a tailgate perhaps? >> i never miss a good tailgate. right now on "america this morning," debate night in america. how the trump and biden campaigns are gearing up. and breaking overnight "the new york times" with new reporting on president trump's taxes. claiming cash from "the apprentice" rescued him. the revelations about promotional deals involving everything from double stuf oreos to domino's pizza. new accusations that senior government officials tried to downplay the risk of sending kids back to school. alarming public health experts. this as dr. anthony fauci gets candid on what he thinks about a certain presidential adviser. developing now, cyberdisruption, a major outage affecting microsoft users. 911 call centers disrupted. one of the biggest hospital chains, the target of a

cyberattack. caught on camera. police tackle president trump's former campaign manager at his home. what his wife said after calling 911. the teacher who says his tattoos got him kicked out of the classroom. best deals for national coffee day and just how much joe we're consuming these days. good tuesday morning, everyone. the first debate showdown between president trump and joe biden is just hours away. >> because of the pandemic, the audience in cleveland tonight will be much smaller than usual. the debate topics will range from their records to the economy to the coronavirus. >> but "the new york times" report on the president's taxes looms over the event. they released new details about how his finances were struggling until "the apprentice" became a hit. >> the president is defending his tax deductions as a new poll

shows him quiting an uphill battle in a key battleground state. this morning, president trump and former vice president joe biden ready to go head-to-head. >> he's a dumb guy. >> look, the people know the president's a liar. >> reporter: the rivals are preparing for their first presidential debate. biden saying he expects the gloves to come off right out of the gate. >> he will want to make it personal and get in the mosh pit. >> reporter: despite a history of improvising during major events -- >> how many hours would you say? >> a little bit of time. i'm out of the country. i don't have the luxury. >> reporter: he's been preparing extensively between recent stops. >> right here in pennsylvania. [ applause ] >> reporter: trump bringing former new jersey governor chris christie for last-minute coaching. >> what do you have to win? >> just tell the truth. >> joe biden has to stay in control. he cannot respond to everything donald trump says. >> reporter: the former vice

president heads in with a ten-point lead. biden gets a big boost from women in pennsylvania, our poll shows. a fight is under way across key battleground states, some voters saying biden needs to step up his campaigning. >> you need to see joe biden on the front lines of a protest. you need to see kamala harris on the front lines of a protest. >> reporter: in michigan one mayor says this race is just as tight in his city as it was in 2016. but says biden only needs to sways a handful of voters. >> he is different an hillary clinton was and he doesn't need to peel off a whole lot of voters here. >> reporter: one of the biggest questions, that tax bombshell released by "the new york times." >> it's inexcusable and just completely pate tently unfair. >> reporter: biden's running mate senator kamala harris reacting to the claims trump paid only $750 in taxes in 2016 and 2017. >> literally i thought someone left out the three zeros, you know, after a comma.

i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: overnight the times publishing more details on how he was able to reinvigorate his brand because of "apprentice." >> i'll counter that offer with a better one. >> reporter: including ad deals totaling at least $1 million to sell double stuf oreos and domino's pizza. he calls "the new york times'" reporting a political smear insisting he was entitled to tax deductions and pointing out he's donated his presidential salary every year to the government. the first question at tonight's debate will go to president trump. there won't be any opening statements and because of the coronavirus, there will be no handshakes. amy coney barrett begins making her rounds on capitol hill today. barrett meeting with nine republican senators including majority leader mitch mcconnell. minority leader chuck schumer

and several other democrats have decided not to meet with her. they're protesting the rush to confirm her before election day. experts say there is nothing democrats can do on their own to block her confirmation. more than 1 million people around the world have now died from the coronavirus. experts fear that number could double before a vaccine is available and breaking overnight "the new york times" reports top white house officials pressured the cdc to downplay the risk of sending kids back to school and tried to find alternate data. dr. anthony fauci is speaking candidly about news spreading disinformation and asked about the newest member of the task force dr. atlas. >> most are working together. pie differences with dr. atlas, i'm always willing to sit down and talk with him and see if we can resolve those differences. if you listen to fox news, you know, with all due respect to the fact this they do have some good reporters, some of the

things they report there are outlandish. >> reporter: atlas has do downplayed the use of face masks. the kentucky attorney general agreed to make the publ transcripts public in the breonna taylor case. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, after nearly a week of outrage over the grand jury decision not to file murder charges in the breonna taylor case -- >> release the transcripts. >> reporter: a judge ruled the hearing transcripts will be entered into the court record and made available to the public. the decision coming after one grand juror filed a lawsuit to release the transcripts. claiming the closed door proceedings were of compelling public interest. overnight kentucky's attorney general daniel cameron condemning the move releasing a statement claiming our team has an ethical obligation not to release the recording from the

grand jury proceedings adding we stand by our belief that such a release could compromise the ongoing federal investigation and could have unintended consequences such as poisoning the jury pool. taylor's family accused cameron of slowing down the case since the beginning. >> i never had faith in daniel cameron to begin with. i knew he had already chosen to be on the wrong side of the law. the moment he wanted the grand jury jury to make the decision. >> reporter: the decision comes as new police body cam video obtained by vice news shows the scene after she was killed in her apartment. in one video you see a police dog barking. officers yelling commands as taylor's boyfriend kenneth walker is arrested. >> i'll send this dog. >> reporter: in another which abc news has not independently verified ex-officer brett hankison is seen returning to her apartment after the shooting rather than being escorted away from the scene which is department policy. he appears to ask about shell

casings. on monday he pleaded not guilty to wanton endangerment for firing into a neighboring apartment. the only charges to come out of the grand jury indictment. the grand juror who filed the lawsuit wants to remain anonymous and said they felt compelled to act in a manner that promotes transparency. the advantranscripted due to be released tomorrow. the wildfires in california wine country forced nearly 80,000 people to flee their homes. the city of calistoga ordered to evacuate. more than 100 buildings destr destroyed. elsewhere, this image captures the amount of ash in the air. our kayna whitworth is in santa rosa. >> reporter: you see that fire truck. it's driving through the thick smoke. it is so thick as you watch it's almost as if the fire truck sort of disappears as it goes around the corner and seeing embers

falling from trees. >> the governor declared an emergency in the affected counties. time now for a look at your tuesday morning weather. some much needed rain moves into the northeast which is unusually dry for this time of the year. the rain will be followed by more seasonable fall temperatures and rain including some thunderstorms today from the carolinas to florida. the rest of the south will be dry. checking today's temperatures, atlanta gets to 65 degrees. it will be warm other than that in the northeast before the rain arrives. cities near the great lakes will hit 63. more heat for california today. 95 degrees in l.a., 101 in phoenix. coming up, the woman killed in a terrible accident while sleeping at the beach. also ahead, the nationwide service outage creating a big headache for people working from home during the pandemic. later, the new claim about

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back now with a tragic accident that left a woman dead on a southern california beach. police say she was sleeping on the sand and oceanside when a 50,000-pound tractor ran her over. it was part of a dredging project. a series of computer system outages affected millions. a major outage hit microsoft, 911 call centers were also disrupted. a major hospital chain suffered a cyberattack. here's abc's andrew dymburt. >> reporter: this morning, emergency calls are back on line after a surprise outage took down several 911 systems across the country. from california to pennsylvania, county emergency systems were disrupted. callers in need of help instead

got a busy signal. in redmond, washington, officials say the outage may have been linked to a microsoft systems outage that affected millions of americans working from home during the pandemic and found themselves off line when microsoft outlook and microsoft office 365 suddenly crashed. overnight hundreds yesterday. a ransomware attack giving hackers potential access to data. a major hospital chain also affected. >> they know that they're more vulnerable right now. more vulnerable than ever. the type of information you share with a hospital will be what we call pii or personal identifiable information, and that's your most personal information. >> reporter: hospitals impacted by the attack say the breach was so bad they had to shut down computers and many doctors and nurses had to

default back to pen and paper when tracking patient information but right now they say it appears as though no patient information was accessed. kenneth, mona. >> andrew, thank you. the woman accused of trying to kidnap joe montana's grandchild is due in court today. video from a neighbor shows the arrest of the woman accused of trying to snatch the 9-month-old from montana's home in malibu. police say the 39-year-old suspect snuck the house and grabbed the sleeping infant from a playpen. a struggle ensued but miss montana was able to pry the child away. the suspect later arrested nearby. a witness described that arrest. >> i guess the way i describe it is lethargic. weak and she was moving slowly. you don't have to be a superstar legendary football player to do that for your child but i think that it just shows -- maybe that shows common ground between us all. >> no word on whether the suspect targeted the house because montana lives there. coming up, the teacher who says his tattoos got him kicked out of the classroom. first, what we're learning

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checking checking the top stories president trump and joe biden face off in their first debate tonight in cleveland. they're expected to clash over the coronavirus. the supreme court and racial injustice. following the bombshell report that the president paid little to no federal income taxes for years. the "the new york times" revealed overnight how the apprentice helped the president revive his brand as a businessman. talks on an economic stimulus plan are supposed to resume today. house democrats have offered a $2 trillion package. a county in maryland agreed with a $20 million settlement for the family of a man who was shot to death while in

handcuffs. rain could be heavy from the carolinas to the while california faces a heat wave. madeline and her family are close. >> we try to get together once a week. i see my dad every day at work, so we're super close. >> when she and her husband michael found out they were expecting madeline thought her support system would be by her side. >> i'd have whoever in the room with us, we're that close. when we found out i couldn't that was hard. >> reporter: social distancing restrictions got in the way. until her family found another way. a tailgate party outside the window complete with signs.

>> say yes to the jugs was my favorite. >> reporter: a little extra support and a few laughs for everyone in the delivery room. >> all the nurses and doctors are coming in laughing who are these people? are they your family. they were loving it. >> despite michael jr. showed up three weeks early, madeline's family showed up, signs and all. >> what did it feel like to have your number one fans out there cheering you on? >> it was -- it was everything. i mean, sorry. it was so special. >> reporter: and michael sharing the advice from his own dad before the big day. >> he just told me it was going to be the best day of my life, and it was. i'll never forget it. especially with the tailgate. >> reporter: baby michael is happy and home with mom and dad who say they want to celebrate

the office a tailgate perhaps? >> i never miss a good tailgate. right now on "america this morning," debate night in america. how the trump and biden campaigns are gearing up. and breaking overnight "the new york times" with new reporting on president trump's taxes. claiming cash from "the apprentice" rescued him. the revelations about promotional deals involving everything from double stuf oreos to domino's pizza. new accusations that senior government officials tried to downplay the risk of sending kids back to school. alarming public health experts. this as dr. anthony fauci gets candid on what he thinks about a certain presidential adviser. developing now, cyberdisruption, a major outage affecting microsoft users. 911 call centers disrupted. one of the biggest