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meanwhile, joe biden speaking earlier today at a voter mobilization event in durham, north carolina. the two camps stressing their strengths in the run for the white house. >> the president of the united states has done more to improve the lives of all americans in 47 months than joe biden has done in 47 years. the target here are the democrats and their radical move to the left to embrace socialism, and this president has fought against that every step of the way. >> 350,000 of the democrats that have turned in their ballots haven't voted in the last two elections. that shows the enthusiasm for joe biden and kamala harris. we have a lot more work to do, but we're expanding the battlegrounds. arthel: we have jacqui heinrich with the biden campaign, but we believe with david spunt in carson city, nevada, with the president. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, arthel. capital of nevada, it is a beautiful day here in carson city, a beautiful afternoon for a rally.

people started lining up very early this morning, several thousand here right now excited about president trump taking the stage in about four hours. this is the second time, arthel, the president has been to nevada in the past 40 days. he was in nearby minedden about a month ago. now, he lost this state to hillary clinton in 2016, and according to the latest polls, he is down now in nevada. of course, that's probably why he's here again today. the state's unemployment rate at 30% at the height of covid, now it's 12.6. the president promises it will continue to drop not only here, but in other parts of the state. listen here. >> nevada, perhaps more than any place else, knows we can manage the risk of virus, and we are not going back to where we were in march. it would be catastrophic for the entire country but particularly for a place like nevada that is so tourism and hospitality-driven. >> reporter: the president seen as a las vegas church this morning. he is close with many

evangelical voters who he is counting on this year, 16 days specifically. the trip to nevada comes just a day after he made two rally stops, one in michigan, the other in wisconsin. those stops are significant because, unlike nevada, which went clinton four years ago, michigan and wisconsin went for the president in his column. but he's down in those states too. here he is in wisconsin last night. >> we have much more spirit now than we ever had four years ago, and we -- [cheers and applause] >> reporter: after that stop in wisconsin, he flew in to las vegas where he spent the night. right now he's actually in santa ana, california, orange county, california, for a private fundraiser set to rake in millions of dollars for the campaign. he'll be here in four hours, 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 local time, and these folks, of course, will be happy to see him. arthel? arthel: i know they will. i understand the beach boys will be performing. i wish i could go there. >> reporter: me too.

arthel: yeah, right? thank you. eric? eric: yeah, the beach boys, wow. well, meanwhile, former vice president joe biden is on the road again today with that stop in north carolina. he is making a push for that key battleground state where early voting already underway. jackie houston rick following the biden -- heinrich following the biden campaign in durham, north carolina. on the road early this afternoon. >> reporter: hey, eric. joe biden told people to vote early, emphasizing that voters have more opportunity than any year before to get their early vote in because every site in this county has extended hours, in every county, as a matter of fact. and the push comes as polls are showing joe biden's lead here is too narrow to count on, and even supporters at this event inspect this to be a nail-biter on election day. the real clear politics average has joe biden up by just 2.7 points, and president trump won north carolina by 3.6 points in

2016. biden's campaign warned things are tighter than they appear on twitter and on tv writing: in the states we're counting on like arizona and north carolina, we're only up by 3 points. we also know that even the best polling can be wrong and that variables like turnout mean that in a number of critical states we are functionally tied and that we we need to campaign like we're trailing. biden highlighted the critical role north carolina plays and spoke about his plans to ban racial inequality for black american, investing tens of millions in hbcus and leveraging $150 million in back-owned small businesses. >> the communities of color here nor north carolina and across the country, the question is how do we break that cycle where in good times you lag behind, in bad times you get hit the hardest the first and are the last to bounce back? the answer's about justice, criminal justice, police reform. >> reporter: now, outside of this event it appears biden

plans to keep a lighter schedule, tapping surrogates like magic johnson, andrew yang, elizabeth warren, and on wednesday president obama for key campaign stops in battlegrounds. biden's got plenty of preparation following allegations of impropriety in "the new york post". he faced no questions about his son hunter's business dealings, but as the paper is slow-dripping new claims from a trove of e-mails, the former vp has yet to formally respond. the campaign cited his tax returns, the schedule and a republican-led senate inquiry as proof that he didn't bend foreign policy to enrich his family. eric: he did say he believes those allegations are, in his words, a, quote, smear campaign. thank you. arthel: meanwhile, conservatives, well, they're slamming social media giant twitter after the platform limited the spread of new york post stories about hunter biden.

they purport to show mails linked to his father, joe biden, to his ukraine business dealings. president trump spoke out against silicon valley in wisconsin last night. >> tech companies have have become critics. they won't let the fact that we caught anymore a total corrupt deal, they won't let the news get out. arthel: congressional republicans are accusing twitter of censorship. house minority leader kevin mccarthy addressed the outrage on "sunday morning futures." 9. >> just as china's trying to influence our election, we now find that twitter and facebook are doing the exact same thing, and they should be ashamed, and the american public is outraged about this. arthel: this week the senate judiciary committee is expected to vote on whether to issue a subpoena to twitter's ceo jack dorsey. eric: well, twitter and the

other bug companies, by the way, are defending those policies that they face more accusations of censorship. claudia cowan live in california with the from silicon valley and what the folks there are saying. claudia? >> reporter: well, eric, social media's attempts to limit the spread of those leaked hunter biden e-mails began almost immediately. facebook spokesperson andy stone, a former democratic operative, announced, quote: while i will intentionally not link to the new york post, i want to be clear that this story is eligible to be fact checked by facebook's third-party fact-checking partners. in the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform. twitter then took it a step further, banning links to the story altogether and freezing the accounts of the new york post, president trump's campaign and white house press spokesperson kayleigh mcenany. facing a backlash, ceo jack dorsey now admits, quote: straight block of urls was wrong, and we update our policy and enforcement to fix.

our goal is to attempt to add context, and now we have capabilities to do that. still, twitter refuses to unlock "the new york post"'s official account until it deletes links to its own story, telling the paper, quote: while we've updated the policy, we don't change enforcement retroactively. you will still need to delete the tweets to regain access to your account. conservatives see all of this as a continued and dramatic escalation of social media bias against the right and a free speech rally in san francisco yesterday was supposed to include a march to twitter headquarters. things turned ugly when hundreds of antifa counter-protesters overthrew police barricades and berated and attacked demonstrators. the organizer of the rally was punched in the face and lost two teeth. police were overwhelmed. this officer is rinsing off his face after being pepper sprayed. three police officers were injured, no arrests have been made. eric? eric: all right, claudia, thanks so much. arthel?

arthel: well, eric, prosecutors have released chilling new images and video in what they say was a plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whit her. the images show the accused plotters training at remote camps, surveilling the governor's vacation home and practicing to rapidly reload a firearm. at his michigan rally yesterday, president trump urged the governor witmer to loosen coronavirus restrictions, and when the cloud chanted -- crowd chanted lock her up, he said lock 'em all up. the governor calling out the president. >> put me on trial and execute me. ten days after that was uncovered, the president at it again and inspiring and incentivizing inciting this kind of domestic terrorism. it is wrong. it's got to end. arthel: 14 people face various domestic terror charges in the

kidnapping plot. some of them are members of a far-right militia group. five of those suspects are being held i without bond awaiting presentation of their cases to a grand jury. eric. eric: well, arthel, president trump is returning to nevada later on today. he's looking to flip a state that has not voted for a republican presidential nominee in more than 15 years. so what does the president need to do to win the silver state? or will joe biden maintain the edge? nevada, las vegas, we roll the dice right after this. ♪ otein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. with nutrients to support immune health. ensure max protein. people are waking up tog with what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine... ♪

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♪ muck♪ arthel: well, the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. continuing to trend upward. 69,000 reported friday alone. some intensive care units and hospitals in wisconsin and utah and elsewhere are at or near capacity. doctors in utah are now pleading with the public to take necessary steps to avoid getting the virus, with the seasonal flu now spreading and front-line medical staff already stretched thin. >> we have icu nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, other

workers working overtime, extra time, extra shifts. >> there's a point when you can't come back any further, and then what we have to do stretch our staff even more than we're currently doing, and that's not good for patient cower. arthel: in pennsylvania yesterday, the state recording its second most cases in a day since april, more than 1800. in philadelphia, people are admitting to covid fatigue, but they're trying to make the right decisions. >> we're just tired of being in the house, and we're just all doing the best that we can and enjoying this beautiful fall weather because who knows what's coming next. >> it's been a little hard and a little weird trying to, you know, pull your child away from, like, other people and other kids. arthel: meantime, several dozen fans and laid-off employees protesting outside disneyland in southern california yesterday, calling on the park to reopen. the park has been closed since march. protesters saying local businesses depending on tourism

are also struggling mightily. disneyland laid off 28,000 employees from its parks earlier this month. ♪ ♪ >> good morning, mr. president trump. good to see you again. at 4:30, the lord said to me i am going to give your president a second win. [cheers and applause] eric: that's president trump, as you can see, attending a church service this morning. it was at the international church of las vegas in nevada. it also doubled as a campaign stop in a critical state there. the race looks very tight. a recent poll by the las vegas review journal and the aarp shows the president and democratic nominee joe biden in a virtual tie. early voting started yesterday. mr. trump narrowly lost the silver state in 2016, but his team is expressing optimism that they believe the state is in play this time around. >> as we get close to the

election, people don't want to be living in fear, again in their basements. we're going to be strong, we're going to be safe, but we're not going to be scared here, chris. and especially as we get closer, i don't see quite the protests when we see marches on washington or blm protests. eric: a political reporter at the las vegas paper joins us now. you wrote a terrific piece about the key swung county in your swing state. what dud you find? what did you find? >> like you said, washam county it's only voted democrat a couple of times, voted for lbj in 1964 and then obama twice and clinton once. so we've seen the county trend a little bit more blue, obviously, in recent years. they have a republican congressman, is so it's not a sure bet, and democrats are really fighting to insure that

the county becomes a permanently blue county, but republicans are not willing to cede that, and that is what we're seeing with president trump making another sit to northern nevada. he'll be in carson city which is just over the border. eric: yeah. he was courting the evangelical vote with the appearance that we see on the screen right now at that church. i mean, your state has been hit so hard by coronavirus. the las vegas strip, the casinos, all those tens and tens of thousands of jobs there. but the enthusiasm seems very strong. 132,000 mail-in votes so far, long waits onlines that started -- on lines that started yesterday. what is it like on the ground? >> yeah. i mean, like you said, eric, we're seeing a9 lot of enthusiasm in nevada, a lot of mail-in ballots going back being turned in, mailed back already. some of your viewers might

recall nevada sent mail-in ballots to all registered voters, so we're expecting it to be a popular method this time around. on the other hand, nevada has a long and strong tradition of early voting which is why yesterday was the first day of our early voting, it one runs for two weeks. we had huge lines. some folks got there early, lined up, and they, you know, want to make sure their votes count, they get them in early. eric: yeah, usually -- the president has attacked states that are sending out ballots to all registered voters. have there been problems with that as the president has alleged elsewhere? >> yeah, we've not seen problems with any mail-in ballots. they have to know the signature process, so the county and state are actively providing numbers. as those ballots come in, they're --

[inaudible] it's worth noting when the president visited before, you know, he said that ballots in nevada don't even require signatures. they do require a signature, and a lot of us don't get counted for that reason, and we have to be contacted so they can make sure you are who you say you are. eric: they're going to have an investigator, what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, that's right. in 2016 they had similar efforts, we saw the statement they put out this last couple days was pretty similar to the one in 2016. you know, obviously, they want to make sure that there's integrity in the process, that people are able to cast their ballots, they cast them correctly, they only vote once with. it's a pretty sort of standard thing -- [inaudible] you know, reminding people that it's safe to vote, it's secure to vote, but they're going to be keeping an eye out just in case anything comes up. eric: so how do you see it shaping up? you know, what do you think? on one hand you've got las

vegas, you've got the labor unions and the casinos, you've got the democratic party machine. at the same time, you've got rural areas, so in some ways it's really -- like many states in the country like new york or illinois in a sense, it's kind of two different states, and the president is focusing on the western part of the state by reno later on tonight. what do you think will be the margin? how do you think it'll go? what do you think? >> yeah. i mean, like you said, the county where las vegas is, it's sort of a democratic firewall. they're known for going blue. in the red parts of the state -- [inaudible] and it comes down to how much we're going to see democrats in clark county and how does that balance out against the rest of the state. we'll be keeping an eye on it to see how democrats' turnout efforts, they've been known for their political machine for

years -- [inaudible] but they've been really stymied by -- [inaudible] they're not doing as much door to door campaigning as they previously were. they're going door to door, but, you know, you have the trump campaign that's been in the field since june. so when you have the republican presidential candidate and senate candidates going door to door, i think the question is, you know, how much are democrats going to be hurt by the fact that they've largely stuck to -- [inaudible] eric: yeah. speaking of harry reid who not only predicts a one by joe biden, but he also predicts the democrats are going to flip the senate. megan messerly, thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. eric: president trump and the democratic nominee, joe biden, you know, they're going to go head to head, one last debate, the last one, this coming thursday. and fox news, of course, will

have special live coverage. man, oh man, with can you wait? 6 p.m. eastern, our coverage starts here on the fox news channel this coming thursday. but the debate, the matchup, you're going to want to watch right here on the fox news channel. arthel: i will be checking out bret and martha. meanwhile, there's this: hundreds of thousands of international students who brung a lot of money into the u.s. could be in limbo. that's thanks to changes the trump administration wants to make to academic visas. molly line has the story. >> reporter: the trump administration is proposing another major change to the rules governing international students. potentially requiring a six term which would cap most international student visas at four years. current policy allows scholars to stay for a longer duration. for many international students, potential changes are

discouraging. >> you're told that everything that you did to come to another country was for nothing because at any point that can change. well, it's just, it's not -- [inaudible] >> reporter: the department of homeland security says it would help address national security concerns. dee yang of china is studying strategic communications on columbia university. she's graduating soon but fears for those who may come in the future facing fixed limits. >> at some point, probably a mind change. then you realize that your visa is expiring, and what can you do? you have to go back home, ask you'll probably just miss that opportunity. >> reporter: there are more than one million international students in the united states. advocates argue they contribute roughly $41 billion to the national economy. brad farnsworth of the american council on education warns -- >> this is one of the great export stories of the united states. we don't often think of when people come into our country as an export, but we are selling services to international customers, and it is

contributing to our export total. and the possibility of losing that is not just of concern to our institutions, to our colleges and universities, but it should be of concern to any community that has a lot of international students. >> reporter: a public comment period will remain open until october 26th. in boston, molly line, fox news. arthel: thanks, molly. well, tens of millions of americans have already cast their ballot through early voting or mail-in ballots. could this election change how we vote in the future? we're going to take a closer look at that up next. ♪ a live bookkeeper is helping

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eric: time now for a look at our fox s headlines. president trump out west today for two campaign stops. he is holding a private fundraiser in southern california at this hour, then he will return to nevada tonight for a rally set in carson city. democratic nominee is in north carolina. he is holding a get out the vote rally, held that in durham earlier today. and this week the former -- well, former president barack obama will hit the campaign trail stumping for his former vp as part of the biden campaign. well, "the wall street journal" reporting china has threatened to take americans hostage if the justice department refuses to drop criminal charges against several

i chinese scientists. those scientists had a arrived in the u.s. earlier this year. the scholars being prosecutedded here in our country for allegations they tried to hide ties to the chinese military. and in new york, officials cop firm the state has shut down plans for a wedding that was expected to draw as many as 10,000 attendees. the state has a max 50 people. reports say the wedding was for the granddaughter of a prominent orthodox jewish wrap buy. arthel? arthel: all right, eric. the coronavirus pandemic, it has sparked a major rise in mail a-in and early voting across the country, and the associated press reports democrats have outvoted republicans 2 to 1. the election project says more than 27 million people have cast ballots so far, but npr claims that number is still lower than expected. let's bring in washington examiner senior editor david

marknow. is so, david, actually on election day there is a forecast that an estimated 150 million people will go to the follows on november 3rd. we know this is a all brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, everyone trying to stay safe. but might this become the new way we vote in america? >> well, democrats have kind of had mixed messages on this in that at first they were very much pushing hard for mail-in early voting, then there were some questions about some shenanigans, they started questioning the integrity of the process, and they pulled back. but to answer your question, yes. this is very much the wave of the future. the problem is trying to implement it right now during the midst of a pandemic. some states are better at it than others. states like washington and oregon have been doing mail-in voting only for 20 years or so now. florida has a very good system, some other states do. others are scrambling to do it for the first time and, of

course, there are going to be kinks and problems that have to be worked out. arthel: yeah, yeah. and, you know, maybe eventually we'll get to a point where there's some -- i understand each state has their own guidelines, and some require various different requirements. maybe there will come a day when there is federal guidelines that could make it easy if that's going to be the wave of the future. meanwhile, early voter turnout is usually a good sign for the democrats, but even the biden campaign is saying this race is still too close to call. can joe biden and kamala harris afford to let up off the gas now, or to they need to floor it income election are day? >> it's interesting -- until election day? >> the biden campaign manager has sent out several memos that have become public through the media the last few days suggesting that the campaign is not up neitherly as much as it -- nearly as much as it seems to be in national surveys. this may just be a scare tactic,

like hey, guys, let's not get overconfident, but this is the last time the biden campaign wants to do. we can all remember back just four years ago, hillary clinton's campaign was thought to be in the driver's seat right now x we saw how that ended up. nobody wants to -- [inaudible] arthel: yeah, they're like, listen, listen to all the reports that biden has it in the bag. it's like get out there and vote if that's who you want to win. meanwhile, the president, he's not messing around either. he's campaigning up to the last minute as well. do you have any reporting, david, on what really is driving the early voter turnout? i mean, is it the pandemic or a referendum on president trump? or a blockage to biden in. >> yeah. i think it's a combination. two or three months ago democrats were really pushing early voting hard because of the

pandemic. they were saying, or you know what? we don't want people standing at the polls for hours on end, some people wearing masks, some aren't, some are social distancing, some aren't. but they also were starting to see there's some problem with that. they're raising questions about the begty of voting by mail. that -- integrity -- arthel: who is raising that, though? >> that's democrats. without getting into who's right or who's wrong, they're starting to say, you know what? maybe we should show up on election day. maybe it's not such a good idea to just throw everything in the mail. so you see mixeded messages -- arthel: but, you know, in fairness, mixed messages in fairness, though, from the beginning, okay, get those ballots in. and then came all the, you know, so-called alleged,der perceived tinkering with the post office and they said, no, we can't trust that process. so, i mean -- >> right. well, but the message of the post office has been get it in

early. every state's election officials have some variation of send in your ballot early, do not wait until the last minute. probably good advice under any circumstances but really important this time around. arthel: many of us still, as we wrap here, you know, recommending people who are protected to vote actually on november 3rd, so people will have to be careful and patient and not expect to have an answer at, you know, midnight eastern time necessarily, right? >> absolutely. make a plan when you're going to vote on election day, leave extra time, and then that night, the next day be patient. we may not have results for a while. arthel: yep, yep, okay. david marx, thank you. >> thank you. arthel: eric? eric: well, have you started hoarding toilet paper again? americans are already preparing for a coronavirus surge and, it is said, stocking up again on

essential goods. a recent survey shows more than half of those questions have already or started storing supplies. fox business network's grady trimble explains. >> reporter: that survey found more than half of people asked the question are you starting to stockpile or do you plan to stockpile groceries, 58% said they are and at happy foods here in chicago, or we're already seeing it. this is where the windex should be. a lot of the same products we saw flying off the severals in march are once again hard to find. barb or rah eastman, you got a list from your distributer, and it has had a runs bunch of items that you'll not going to get back until next year. what's on that list? >> disinfectants, peanut butter, some soups, a lot of spices. everything that people are using for baking, yeast, flour.

>> reporter: in some ways, this is reminiscent of what we saw last march, but grow expect it to be as extreme? >> people are almost ready for it, so they're doing their buying continually. >> reporter: and this survey found people are doing that because of the election coming up, and they're worried about a resurgence in coronavirus causes. we also reach out to the big box stars, target says they're providing more inventory to stores than ever to make sure they don't sell out. in chicago, grady trimble, fox business. arthel: grady, thank you. a coronavirus reinfection. it's sparking new questions and how it can ineffect people twice. up next, we're going to speak with the doctor who treat the very first coronavirus patient in the united states.

eric: a fire in colorado forcing hundreds to evacuate from their homes. the u.s. forest service reports the cameron peak fire has burned over 187,000 acres since the middle of august. that's the largest fire ever recorded in the state. officials say dry weather and high winds are fanning those flames over this weekend. the wildfire prompting 900 evacuations in the fort collins area of northern colorado. no word yet on what exactly caused that fire. ♪ ♪ arthel: the death of an elderly dutch woman is raising serious questions about how long coronavirus immunity and antibodies can last. she's believed to be the first person to die after contracting the virus a second time. researchers say the woman was ineffected with two different strains -- infected, and it's unclear if she ever became immune following each infection.

they add, quote: it is likely that the second episode was a reinfection rather than prolonged shedding. dr. george diaz is the section chief of infectious diseases for providence regional medical center everett, just out of seattle and you, of course, treated the first coronavirus case in the u.s. so, dr. diaz, if you would explain to us a bit more about how this happened with this elderly dutch woman. >> yeah. thank you, arthel. thanks for having me. so, firstly, what we know so far is there's been about 20 cases worldwide of people that are believed to have been reinfected with coronavirus. and the way that we determine this is by looking at the original strain and then finding subsequently different strains causing infection. that's how we're currently defining someone has a reinfection to be able to tell with some certainty that there's been a reinfection. what we know is in most of these

cases the reinfection appears to be mild which suggests that people's initial infection resulted in some level of immunity and protection against a reinfection. what we don't know is whether or not the immune system response wanes over time, which is not uncommon for other viruses where the immunity may sort of taper off, or if the person didn't develop immunity in the first place. in the cause of the person -- arthel: okay, go ahead. i thought you were pausing. i'm all ears. >> yeah. in the case of the woman from the netherlands that ended up dying from her reinfection, she had a rare form of cancer, had been receiving chemotherapy, and so her immune system was very abnormal to begin with. and it seems likely that she probably did not develop immunity in the first, with the first infection. and so when she developed a reinfection, she was essentially like someone who had never had a first round of coronavirus infection, so she was highly at

risk for developing the new infection. and the absence of her immune system likely contributed to her demise. arkansas so you mentioned there were -- arthel: so you mentioned there were 20 cases worldwide of people who have gotten reinfected. i mean, this is still very rare considering that's a low number, so are you, do you know if in each case they're reinfected by a separate strain, it's two strains involved of the krone from -- coronavirus, or are they somehow recovering from the initial strain, and then they reinfect themselves from that same strain? >> no, in these cases what we're looking for a new strain. that's the easiest way to determine if this is a new infection, if there's a new strain involved in causing infection. one of my colleagues and collaborate arers, dr. jason goldman, here in seattle found a case here in seattle as well, similar story. patient had a one strain of the virus from a prior infection months ago and then came into

the hospital seemingly with what looked like a new infection. when they looked at the strain causing the most recent infection, they found that it was different from the original strain. and so we can, with more confidence, say that this is a new infection. that's the easiest way to tell that there, in fact, is a reinfection. arthel: wow. so if this indicates that you're not necessarily immune after contracting covid-19 the first time. i mean, would this impact the research that's currently going on into developing a vaccine? >> potentially, but we think that the changes in the strawns aren't sufficient enough to make -- strains aren't sufficient enough to make vaccine work irrelevant. it's very likely, for example, that the cocktail of antibodies targets different sites on the virus. so it would be difficult for the virus to mutate enough to make those antibody cocktails ineffective. and similarly, we're still very

hopeful the vaccine work will be able to provide oil moonty against -- provide immunity against the predominant strains. we do see changes over time, so, for example, influenza virus, we have yearly vaccines because of changes over time. so it's certainly possible that the corona vaccine may need to be modified from year the year based on strains that emerge. arthel: so in wrapping up, dr. diaz, we said that you were, you treated the very first coronavirus patient in the country. that was in the winter. is so how much have you learned about coronavirus since then, and are you -- do you remain in yaw of this virus? in awe of this virus? >> it are remains a serious viral infection. we still see death, we still see patients in the icu suffering from severe infection despite advances in treatment. we do have, thankfully, significant advances in treatments, specifically with

remdesivir and steroids, a few of them, a lot of different other treatments as well. we have made some potential progress, but we're certainly not there. and most importantly, it's important for people to continue to do things that we know will help such as wearing masks and socially distancing going forward. that's our sort of best defense until we have a good vaccine. arthel: dr. george diaz, thank you very much for joining us. take care. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: stay safe. eric. eric: it's getting worse in europe. a big coronavirus spike there. i why some world leaders are now taking drastic actions to try and stop that spread. ♪ muck. ♪ ♪ achievable steps along the way... ...so we can spend a bit now, knowing we're prepared for the future. surprise! we renovated the guest room, so you can live with us. oooh, well... i'm good at my condo. oh. i love her condo.

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♪ ♪ eric: well, our country is not the only place seeing a surge in coronavirus infections. about 20 million people in france spent last night under a curfew because of a rise in cases there. and italy's government talking about a 10 p.m. curfew imposing on bars to stop a new spike. meanwhile, israel now easing some covid-19 restrictions in its second lockdown. trey yingst live in jerusalem for us where that second lockdown seen to be a facing some problems. hi, trey. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon. europe largely started to reopen

after beating the first wave of covid-19. now a second wave of the virus threatening to overwhelm medical systems across the region. the country of france does stand out on a list of countries that are fighting off new infection spikings. french officials confirmed more than 32,000 new coronavirus cases yesterday alone. a curfew did go into place this weekend affecting 20 million people in paris and eight other cities. this didn't stop less kents -- residents from getting in one last drink or meal. >> translator: i can see why it would be really tough for restaurant owners. i'm the first person to feel sorry for them. but there comes a point where you have to strike a balance between public health and the health of the economy, and i think we're trying to do our best. it's not easy for everyone. >> reporter: now to the united kingdom where hundreds protested new lockdown restrictions in london with more than 700,000 cases and rising numbers, british prime minister boris johnson is implementing local

lockdowns in a number of areas. a three-tiered system based on level of infection. finally in switzerland, restrictions went into place today on gatherings. masks must be worn in all a public indoor places and people may gather in groups of 15 or less. the country of just 8.6 million people does face a difficult road moving forward. eric? eric: all right, trey, in jerusalem for us, thank you. and we'll be right back.

♪ ♪ arthel: president trump and joe biden zoning in on swing states as we enter the final two weeks of the 2020 race. the president meeting with supporters at a private fundraiser in southern california at this hour before heading to nevada for a rally tonight in carson city. meanwhile, joe biden is firing up voters in north carolina, a state president trump won by 4 points back in 2016. hello, everyone, and welcome to another hour of "america's news headquarters." i'm arthel neville. hey, eric. eric: hi, arthel. hello, everyone, thank you for joining us, i'm eric shaun, you know, the two presidential candidates crisscrossing the country this weekend before they face off for that final time on a debate stage. that debate this thursday. president trump kicking off his week in campaign swing, he held

rallies yesterday in washington and michigan, but the night was not without some controversy. the president criticized michigan's e democratic governor gretchen whit her, and the crowd began chants of lock her up. this coming, of course, less than two weeks after the fbi i said it foiled that right-wing militia plot to kidnap the governor. both campaigns reacted to that today. we have team fox news coverage on all of this. jacqui heinrich is in durham, north carolina, but we begin with david spunt who's live in carson city, nevada, where the president will hold a rally later on tonight. david? >> reporter: hi, eric, good afternoon to you. yeah, in about three hours president trump will touch down here in carson city. this is his second time in nevada in just about 40 days. he was a little bit south of here just over a month ago, and people here have been lined up for several hours, now several thousand people getting ready to go in and see the president. he spent last night in las

vegas, about a seven hour drive south from here. but as arthel mentioned, right now he's actually in orange county, california, for a private fundraiser set to raise millions of dollars. he took the one-hour flight on air force one from las vegas spending those hours in california to raise that money. now, the election is 16 days away. in nevada, he did not win in 206. in fact, he is down right now -- 2016. he is down in nevada when it comes to polls specifically, but he took that flight and basically what we're seeing is that the number, the unemployment number is very important to people not only across the country, but very much so to people here in nevada. it is a hospitality industry. in april at the height of the pandemic, it was at about 30%, now it's at about 12.6%. the president did win michigan and wisconsin, who places that he -- two places that he went to visit this weekend in the rust belt. basically, those numbers show he

is again down in wisconsin and in michigan. open hi pondering how the next several weeks are going to go. >> if i lose, can you imagine? i will have lost to the worst candidate, the worst candidate in the history of presidential politics. if i lose, what do i do? but we're not going to lose, we're going to win. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: so after tonight's rally in carson city -- and it's really a beautiful setting, you can see these mountains behind me -- the president will remain in las vegas tonight, he'll head to tucson and prescott, arizona, for two separate rallies tomorrow, then back to the east coast. aides close to the campaign say to expect to see president trump out on the trail many, many more days until election day. don't forget that debate, as you mentioned, the first face-to-face debate with vice president joe biden, the former vice president, since their last debate that they had, this one faking place in nashville at

belmont university on thursday. he'll have to prep for that debate. eric? eric: all right, david, we'll be covering the president's rally about three hours from now right here on the fox news channel. thank you. arthel? >> working hard and we're competing like we never did before because so much at stake for this nation. the very soul of the nation at stake. folks, as my coach used to say in college, it's go time. it's the most important election in our lifetimes. arthel: and that is joe biden speaking at a get out the vote vent in durham, north carolina, today. early voting is already underway in that key battleground state, and that is why our jacqui heinrich is live in durham with the very latest. hey, jacqui. >> reporter: hey, arthel. joe biden's stop comes as polls show with a very narrow lead here in north carolina, and right after the campaign warned they need to operate like they're trailing, biden told

supporters to get out there and vote early, emphasizing access with extended hours at polling locations in every single county. people who came out toweled us that they expect -- told us that they expect north carolina will be a nail-biter on election day, and while biden has substantial support, they're still concerned some democrats will feel cushioned by national polling and not vote early a just as republicans come out in huge numbers on november 3rd. also they expressed lingering shell shock from 2016, but overall they felt optimistic. >> actually, i early voted on friday, and it was an hour wait around 4:00 which was pretty long compared to when i've voted in the past. and there were, i think, a lot of biden supporters there. trump supporters too, but i think the enthusiasm and the turnout seems to be really good for biden right now. >> reporter: biden also spoke about his plan to advance racial equity for black americans, investing in hbcus and black-owned small businesses. his messaging on criminal

justice reform is resonating with younger voters, especially those who supported bernie sanders in the primary. after this trip it it appears biden is keeping a lighter schedule ahead of the debate tapping big-name surrogates like magic johnson and pram a pa to -- president obama to carry his message. facing allegations of impropriety in "the new york post," abc news asked him no questions in the town hall replacing the second debate, but president trump is expected to go after him on this thursday, and advisers say trump will let biden answer. >> i think he's doing pretty well. actually, i early voted on friday, and it was about an hour of wait. >> reporter: we had the wrong sown bite there, but i'll summarize it for you. jason miller of the trump campaign said when he talked about style and approach, i think president trump is going to give joe biden a little more room to explain himself, specifically are on you the chairman, the big guy, and do

you support packing the court. biden said last week he's not a fan of packing the court, but he also said he's open to considering what happens depending on how these hearings go. he has pledged to make his position known on this before voting begins -- or, excuse me, before election day on november 3rd. arthel? arthel: all right, jacqui heinrich in durham, north carolina. ♪ ♪ eric: now to some developing news on capitol hill where the senate judiciary committee is planning to vote this week to subpoena twitter's see you jack door dorsey -- dorsey, accusing the social media giant of censorship for block a post from the new york post about hunter biden and his alleged business dealings. >> reporter: lawmakers appear eager to rein in the power of social media companies and big tech conglomerates, but for two different reasons. the congressional republicans and president trump are outraged

twitter blocked links to a new york post story alleging improper behavior by joe biden's son hunter. since then, twitter has allowed the story to be shared. facebook also limited circulation. this week the senate judiciary committee is going to consider whether or not to subpoena twitter's ceo over this matter, and senior republicans told maria bartiromo on "sunday morning futures" more scrutiny is needed. >> just as china's trying to influence our election, we now find that twitter and facebook are doing the exact same thing, and they should be ashamed. and the american public is outraged about this. >> reporter: president trump is also outraged with twitter even as a frequent user himself. he blasted social media platforms during a campaign rally saturday night. >> the big tech companies have become crazed. they won't let the fact that we caught anymore a total corrupt deal, they won't let the news get out. >> reporter: a new report from a house judiciary subcommittee encourages the government to do more to rein in the power of

these tech giants. the report says companies like apple and google are too much power not only with information, but with commerce. they write, quote: to put it simply, companies that were once scrappy e and challenged the status quo have become the kind of monopolies we last saw with oil barons and railroad tycoons. the head of the federal communications commission said he'll soon clarify e whoo type type -- what type of legal protections social media companies should have. arthel: as companies acted to limit the spread of the hunter biden story, both stumbled in communicating the reasons behind the decision to the public. twitter's ceo jack dorsey later admitting it was, quote, unacceptable. claudia cowan live in sausalito, california, with more on the reaction to the fallout. claudia? >> reporter: well, arthel, in fact, the media giants excuses for blocking those bombshell stories have changed. facebook canceled and,

essentially, censored the story before they even found anything wrong with it. spokesperson andy stone, a former democratic operative, said, quote: while i will intentionally not link to the new york post, i want to be clear that this story eligible to be fact checked by facebook's third-party fact-checking partners. in the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform. twitter took it a step further, banning links to the story altogether and freezing the accounts of the new york post, president trump's campaign and white house press spokesperson kayleigh mcenany. facing a backlash, ceo jack a dorsey commit admits, quote: straight block of urls was wrong, and we updated our policy and enforcement to pick. our goal is to attempt to add context, and now we have capabilities to do that. still, twitter refuses to unlock "the new york post"'s official account until it deletes links to its own story, telling the paper, quote: while we've updated the policy, we don't change enforcement e

retroactively. you will still need to delete the tweets to regain access to your account. conservatives see this as a continued dramatic escalation of social media bias against the right. at a free speech rally in san francisco yesterday, it was supposed to include a march to twitter headquarters but things turned violent when hundreds of antifa counter-protesters overthrew police barricades and berated and attacked demonstrators. the organizer of the rally was punched in the face and lost two teeth. police were overwhelmed. this officer is rinsing off his face after being pepper sprayed. three police officers were injured, arthel, no arrests have been made. back to you. arthel: claudia cowan live in sausalito, california. thank you. eric? ♪ ♪ eric: arthel, prosecutors have released chilling new images and video on what they say was a plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitermer, surveilling the governor's vacation home and

practicing to rapidly reload a firearm. at his michigan rally yesterday, president trump urged governor whit her to loosen coronavirus restrictions, and when the crowd started chanting lock her up, he said lock 'em all up. the governor called out the president for that rhetoric. >> ten days after a not to kick me -- plot to kick me out, put me on trial and execute me, ten days after that was uncovered, the president is at it again and inspiring andnyizing and inciting -- incentivizing and inciting this kind of domestic terrorism. it is wrong. it's got to end. eric: 14 people face various domestic terrorist charges in that plot. some of them are members of a far-right militia group, says the fbi. five of those suspects now being held without bond awaiting the presentation of that case to a grand jury. and as we just reported, the fallout continues from the hunter biden story and the way twitter and facebook handled it.

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♪ the media has become crazed, and the big tech companies have become crazed. they won't let the fact that we caught him in a total corrupt deal, they won't let the news get out. >> we know that this whole smear on joe biden comes from the kremlin. that's been clear for well e over a year now, that they've been pushing this false narrative about the vice president and his son. eric: those are two contrasting views of the hunter biden business saga. now the fbi, we're told, has seized the laptop that is said to be central to it. it's an unverified new york post story about biden and his alleged business dealings overseas, investigating whether or not the e-mails could be linked to a foreign intelligence operation, specifically russia. the owner of the shop in delaware where the computer was allegedly left for repairs tells fox news that he, quote, can't be 100% sure that it was hunter

biden who did drop it off for repairs. associate editor of "the wall street journal" -- [inaudible] joins us now. so the president, as we heard and his allies, they've been slamming hunter and his father, the former vice president, though, calls the story -- like we heard from adam schiff -- a smear campaign. john, did hunter biden do anything wrong? did hunter biden, as far as we know publicly, violate u.s. law? >> no, he might have had a bad bit of judgment taking a job with a foreign company at the time that his father was vice president. kind of -- okay, the optics aren't marley good. but this latest -- particularly good. but this latest story, i think that you framed it just right, eric. it's an unverified story. "the new york post" has printed this story. everybody else has chased it, has not been able to verify the e-mails. the shop owner changing his

story. the material was provided to the new york post in part through rudy giuliani who's been out looking for, or you know, dirt on the bidens. and the president, "the washington post"9 and the new york times have written stories about the fact that the president was warned that operatives in queue crane with connections -- in ukraine with connections to russian intelligence were feeding information to giuliani and that he should be careful about any information that he got from mr. giuliani as a result of the russian interference. and, apparently, the president in the summertime shrugged off the warnings. so, you know, is this just another disinformation campaign by the russians, you know, meant to sully the bidens a few weeks before the election, you know? lots of eyebrows are up over this one, eric. eric: yeah. let me focus in on, you know, mayor giuliani says that there's a 50/50 chance, according to the daily beast, that his contact

who he's been working with, a ukrainian lawmakers is a russian spy. the ap says, quote, andre -- a ukrainian parliamentarian who is one of giuliani's principal contacts was mentioned and described as a concerted russian effort to disparage biden. a treasury department sanction announcement from last month characterized him as an active russian agent for over a decade. here's the former mayor on friday talking about all this. >> first of all, they never warned me of that, and i'm an american citizen. one would think if i were dealing with some kind of an, ooh, agent, this or that, someone would have warned me. i have never heard of that before, and i think this may be another one of our, you know, intelligence things like holding brennan -- eric: so i don't know, you know, if any of this is true, how do we know what's on the laptop,

how to we know as the former mayor alleges the family's funneling money to big joe, and it's all some type of payoff operation? >> a couple of weeks before an election, and to keep that in mind, this is the sort of thing that can happen. and, again, the national security adviser to the president warned him that russian operatives were feeding information to mr. giuliani. so, you know, this is one story, it hasn't been verified by anybody else. it might be, as an old boss of mine used to refer to it, a permanent exclusive. we'll have to see. vice president biden has said that, you know, the story is false. the election moves on. and i think at the end of the day, eric, that this is, again, a couple of weeks before the election when, you know, roughly 20 million americans have already are voted, you know, hundreds of thousands more are voting as we speak over the next

few days in advance of the election, and the coronavirus is by far the biggest issue on the table. this is kind of feels hike a deflection, you know, an effort to deflect attention from the mismanagement of the coronavirus, the fact that cases are going up dramatically again across the country, hospitalizations are going up, the economy is back on its heels, people are out of jobs, they're worried about their kids' health going to school. those are the issues that are foremost in the electorate's mind. and something about ukraine written about one newspaper that nobody else has been able to verify, i think it just cupid of -- i think it -- kind of, i think the it recedes. and after the election you probably don't hear anything about it. eric: well, you know, i think the republicans may try to keep it going. this also raises another issue on presidential families. remember billy carter? he was allegedly paid $2 million

by the libyans, you know, to say that ivanka has trademarks in china, jared curb you should near's family -- jared kushner's family real estate firm partly funded by a qatari investment group. what does this say about presidential families? should -- are there any restrictions? and, of course, this all happened allegedly before, you know, i mean, vice president biden was the vice, not the president. what do you do with the family? [inaudible conversations] >> that's the question. and i think, you know, families can be a huge asset to a candidate. they can be a problem also. the president's family and kids doing business while the president is president. and ivanka getting trademarks in china, you know, this is all problematic for a president. i think the bigger issue here, eric, that's going to come out of this, you know, as a part of a larger conversation, this is

just one tiny chapter in a larger conversation, is how does social media deal with these issues that they feel they have to insert themselves into because they are concerned the information is false, and they don't want false information circumstancelatedded on the web. circulated on the web. so they hutch it up, and they try to ins grate efforts to keep it from being circulated, and that curtailing information flow? you know, these are kind of bigger issues that congress is going to be very interested in dealing with particularly since they're already concerned from an antitrust standpoint that the facebooks, apples, googles, twitters even are too powerful and affect pluck opinion too easily and quash competition too easily. so this, you know, in an odd way is a tiny sort of injection of steroids into that conversation more than anything else. eric: and, you know, jack dorsey

sitting in the witness seat perhaps next friday in the senate judiciary committee is going to be asked a lot about that. john bussey with the washington journal, always good to see you. >> my pleasure. arthel: nypd retimes showing a dramatic increase. the union for the largest police force in the nation says the 87% spike in exits fueled by pressure to, quote, defund the police. a big loss for the nypd is chief of patrol. he oversees the largest and most visible united patrol called the patrol services bureau. let's go to alex hogan live in new york city with more on this story. hi, alex. >> reporter: hi, arthel. the nypd says that it understands that retiring a very personal decision, but it still says that these numbers are troubling. this year 87% more nypd officers have stepped down. that means 2,000 people either

retire or submitted their retirement papers in 2020. new york saw a summer of protests calling for police reform. the city cut $1 billion from the budge. according to police, the cut means there's no current chat in training so few erica debts to fill these newly-vacant seats. commissioner shea says it stems from a lack of support, financial burden and increased crime. >> this defunding movement at a time when we know that crime generally takes an upward trajectory in the summer, has been a double whammy where you have now increased a -- attrition, and the attrition is, you know, growing. >> reporter: according to the city, as of last week murders this year compared to last year are up 34%. shootings increased by about 90%. shooting victims are up nearly 99%. critics say many of these nypd

officers would have retired anyway. some officers say it's all because of their pension which is based on their last year's salary average. this year's incentive to leave now, others want to leave because budgetary cuts are affecting yo time, and they don't want their average to drop. among those to step off is the chief of patrol. the 43-year-old oversees more than 24,000 officers. he resigned tuesday after disagreements with the mayor according to some nypd sources. now, as more of these officers are leaving, there is still calls for greater police reform. so as a result of that, the nypd will be holding listening is sessions to commune caught with the public to improve their community relations. arthel? arthel: all right. alex hogan live in new york city, thank you. eric? eric: congress making a final push to try and pass another stimulus bill before election day. but, you know, the leaders of

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eric: it's time for a look at some ofr fox news headlines. president trump swinging through the southwest today, a attending a private fundraiser in california at this hour. and later on he'll hold a rally in nevada tonight before heading to arizona tomorrow. we will cover that live. meantime, democratic nominee joe biden made a campaign stop in north carolina urging peopling to vote early. former president barack obama will start stumping on the campaign trail starting this wednesday. seven people were injured including four children during a drive-by shooting in arizona last night. police say shots were fired during an event in a phoenix suburb. no arrests yet. carnival cruise ship rescuing two dozen people off the coast of florida.

the smaller boat came under distress about 37 mules out from palm beach -- miles. they say the 24 people who were rescued were of various nationalities and included two children. no passengers were onboard that cruise ship. >> if you don't get that agreement in the 48-hour deadline, what happens? >> well, here's the thing, it only relates to if we want to get it done before the election, which we do. we have to freeze the design on some of these things, are we going with it or not, and what is the language. i'm optimistic. arthel: and that is house speaker nancy pelosi setting a deadline on any hope for congress to approve a stimulus deal before election day. meanwhile, senate majority leader mitch mcconnells has set a vote for wednesday on a $500 billion covid financial relief measure which he calls skinny. how close is washington to final using a coronavirus bill? let's bring in iowa knee that kumar, mutt coe's white house correspondent -- politico 's

white house correspondent and associate editor: all right, listen, senator mcconnell is offering ash doctor 500 billion coronavirus relief package that would provide funds to exband unemployment benefits -- expand unemployment benefits, another round of the paycheck protection program, financial aid to schools and funding for testing and contact tracing. speaker pelosi and treasury secretary steve mnuchin, as you know, they're currently in talks. so if the two don't come up with anything different, can the peeker afford to turn down the -- is the speaker afford to ton down the current deal? >> i don't think it's likely it's going the pass the house anyway because she -- house speaker nancy pelosi's already said time and time again she's not going to be willing to go for that. this is pretty much the same bill, the same proposal they had earlier, and she's already rejected that. she said it just doesn't go far enough and doesn't address a lot of the needs. is so i think it's unlikely to get past the senate. arthel: a so expond on some of

the bobss. >> there are so many, and it changes every day. really the white house and the house democrats do seem to be getting close to some things, but they still disagree on some of those specific policies in the bill. so their number is getting closer, how much they're looking at spending is getting closer, but they still fundamentally disagree on how much should go to states and localities. that's been one of the biggest sticking points from the very beginning. they also disagree about liability, you know, should the businesses, you know, is have protections when people come in there and get coronavirus. that's one of the biggest issues. but even if the two sides agree -- and that's a big if at this point -- senate republicans just do not want to spend that much money. they have said that from the very beginning. senate leader membership mcconnell said that just recently. -- mitch mcconnell. so i find it hard to believe that they would change that. they would feel they would lose

their base. conservatives tonight want to spend that much. they're worried about federal government spend, so it seems like that's really where the obstacle is. arthel: a i mean, they've spent a lot of money, for sure, and i can understand why they are not trying to spend even more money than necessary, but people are hurting. americans are hurting. so i don't know that there are a lot of people, the ones who are hurting and are close to losing their livelihoods and don't have food on their a table or maybe being put out of their homes, i don't know that they're look agent9 the federal deficit at the moment. they're looking at the their own deficits in their accounts. so wouldn't that be a consideration, if they're looking at a base or how it's going to affect voters? >> yeah, i mean, it's a great point. and that ooh a's, i think, why we're seeing two weeks and a couple days out from this election both sides still sitting down and trying to negotiate. it's incredible that they're this close to an election and still trying to do this, and that's exactly what you're saying.

this pressure that they're feeling back in their districts and their states to get something done, you know, some of these voters and americans don't care if it's democrats or republicans, they just want washington to do something. they're kind of sick of the whole thing. they are feeling that pressure back at home which is why we're seeing them sitting down and talking, treasury secretary mnuchin and the speaker are supposed the talk again tomorrow, so we'll see if they come up with something. arthel: both of us, i'm speaking for you with, just for the sake of the people. we don't want to see fellow americans suffering. let me wrap really quickly with you, anita, because, you know, senator mcdonnell was looking to get this coronavirus stimulus light package passed and then move on to confirm judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. so, you know, kind of to give them a one-two punch that could play out in the favor of president trump and the republicans on the ballot. but if that doesn't happen, you know, if the stimulus package

doesn't happen, do you think mcconnell will move on to the barrett vote? >> i do think -- yes, i do think so. they have been full steam ahead. it's only been a month since ruth ruth bader burg dies, but they are -- ginsburg died, but they have the votes, and they want that win before, you know, the election which is in two weeks. so i think both the white house and the senate are moving really forcefully ahead on that. think you'll see both of those votes this week. arthel: wow. all right. well, maybe i'll talk to you next weekend, anita kumar from politico. take care, thanks. eric? eric: as coronavirus cases get worse around the country, officials say the pandemic is likely to get much worse as we head into the winter. coming up, how you and your family can adapt as we begin the colder months. ♪ ♪ with liberty mutual, so they only pay for what they need.

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♪ ♪ >> cases are increasing, and we're seeing this happen because we're i e -- getting colder weather and losing that natural social distancing that happens from being out of doors. and people are getting tired. the american people have given so much. we're seeing mitigation fatigue. my message to the american people, please, practice those three ws, wash your hands, watch your distance, wear your face coverings when you can't watch your difference. eric: health and human services is secretary alex azar with a dire warning as we approach the colder months in the nation, now seeing an increase in coronavirus cases. there have so far been more than 8 million infections in our country. 219,000 deaths, that number expected to continue to go up through the winter. up thursday our nation reported the biggest spike since august, more than 60,000 new cases, breaking the previous 50,000. 36,000 hospitalizations in just

one day. dr. janette nesheiwat, fox news medical corrupter, family and emergency medicine doctor, joins us now. some states are running out of icu beds, some patients being moved across statelines to other -- state lines to other hospitals because they're a packed to the gills. in north dakota, the statehouse candidate died of covid. his name's still going to on the ballot -- to be on the ballot. what do you predict as we enter the winter and flu season? >> you know, it could get worse if we don't comply with preventative measures. it's so important as we go back to cool and back to work, as we enter the cold weather seasons, as people aren't traveling and we remember this is a highly contagious virus, if we don't comply with cdc guidelines, we're going to continue to see increased rates of disease, hospital admissions and potentially for some people even fatalities. that's why right now it is critical more than ever to heed

the guidelines so that in certain areas where we're seeing these outbreaks, these surges, that we can regain control and maintain control of these areas where we're seeing the spikes. very important to do because the key is making sure that we don't overwhelm and overburden the hospitals, or make sure that we don't stretch health care workers thin. very important because we're limited, you know in certain areas of the country we're limited on supplies, we're limited on testing, but if we can just adhere to these simple cdc guidelines -- wearing your mask, physical instancing, social distancing, hand washing, getting your through shot -- we can get control over this aberrant disease. everything e erik what do you say to people, we've seen events where they don't wear masks and social distance. you've got president trump holding rallies, he was out there yesterday and today, and, you know, a lot of people stand next to each other at some of these events like the white house rose garden event, you've got -- this is what's

interesting. we have been was tested, they tested negative. but just because you test negative doesn't mean that you're not infected. can you explain that? >> sure. the tests that we have are highly sensitive and specific, but they're not 100%. there's really no test that's 100%. so it's important to know your rusk. take extra precaution, protect yourself. yes, it's true that none of these tests are 100%, but if you're in a high risk lawyer, protect yourself. if you're outdoor, the risk of transmission is slightly decreased but not 100%, so you want to keep at least 6-10 feet from other people even if you are outdoors and do the best you can to wear your max. there are studies that show masks could potentially save up to 30,000 lives every single month and predicting 300,000 deaths by december, it's critical now to make sure that we comply with what we know can help fight this disease. we have lots of tools, lots of

knowledge that we didn't have seven, eight months ago, so important that a we don't let our guard down, that we don't redepress because, you know, when we enter the flu season, cold winter, your immune system could potentially become more compromised, and that's why it's so important to protect our loved ones and take care of your body with. get plenty of sleep. don't smoke. if you have diabetes, make sure your blood sugar's under control. if you have high blood pressure, make sure you're compliant with your medications, that way we can keep our immune systems strengthened until we get a vaccine hope flu just around the corner. eric: yeah, hopefully we'll get it soon. look, thanksgiving is coming, you know, a lot of -- we're going to have virtual thanksgivings or something, you know? what is your advice about families, you know, with your family you think everything's fine. but if some come from out of state or other areas, i mean, you just don't know. what do we do about it? and christmas right after that.

how do we deal with that during this winter or? and certainly, get your flu shot. >> yeah. definitely, again, if you're in a high risk group, you need to take extra precaution. if you're traveling, of course, wear your mask. yes, get tested, that's very important. but a if you're celebrating thanksgiving or kris within your family, within your bubble, that's a different story. but if you have people who are traveling out and about and potentially could bring the virus home, then we have to take extra precautions because it could spread from one person to another, especially if that person who's been traveling and bringing it home to family is asymptomatic. it could still spread even if you are awe symptomatic. you know that? we've got to live our lives. it's important to make sure we take all the necessary precautions, but the mental and emotional and the the met call impacts of not celebrating the holidays with families and loved ones and having a lockdown can be more detrimental than the

virus itself. i think the best thing we can do, follow the cdc guidelines, know your risk, take precautions, take care of yourself. if you feel like you were exposed, get tested. we have the ability to gain control of this virus, it's just a matter of being compliant. we've got strategic surveillance capabilities today that we didn't have months ago. eric: yeah. you do not want to get this. >> yeah. eric: you need to do whatever you cannot to get this virus that is going to be with us, sadly, for some time. dr. janette nesheiwat, we'll have to have a different type of holiday season, i'm afraid. arthel: that's really good advice, man. wear the mask, people, wear the mask. anyway, the pandemic also affecting how americans celebrate halloween. hear why one california city won't be welcoming trick or treaters this year. ♪ ♪

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and churn. mario ramirez from fox 11 in los angeles has the story. >> reporter: the city of beverly hills plans on citing trick or treat violaters. this traditionally is one of the most popular areas to get candy, but this year people in the neighborhood this morning say it's understandable. >> it'll be okay. everybody be cool and relax. we'll get through it. if we miss one halloween, stay at home and have your halloween at home. you know, it's not the end of the world. >> reporter: try telling that to the kids. this emergency ordinance approved by the city council bans both car to car and house to house trick or treating. it also prohibits giving candy or halloween treats or toys to anyone outside your household. >> safety measures should be taken to insure that, you know, everyone across the board safe. >> as far as government, you know, i think they're trying to protect us, so i concur with them, i agree. >> reporter: to deter crowds, the city of beverly hills also

announced several street closures including where this halloween attraction sits. it's been here for decades. >> in 2021 the witch is back. halloween generates between 4-5,000 people annually at the witch's house. it's been known for that for many years. >> reporter: there are several options for safe and socially-distanced halloween events like in woodland hills. knott's berry farm is hosting its taste of halloween through weekends. >> our plans are staying in. we are social distanced to the max. so we will be carving pumpkins in the apartment. >> reporter: as for l.a. county, trick or treating is technically not banned, but it is strongly discouraged by local health official. reporting from beverly hills, mario ramirez, fox 11 news.

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