>> have a great tuesday. right now on "america this morning," trump back on the campaign trail. >> i'll just give you a big, facility kiss. >> but as the president rallies the crowd, dr. anthony fauci now accuses the trump campaign of harassment as health officials voice concern about the growing number of coronavirus hot spots and now a setback for one of the major covid vaccine trials. capitol hill confrontation. turning up the heat on judge amy coney barrett. why day two of her supreme court confirmation hearings will be far more contentious, and overnight joe biden giving his clearest answer yet on whether he would support adding more justices to the court. abc news exclusive. the daughter of "dynasty" star catherine oxenberg speaks out

for the first time about her life inside an alleged sex cult. a hiker's nightmare. >> i don't feel like dying today. >> we hear from the man who was stalked by a cougar. the big cat even lunging at him. >> no. >> what he did to escape. plus, protecting the family. a 5-year-old leaps into action during a home invasion. and floating a new idea when it comes to working from home. good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm will reeve. kenneth is off. election day is three weeks from today. >> and president trump was back on the campaign trail last night. his first rally since his scodelario diagnosis saying he wants to kiss everyone, but the rising number of coronavirus hot spots is a growing concern. >> meanwhile, one of the vaccine trials has been put on hold. johnson & johnson is reporting an unexplained illness. >> but we begin with the

president's rally and new criticism of his campaign from dr. anthony fauci. fresh off his covid-19 test that came back negative -- ♪ where at least i know i'm free ♪ >> reporter: -- president trump last night in florida tossing out make america great masks and saying he feels great. >> i feel so powerful. i'll walk into that audience. i'll walk in there. i'll kiss everyone in that audience. i'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women and the -- everybody. i'll just give you a big fat kiss. >> reporter: in a new letter, infee house dr. sean conleysa t firstal since hospitalized, trump defended his handling of the pandemic. >> if you look at our upward path, no country in the world has recovered the way we've recovered economically or otherwise. >> reporter: this morning, covid cases are on the rise in

32 states and 14 states have had hit a record number of hospitalizations. in north dakota, only 29 icu beds are available statewide. in wisconsin nearly 2,000 new cases announced just yesterday. at trump's rally his supporters seemed unfazed by the surge in cases. >> to me it's like the flu. you know what, who don't get sick every -- everybody gets the flu. you get it and get over it and get on with your life. >> reporter: now the president's chief of staff facing criticism for not following mask guidelines on capitol hill. mark meadows who accompanied trump to and from the hospital earlier this month refused to wear a mask monday while addressing reporters. >> let me do this. let me pull this away. >> yep, just pull away. >> and then that way i can take this off to talk. >> oh. >> well, i'm more than ten feet away. well, i'm not going to talk to the press. >> reporter: in ohio joe biden holding a drive-in rally. >> hello, toledo. >> hello, joe.

>> reporter: supporters honking their horns instead of clapping as biden called the president irresponsible. >> his reckless personal conduct since his diagnosis has been unconscionable. >> reporter: meanwhile, dr. anthony fauci says he has no plans to step down despite his anger over the trump campaign featuring him in a new ad. >> i can't imagine that anybody could be doing more. >> reporter: dr. fauci says his words were taken out of context telling "the daily beast" website, quote, by doing this against my will, they are in effect harassing me since campaign ads are getting votes. their harassment of me might have the opposite effect of turning some voters off. new restrictions were announced due to a surge in cases. the world health organization says less than 10% of the world's population has been infected meaning most people are still susceptible to the virus. republicans in california have been hit with a cease and desist order after state officials say the party placed illegal ballot drop boxes in three counties. in some cases the boxes were

unsecured and made from cardboard. republican officials insist the boxes are part of the party's ballot harvest program. judge amy coney barrett is expected to face a grilling today on capitol hill. day two of her supreme court confirmation hearing promises to be far more contentious. meanwhile, joe biden has given his clearest answer yet on whether he'd support adding more justices to the court. abc's elizabeth schulze has the latest for us. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning, moneyna. well, for the first time since being nominated, judge amy coney barrett will be grilled by senators today. two topics expected to dominate the hearing, abortion and health care. this morning, confirmation hearings for amy coney barrett enter a new phase. beginning today 12 republicans and 10 democrats will grill the supreme court nominee including vice presidential candidate kamala harris, who sits on the senate judiciary committee. >> by replacing justice ruth bader ginsburg with someone who will undo her legacy, president

trump is attempting to roll back americans' rights for decade to come. >> reporter: barrett will face tough questions on both health care and abortion. barrett criticized the 2012 supreme court ruling that upheld obamacare. she also signed a petition objecting to a requirement that employers provide access to birth control and insurance plans. democrats say health care for tens of millions of americans is at stake with the court set to hear arguments on obamacare next month. >> stripping health care from millions of americans during a pandemic, that's really what is at stake. >> reporter: republicans are praising barrett's qualifications arguing her faith should be off limits. >> what your political opponents want to paint you as is a tv or cartoon version of a religious radical. >> reporter: barrett will likely face questions on two anti-abortion newspaper ads she signed as a law professor. one of those ads called roe v. wade infamous and called for the unborn to be protected in law. during her opening statement,

barrett said her philosophy has been shaped by her mentor, the late justice antonin scalia. >> a judge must apply the law as it is written, not as she wishes it were. >> reporter: meanwhile, joe biden is giving his clearest answer yet on whether he supports adding more justices to the court or so-called packing the court. he and senator harris have been dodging questions about the issue for days. >> i'm not a fan of court packing, but i'm not -- i don't want to get off on that whole issue. i want to keep focused. >> reporter: biden saying he's not a fan of packing the court but he wouldn't rule out supporting the idea. as for today's hearing, it will start at 9:00 a.m. eastern. abc news will bring you live coverage. mona. >> elizabeth, thank you. five of the six men accused in a plot to kidnap the governor of michigan are due in court today. seven others are facing state charges in the case. prosecutors say the plot included plans to overthrow state government. a pro-trump rally at a gun store where one suspect used to work has now been canceled.

an actress and her daughter targeted by an alleged sex cult are speaking out. catherine oxenberg played amanda carrington on "dynasty." in real life she spent years fighting to save her daughter india from a group called nxivm. india was 19 when she joined nxivm believing it was a self-help group, but she says she was blackmailed and held as a sex slave for years. she and her mother spoke exclusively to abc's amy robach. >> i told her she was brainwashed and she was in a cult and i said i know about the blackmail and i don't care if it's about me, don't let that be the reason you stay in. >> why didn't what your mom was telling you resonate with you, india, at that time? >> i was too deeply in. i was scared, and i was confused. >> you can catch much more on "good morning america." some scary moments on a united flight out of chicago. hail shattering the windshield forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at o'hare airport. no one was hurt. passengers then took a different plane to washington, d.c.

time now for a look at your tuesday forecast. the remnants of hurric northeast and new england today. the only other rain will be in the pacific northwest and the northern rockies. higher elevations could see six inches of snow. it's clear across the rest of the country. high temperatures will be around 60 in those areas getting rain. but heat and fire warnings have been issued in southern california and the southern rockies. high temperatures and gusty winds will create dangerous fire conditions. phoenix sees 101 today. 91 in los angeles. coming up, the halloween decorations that were too realistic. but first, caught on camera, a crane collapsing on top of a house. we'll take you inside. and next, a hiker describes being stalked by a cougar for six long minutes. what happened when the big cat charged at him.

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it's bob wilson. >> yeah. >> you've won the nobel prize. that is stanford economist bob wilson telling his colleague and now fellow nobel prize winner, paul milgrom, that they have made history. wilson delivered the news to his neighbor early yesterday like 2:00 a.m. early when the nobel committee couldn't reach milgrom by phone. a florida homeowner is outraged after her house was destroyed a crane. police body camera video shows the crane falling onto the house in ft. lauderdale. the crane had been moving a nearby shed. the mother and daughter who live in the house were on vacation and now have nowhere to live. >> furniture is nour weeks old. it was just purchased. it wasn't an act of god. this was avoidable.

this was error, human error, and i'm paying the price for it. >> the crane company says the ground near a septic tank gave way causing the collapse. a hiker who survived a terrifying ordeal is speaking out. a cougar began stalking man, even lunging at him, and it was all caught on camera by the hiker. abc's megan tevrizian shows us more. >> reporter: this morning, a terrifying encounter. >> oh, [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. >> reporter: kyle burgess was hiking near provo, utah, when he spotted cougar cubs. >> they were cougars and momma was near. >> reporter: then seconds later the cubs' mother pounces. >> no. go away. go away. please go away. >> reporter: that cougar immediately started stalking burgess who captured the entire six-minute confrontation on his phone. >> come on, dude. i don't feel like dying today. >> reporter: the cougar at times lunging at him. >> go away.

no. >> reporter: the avid trail runner slowly backing away making loud noises and trying to appear bigger. finally burgess was able to throw a rock at the cat, and it runs away. >> in the video you see she pounces quite often, and every time she pounces is when i either looked away from her directly or i went to look for a rock, and so really it just came down to like i need to wait for a better opportunity to actually grab the rock to where she's not going to pounce on me. >> reporter: burgess waited 30 minutes before hiking the two miles back down the canyon. he says watching youtube videos helped him know what to do during those terrifying moments. >> my emotions, though, at the time were just a jumbled mess. i was excited, i was scared. it was like, hey, what do i do, right? >> reporter: experts say kyle burgess did everything right. they recommend making loud noises, standing tall and

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>> reckless personal conduct since his diagnosis has been unconscionable. a starkdeiacagn ection day isekaw eat fm theresident and joe biden as covid-19 cases rise in nearly three dozen states. >> very welcoming to be able to allow some diners to have the option to sit inside. cautious excitement in the south bay. santa clara county may be allowed to move into the less restrictive orange tier today. >> this is scary. my heart is racing. i just want to go on a run. this story. a hiker records a heartstopping video of this cougar watching his every move. the moment this big cat lunged at him twice. >> i watched it. and i have questions. bu