzling

magician who became one of the great myth busters of our time has died. the amazing randy was 92 years old. in a career that spanned seven decades, randy began as an escape artist and trickster, but soon turned to debunking the paranormal, religious deception and so called magic. in 2004, he conjured this observation about ghosts in a conversation with cnn's anderson cooper. >> you're open to the possibility of there being ghosts, yes? >> absolutely, yes. i'm also open to the possibility that major richard nixon is alive and well and living in argentina. i don't think it's very likely, nor do i think that ghosts are very likely. >> the canadian born randy was awarded a mcarthur genius grant for his investigative work but he always enjoyed performing magic too. he once told "the new york times" the difference between them and me is i admit i'm a

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two russian cosmonauts are back on firm. their capsule landed in kazakhstan after undocking from the international space station. the three crew members wrapped up a 196 day mission that included more than 3,000 orbits of earth. a russian cosmonaut is now in command of the orbiting space station. after thursday's debate with joe biden, president trump's next stop is florida, where he will host two rallies on friday. but some trump supporters are organizing their own unique events. cnn's elie reeve went to one in oregon. >> i like alpha males. i think president trump is an alpha male. >> whenever i watch the news, it seems like they're bagging on trump. they make it sound like nobody is going to vote for him. we feel like we all need to get together to show people that, hey, there are people that are going to vote for him. >> this is the dunes and

deplorables let freedom ride trump rally protest. it was unfurling a 30 foot by 50 foot american flag, having everybody gather around, play the national anthem, and just be able to be with a bunch of friends and family. >> unofficial trump events like this have been happening all over the country. boat parades, car caravans, bike parades. what attendees have in common is disposable income to spend on fun. while trump's working class supporters have gotten a lot of attention, a third of his voters made more than $100,000 a year. support for trump is particularly strong among white voters who have high incomes for their area, the locally rich. >> the people on the left that think we're deplorable, think we're deplorable. if hanging out with families, bringing your kids out and having a good time is deplorable, then i guess we'll take it. >> i went for a ride in the dunes with erik nelsons who has been riding motorcycles since he

was 14. eric drove two hours to come to the rally. >> hopefully you heard her scream. >> reporter: that's what mic is for. >> the reason we're here supporting trump is we believe trump will help us be able to keep the money we make, and let us be able to work as hard as we want, and not give our money away. people like nancy pelosi can, you know, get her funding, giving money to people who aren't willing to work for it. i worked all my life. i had to work to put myself through college and get a job, and do what i enjoy, which is an activity like this, and spend 15 to $20,000 on toys because i choose to. >> he really is for your hard working people. do i think he's racist? no. i think he's racist against lazy people. >> reporter: the rally was mostly men. that's no surprise given national polls. men are much more likely to support trump than women. and what these men said they

liked about trump was that he's a guy who's just like them. >> he's not a politician. he's one of us, he's one of us on steroids because he runs a great big business and makes a lot more money than we do. he can be crass, but we didn't hire him as a president, we hired him because he was a business person, and that's what america needed because our country was starting to tank. >> reporter: isn't part of his job being a moral leader? >> i don't believe so. >> reporter: you don't think so? >> he says things that upset people, and we just don't care, and we think he's helping all of those people because they don't fully understand what's going on. >> reporter: cnn, winchester bay, oregon. >> and thanks for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. you're watching cnn, have yourselves a great day. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements-

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the united states and around the world. this is a debate day edition of "ear "early start." good morning, i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. it's thursday, october 22nd, 5:00 a.m. here in new york, 12 days until the election, and today is the deadline to request an absentee ballot if you are in indiana. if either presidential candidate hopes to change the course of the 2020 race, well tonight may be their last chance. joe biden and donald trump gearing up for their final faceoff after their tra