as the clouds are more widespread. you can see the thick fog across the north bay with the most dangerous visibility around n a napa, american canyon and vallejo right now. it will be a slow go for sunshine today. look at the flags on the ferry building. there is a stronger sea breeze. we start off in the 50s, that's no different. we stay in the 50s at the coast. cloud cover at noon, 54 to 74. 70 to 80 around 4:00. it is your voice your vote tonight the american people will witness a highly anticipated showdown between vice president mike pence and his democratic rival kamala harris. this comes as president trump continues to be treated for covid-19. jobina is at the live desk with the extra safety measures in place. >> reporter: a lot of people are looking forward to tonight. this will be the only debate between the vice presidential

candidates. here are some safety measures they both agreed to. they will stand 12 feet apart between a plexiglass barrier. kamala harris' camp wanted that, mike pence agreed to it. >> what we saw in cleveland was the trump campaign recklessly disregarded the rules that were set forth that they agreed to. we were sitting in the debate hall with masks on. there wasn't one trump official with a mask on. you're putting people in harm's way. >> both pence and harris have been getting tested for coronavirus regularly. the latest results show both are negative. you can watch the debate between vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris at 6:00 right here on abc7. >> thank you. the covid-19 outbreak is

continuing to spread at the white house. as of this morning at least 24 people who have been at the white house in recent weeks have tested positive. the latest man is top aide to the president, steven miller. he is now self-isolating. president trump is still getting treated for covid-19 after he was discharged from walter reed medical center on monday. his physician says his vitals are stable. president trump says he is open to restarting the negotiations on a second coronavirus relief package. on twitter late last night he said he will sign a bill that sends out another round of $1,200 checks. earlier yesterday he said he was calling off the talks until after the election and that caused the stock market to tank. this morning students in several bay area school districts are getting ready for another day of in-person learning. top state health officials say they are not seeing increased signs of spread of coronavirus. education is one area we're focused on as we work to

building a better bay area during this pandemic. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more on this. amy? >> there are ten schools here in the east bay that are open for in-person learning. private schools like this one, san ramon christian academy. they've been open for about a month. we've seen schools open in the north bay, larkspur opened this week, in the south bay, sunnyvale reopened. they all went first and according to health officials they're not seeing problems from school openings. the state's top health official say it is encouraging to see the hard work to keep schools safe from the spread of covid-19 is paying off. >> we have not seen a connection between increased transmission and school reopening or in-person learning. we're asking that question constantly. looking at the information to see if there is a connection. so far we have not found one.

>> 32 of california's 58 counties are cleared to open in-person learning but it's up to the county. there is also a waiver process schools can request a waiver to open. that is what some of these private schools have done in the east bay. the state's health official did say it can take some time before they see trends, but overall it's looking good so far. the schools are doing a good job. reporting live in danville, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> great to hear that. thank you. if you ever want to see how close your county is to the next step of reopening, we put together this interactive guide and it shows you what's open and the data for where each county should belong. it's on our website, abc7news.com and on your free abc7 news app. vta's new transit tracker fit for the age of covid-19. what its brand-new app will be telling you about other passengers before you even step

on board. there's no question with all the smoke and whatnot it was time to leave. napa county newlyweds sharing their story of survival. the priceless possessions they were able to save from the glass fire and the optimistic attitude about their future together. and yesterday we had temperatures average to 10 degrees warmer than average. look at today, we're average to nearly 8 degrees below average. even cooler weather on the way with just a promise of

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all right. i want to talk about fire conditions up in the north bay. while the winds continue to be a nonfactor, this is as dry as i've seen it. last hour we had 6% relative humidity, now we have 7%. the temperatures about 73 degrees. those are going to reverse course as we head throughout the next couple of days. humidity levels jumping up into the 60% and 70% range, which is fantastic. look at those temperatures dropping down into the upper 60s to low 70s. we get an offshore breeze starting sunday. you can see the warming trend on the way. right now the offshore breeze is below critical fire conditions. so here's a look at what's going on with the temperatures.

mid to upper 50s through most of the try valley. few 60s on highway 4. 40s up in the north bay. the activity planner today, watch out, it's a spare the air day once again. jobina? >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. i am following a crash in emeryville. it's involving two cars, speeds down to about 18 miles per hour in the area. this is westbound 80 before ashby. i want to bring in our live camera in emeryville to see if it's impacting traffic in this area. they called an ambulance to the scene. you're seeing that live picture that left us, loads of headlights making their way towards the maze. also this morning, i want to check in briefly on the toll plaza for anyone making their way into san francisco this morning. vta has a new app for passengers

to use. the transit app has realtime features so you know how full the next bus will be. they have had this on popular routes. vta said they had to operate drop-off only modes on some parts of the routes because of policy. just ahead, the one bay area city discussing how and if they should defund its police department. and if you think you're tired of the song, you should talk to some inmates. how they say they're basically tortured by "baby shark."

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traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. that's why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. new at 6:00, a new treatment for patients dealing with moderate cases of covid-19. jobina fortson has more on this announcement from eli lilly.

jobina? >> yes. eli lilly says it has been developing potential antibody treatments for covid-19 patients over the last several months and the company announced it submitted a request to the fda to give emergency use authorization for monotherapy treatment and they're working on combination therapy to treat covid-19. this could benefit patients with mild to moderate symptoms. the company plans to launch a larger study this month and will release more information about all of this later this morning. we're hearing incredible stories of survival from the glass fire including these two newlyweds. 100-year-old howard and his new bride, joanne, they evacuated with their two dogs. they took with them howard's priceless war medals from his career as a u.s. army air corps captain during world war ii. howard and joanne met two years ago when he hired her to compile a book about his military

career. they recently tied the knot but sadly their home burned in the class fire. >> the important thing is we have each other. the important thing is i have the memories that will never go away. and couldn't ask for more than that. >> it's time for a new adventure. i'm lucky to have howard. he's a rock. >> that's such a good reminder to stay positive. the couple says they are looking forward to rebuilding a new home on the same lot. >> we wish them luck. you shouldn't need one but just in case you want extra incentive to vote, uber eats is deploying food trucks to voting sites across the country. they're teaming up with the pizza to the polls organization to deploy more than 180 food trucks to polling places that have long lines. they'll do this from october 24th through election day. you can report a long line on

the pizza to the polls website. i can see some people doing that and not necessarily being honest about the lines. we'll skip past that. just a reminder, you can still mail your vote from home before that. november 3rd is when voting ends. that's not when voting begins. two to abc7news.com/election for an easy guide on how to vote. >> i got my ballot in the mail. >> me, too. >> you mean you already sent it? >> no, friend, i'm not on that on it. i have to go to our website, looking at all the propositions. >> mm-hmm. >> i have to take my time. i was just excited i got it in the mail. >> i was, too. i want to remind everybody you can still vote in person, if you do so, since you have those ballots now at your homes, take it to the polling place when you go and do that. they will exchange it for a ballot so that you can vote in person. >> hmm.

interesting. >> a little tip from me to you. >> appreciate that. mine are sitting over there just waiting to be opened up and as couple mentioned read and gone through. if my polling place doesn't have a pizza truck, can i go somewhere else? you know you can't. here's what's going on from the exploratorium. it's 54 degrees and cloudy. possibility of a little mist hanging in there. foggy in some areas. the cooling trend we've been promising begins today. unhealthy air possible across the north bay. still a chance of rain and storms, it is fading. there's still a chance. we'll keep it a 1 on the storm impact scale. warming offshore winds begin sunday. enjoy the cooling trend while we have it. mid to upper 70s through the south bay today. head up the peninsula, we start in the 70s. we end up in the mid to upper 60s for san mateo and millbrae.

58 and 60 along the coast. low to mid 60s with limited sunshine in downtown and south san francisco, sausalito about 65. 58 in bodega bay. look at the 60s in richmond, berkeley, oakland, hayward, san leandro. everyone else around 70 to 73. our inland east bay neighborhoods, 77 to 85 degrees. tonight, you can see a little green out there. that's the possibility of patchy drizzle. look at those clouds, all that gray out there. even more widespread this morning. deepest north bay valleys in the 40s, the rest of us in the low to upper 50s. my accuweather seven-day forecast, we get rid of the 90s today. 80s absent tomorrow, friday, saturday. they come back sunday. they spread all the way to the bay by tuesday when it gets to be quite warm. friday and saturday the best chance of rain. it's not going to be much

unfortunately. >> thank you. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 on abc7. >> here's ginger zee with a look at what's ahead. >> coming up on "gma," the white house coronavirus outbreak is growing to at least 24 people as president trump continues to downplay the seriousness of the virus. we're hours away from the debate showdown in salt lake city between vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris. there's also questions about the vice president's health. the latest on all of that coming up on "gma." coming up new at 6:00, some former jail employees in oklahoma are facing criminal charges accused of using the "baby shark" song as punishment. okay. listen to this story. according to court records the popular children's song was played on repeat while some of the inmates were forced to listen to it at high valium for hours. two of the detention officers under investigation say it was a joke. the oklahoma county district

attorney is not laughing. he said playing the song "baby shark" on repeat put undue emotional stress on the inmates who were most likely already suffering from being handcuffed to the wall. that escalated quickly. >> it certainly did. coming up next, some doggy doubt. the new research showing why your dog may not be excited to see your face. it happens. as you get your day started,

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here's a live look this morning from the shores of mississippi as hurricane delta is making landfall on the yucatan peninsula as a category 3 and now dropping down to a category 2 storm. it's expected to bring life threatening storm surges and winds of 115 miles per hour. officials in cancun moved more than 30,000 people from hotels along the coast to inland shelters including these guests now at the hard rock riviera ra

maya ballroom. not bad considering it's a hurricane, feel bad for those folks. masks, the quarantine and everything. winds are gusting to 114 after slamming cancun with 130-mile-per-hour winds initially. more than 8 inches of rain at least as it moves through louisiana, gusts up to 140 miles per hour. ten-foot coastal surge and extreme risk of loss of life and property. if you're a tabasco fan, they'll halt production. this is avery island, that's where tabasco is made and they could take a direct hit from the hurricane. happening today, registered nurses at alameda hospital and san leandro hospital will begin a five-day unfair labor practices strike.

they'll start picketing at 7:00. the california nurses association says the nurses have concerns over patient safety during the covid-19 pandemic. hospital officials say quality care will continue during the strike. the vallejo city council is discussing defunding the police department. numerous council members weighed in in a discussion that went out for hours last night. one of them asked thif the city moved forward with the emergency declaration, how it would work. the city attorney said it would be more difficult than it sounds. >> that would have to be something that would be done over a long period of time. i don't think it's something you could do overnight. it would be a large undertaking it would require the expenditure of funds. >> he added there is also the potential that the city could face a lawsuit from the police union if it does move to defund the police department. if you think your dog is excited to see your face, you are probably wrong. researchers have found out while dogs are excited to see you,

their brains are not hard wired to focus on faces. in fact, they can't even distinguish between the front or the back of a head. so dogs brains instead are focused on determining whether they're seeing another dog or human. and then signals like scent are important or more important than faces. >> upon further review, it does hurt my feelings a little bit that my dog can't tell the difference between my face and the back of my head. >> it is a little rude. >> that's very rude. i feed this dog. >> every day. you baked him cupcakes on his birthday. >> thank you for remembering. >> that's okay. he loves you. coming up next at 6:30 -- >> sonoma county, the only bay area county still in the purple tier when it comes to reopening the economy and they might be stuck there for quite some time if they don't improve in the new equity metric that the state is introducing.

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hi, everybody. let's open up the weather window on the exploratorium camera. you can see the mist hanging in the air. low clouds are dominating more of our neighborhoods this morning and the cleanmoderate, us to breathe. there is a chance it could turn sour, so we're under the spare the air day again today. in napa county and vallejo we're seeing dangerously low visible. the low clouds will hang around longer today as the sea breeze is more stout. that's why temperatures will drop today from average to below average after being above average yesterday. check out that 58 at half moon bay. 62 in san francisco. a lot of 60s around the bay. 70s in the south bay and north bay. reggie? >> mike, thank you. as california reopens its economy, state health officials are now implementing a new health equity requirement. the goal is to bring down

covid-19 rates in disadvantaged communities hardest hit by the pandemic. abc7 news reporter julian glover has reaction leaders in one county that is failing. julian? >> good morning. yeah. we're talking about sonoma county where the supervisor says they made progress but they're not out of the woods yet. this new equity metric is a way to incentivize dedicating more resources to help the communities most impacted by covid-19. but this could also affect some reopening plans. the goal is to get counties to focus on zip codes disproportionately affected by the virus including black, latino and pacific islander communities and provide contact tracing and community outreach to get test positivity rates dwn in those areas. some counties like sonoma are falling behind in this equity metric, not doing enough to help those communities and that could prevent the county from moving

to less restrictive tiers, which means it could take longer for the county to reopen its county and getting people back to work. >> with the fires, labor day, the tourist economy that we have. >> again, sonoma county supervisor david rabbit there talking about the things contributing to them having a tough time lowering that metric. santa clara county is in the bay area and they are meeting the new equity metric investing time and money into outreach. for example, in east san jose, a santa clara outreach team spent tuesday going door to door educating the public to educate how they could stop the spread of the coronavirus. it is important to know that counties and communities cannot slide backwards into a more restrictive tier solely because of that equity metric but they could be held in the same place for longer than they intended to be there, meaningless businesses would be open, which is bad news for

smo sonoma county, the only county still in the purple, the most restrictive tier. reporting live, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. your vote your vote. tonight is the vice presidential debate. you can tune in tonight at 7:00 for the start of that debate. a live view at the university of utah and the debate hall. pence and harris are expected to clash on a number of issues including how the trump administration is handling the covid-19 pandemic. >> the biggest thing to be candid with you is to be prepared for what is i think very likely to be a series of untruths. >> we're looking very much forward to the vice presidential debate. the stakes in this election have never been higher. the choice has never been clearer. >> before they even get on the

debate stage there is already a debate about what to do with coronavirus protections. they will be 12 feet apart but there is some back and forth about plexiglass barriers. it appears both sides have agreed to use them. both candidates have been testing negative for covid-19. with the election less than four weeks away, california is seeing a surge in voter registration. 3 million more people are registered to vote tcompared to 2016. there are more than 21 million voters in california. nearly 85% of eligible people are registered. because of the pandemic all voters will receive a mail-in ballot but you can still vote in person if you want to early voting is under way currently. people in san francisco say they're taking this responsibility seriously. >> we did a trial run with the ones the state and city sent us.

we made sure we did it right. we took out our driver's license to make sure our signatures matched. here we are. >> at the alameda county courthouse voters check in as part of health precautions everybody votes one at a time. you can still register to vote through the mail until october 19th or do it in person through election day. abc news has comprehensive information for voters. you can find out how to register to vote and get a breakdown of the statewide propositions at abc7news.com. the pandemic's affect on your pocketbook. what a new survey is saying many companies will be doing with your pay raises next year. your morning money report is next. let's look at the new york stock exchange. we're up this morning, about 325 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. first let's check in with mike for the forecast. >> good morning.

hi, everybody. let's look at what's going on in the south bay. neighborhood temperatures, mid to upper 50s under cloudy conditions. head up into the hills, still a bit of warmth left. 70 at about 1,800 feet. elsewhere we're cloudy with 45 in novato, 48 in napa. everybody else 53 to 59 out in danville. in south beach, the fog is not as privilege lent heprevalent he as it has been. if you're taking mass transit, no more hot 90s. watch out for the fog across the north bay if you're driving this morning. let's look at future friday at midnight, you can see that storm system is further to the west and falls apart as it heads towards our neighborhoods on friday. it looks like the best chance of light rain and drizzle during

the morning hours. same thing for saturday evening. this storm is becoming an inside slider and heading towards the sierra where it's cold enough at night barely to make some snow. that gives you an idea of how chilly it is. the best chance of wet weather is across portland and seattle. as you would expect this time of the year. how about us? we're looking at significantly less in the way of some rain and more likely drizzle during the morning hours. adding up to a couple hundredths of an inch, which could make it slick. so be careful if you're out there driving. the likelihood of this tamping down the fires, not quite as good as it looked before. let's get over to traffic and find out what's going on with jobina. >> hi, mike. thank you. unfortunately people that are going to be moving through berkeley and emeryville will face a big backup. let's go to the maps.

we had a crash originally on westbound 80 before ashby. we had another crash in el cerrito. showing you westbound 80 in emeryville. a lot of headlights making their way towards the maze. the good news is this is not a part of your commute but you're headed towards the bay bridge, the chp has not confirmed metering lights are on there yet. let's see how things are shaping up. it was clear around 20 minutes or so ago. check it out. yes, it is. no metering lights yet. you can expect it will jam up in about a half hour or so once those people make it through the maze and in that

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welcome back. we're taking a live look from our sutro tower cam. you can watch this camera and others from around the bay area 24/7 on our streaming app.

it's available on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and android tv. along with the cameras you can watch our newscast live and on demand. and we have information on air quality and the wildfires. let's look at san jose. cloudy and about 57 degrees. we'll use this as the back drop to talk about temperatures this morning, maybe milder. 50s out there. the 50s stay at the coast as we go from 64 to 70 from clouds to sunshine around the bay and 74 to 81 from partly cloudy to sunny inland at 4:00. everybody in the 50s and 60s. grab a coat if you're heading out. air quality could sour up in the north bay today, that's why the bay area air quality management district expanded their spare the air forecast for today and tomorrow. you can see smoke above an increasingly taller marine layer. you can see that smoke there. again thursday, my hope is that the marine layer will continue to be clean and keep us clean.

but there is that small possibility that it may get polluted. all levels of the atmosphere should be smoke free. we can breathe easily for sure come friday. we'll look at our chance of wet weather coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. one of the most important pieces in our mission to building a better area is making sure schools create the best possible learning environment for children and this pandemic forces us to keep their safety top of mind as well. this morning there's new signs that stopping covid-19 spread in schools is going better than expected. hollyfield has more on this. amy? >> there are ten schools here in the east bay that are open for in-person learning. private schools like this one, san ramon christian academy. they've been open for about a month. we've seen schools open in the north bay, larkspur opened this week, in the south bay,

sunnyvale has some schools reopened. they went first in the bay area. they have been watched carefully and health officials are saying they're not seeing any problems from the openings. the state's top health official say they are constantly looking at the data from around the state checking to see if there's a connection between cases and schools that reopened and they have not found one. >> but so far it's encouraging to see the tremendous effort and planning that communities and their schools and their staff have done to make sure that it's lower risk for students and staff alike. and we're seeing those fruits early on. i think that's encouraging for all of california. >> 32 of california's 58 counties are cleared to open in-person learning but it's up to the county to decide whether to reopen. there is also a waiver process

schools can request a waiver to reopen, that's what some have done in the east bay. as of right now officials say it could take a while for them to see trends, but as of right now it looks good. the schools are doing a good job. reporting live in danville, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. new details on the blackouts that hit california in the middle of august. a joint report from three agencies says that bad planning and the extremely hot weather triggered these. there was no single cause blamed for leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. another issue cited was the state's ongoing transition to more renewable sources. it says poor planning made california's power grid vulnerable. now to your morning money report. a new survey says many employers are still planning on giving out pay raises even though we're in a pandemic. an advisory firm conducted the survey with more than 700 u.s. companies. it found that half are sticking with normal salary hikes. about a third are cutting pay

raises, but they are not getting rid of them altogether. on average companies expect a 2.6% raise for nonexecutives. let's look at the new york stock exchange now as trading gets under way. you can see we're still up 335 points. new this morning, the nobel prize in chemistry goes to two women, one of them is a uc berkeley scientist. let's check in with jobina fortson for more on that. >> it has been. it's exciting news. cal professor, jennifer doudna teaches at uc san francisco. she won the nobel prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing. surprise, abc7 news just interviewed her in march. in our interview there. the technology is called crispr

and it can rewrite dna and has the promise of curing inherited diseases and even cancer. doudna is sharing the prize with emmanuelle charpentier. ucfs is working on a new test kit that can diagnose infection in less than an hour by using gene targeting technology. it's also been controversial. a couple years ago a chinese scientist said he used the technology to make the world's first jangenetically edited bab. >> they just won, uc berkeley did, a surprise in physics yesterday. two-in-one week. that's not bad. this is news that none of us needed. the world is mourning the death of one of the most legendary rockers of all time, eddie van halen. he can't read music. he learned to play guitar by

watching his guitar teacher's fingers. he and his brother would go on to form one of the most popular acts ever, the band van halen. david lee roth said what a long, great trip it's been. eddie van halen once told "rolling stone" magazine "i want my guitar to make people feel something." he died of cancer yesterday. he was just 65 years old. that's too young. >> yeah. he had so much left to give. his quote was he's always chasing new ways to create and express what he was feeling through music. he beat cancer one. he lost part of his tongue. he would put his picks in his mouth and he got tongue cancer because of that. he beat cancer once. this time he couldn't. you know i'm a child of the

'80s. that was my favorite band growing up. i was crushed yesterday. been spending a lot of time during the pandemic looking at their music through my middle aged eyes and my love and appreciation even deeper now than it was back in the '80s and '90s within sammy hager joined them. here's a look from the exploratorium. mostly cloudy out there. a little mist in the air. a little drizzle possible. not as likely as some of the fog in the north bay we're dealing with. cooler highs thanks to lower sunshine today. widespread clouds and a chance of drizzle. offshore winds will end this cooling event with a warming trend that starts sunday. temperatures well above average next week. fire threat thankfully at a minimum. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s in the south bay. 66 to 73 along the peninsula. low to mid 70s through the north bay valleys. 66 to 73 along the east bay

shore and 77 to 85. so the 90s are gone. the 80s are gone after today. they'll return sunday and spread from inland to the bay by tuesday. back to you. >> all right. thank you. prince harry was spotted wearing a mask made by a black-owned business in oakland. this picture shows the prince with some runners in los angeles and he was wearing the company's champagne and honey face cover mask. i profiled this oakland clothing store last month. taylor j. talked about how she signed a lease for this space before covid hit and had to transition from making clothes to making masks and turning her shop into an e-commerce space. now prince harry is wearing her masks. i'm wearing the mask. same thing, right? >> they look really cool, too. i'm so glad they're getting that kind of support. i mean from you but also prince harry. >> yeah, that part. friend, i'm slipping, i did

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it is 6:54. here's 7 things to know this morning. number one, safety preparations are under way in the event that the president pushes to work in the oval office again. he's currently been working in the residence since he got back from the hospital. two dozen people who had been to the white house in recent weeks have tested positive for covid-19. number two, vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris will meet face-to-face for the vice presidential debate. it will be their only showdown ahead of the election. you can watch it at 6:00 on abc7. number three, crews are gaining ground on the massive glass fire burning in napa and sonoma counties. the fire is 54% contained. 20,000 structures are still threatened. what a turnaround from yesterday. yesterday we were average to nearly 10 degrees warmer than average. today we're average to nearly 7 degrees or 8 degrees cooler than average. >> number five, 3,000 nurses and

employees at alameda hospital and san leandro hospital will begin a five-day unfair labor practices strike in just a couple of minutes. hospital leaders say quality care will continue during the strike. number six, looking at emeryville, showing you 80 right now. lots of headlights making their way towards the maze and eventually the bay bridge toll plaza where we do not have metering lights on yet. number seven. stan the t-rex sold for a whopping 31$31.8 million. this is four times what the auctioneers thought he would go for. stan is considered the world's most complete t-rex skelton. no word on who made the purchase. i wouldn't mind going to visit stan. >> we stand. >> yeah. >> oh. >> look who's here. >> yes. >> look at woodstock. >> yeah. >> he just wants to confirm that

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good morning, america. white house outbreak. at least 24 people in president trump's inner circle have tested positive for covid-19 including now the president's close adviser stephen miller. plus, the joint chiefs of staff, america's top military leaders, all but one now in quarantine after being exposed. the crisis center stage for tonight's debate as vice president pence and senator kamala harris get set to face off in salt lake city. harris' team demanding for more safety precautions including these plexiglas barriers. all this and the president sends shock waves through the economy by abruptly ending talks with the democrats over economic stimulus and back-pedaled overnight with just 27 days until the final votes. breaking overnight. hurricane delta slamming full force into mexican resort towns cancun and cozumel.