good morning, america. final push. just two weeks to go until the election. president trump in the battleground state of arizona overnight downplaying the pandemic, arguing americans are tired of hearing about covid. as the death tolls now crimes past 220,000. the president blasts dr. fauci calling the nation's top infectious disease doctor a disaster as he prepares for the final debate against joe biden. the major rule change announced overnight about muting the candidate's microphones. the clock ticking to strike a deal for a relief package to help millions. house speaker nancy pelosi saying this is the last chance before the election. where negotiations stand at this hour as more than 12 million unemployed americans struggle to make ends meet. uncontrollable spread. as covid hospitalizations rise

in 41 states doctors and nurses overwhelmed. >> and this is by far the highest number of patients that we've had since the pandemic began. >> and breaking news in the race for the vaccine, the controversial new challenge trials just announced this morning. fire and ice. firefighters swarm by red smoke and strong winds as they battle a record-breaking wildfire outbreak in colorado. and the october snow now covering the midwest. ginger tracking the latest. jeff bridges' health battle. overnight the oscar-winning actor revealing he's been diagnosed with lymphoma. what he's saying about his condition and his message for fans this morning. lucky to be alive. the couple surviving this terrifying crash careening into a canal saved by hero good samaritans. the gas station worker and off-duty officer who raced in to help. ♪ signed, sealed, delivered and holiday shopping surge.

the new alert about ordering packages during the pandemic as experts predict record online shopping, when to order those gifts by to beat the ship-a-thon. you can never go wrong starting the morning with a little stevie wonder. good morning, america. great to be with you on this tuesday morning. t-minus two weeks until the election. >> that's right. we are already seeing record turnout at the polls. in florida, where early voting began on monday, more than 350,000 people cast their ballots in person this. morning, polls are opening in another swing state, wisconsin. >> at least 31 million americans have already voted. that's more than 20% of the total vote in 2016 and overnight new rules were put in place for thursday's final debate. president trump downplayed the pandemic in an arizona rally and senior white house correspondent cecilia vega starts us off. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. president trump is on an

aggressive swing through the key battleground states hoping for a last-minute surge and as you said he is downplaying the virus. he is also attacking dr. anthony fauci, but the big question this morning is whether this will appeal to anyone outside of his most loyal base. as the country faces a third coronavirus wave and more than 220,000 deaths, president trump on the trail saying voters are tired of hearing about the pandemic. >> people are pandemic'd out. you know that? >> reporter: the president on a swing through the battleground of arizona where cases are on the rise. the packed crowd mostly without masks. with polls showing a majority of americans unhappy with his handling of the virus, president trump now laser focused on a new target, the nation's leading infectious disease expert. >> people are tired of hearing fauci and all these idiots. >> reporter: on a call with his campaign team, the president on the attack against dr. anthony fauci. >> every time he goes on television there's always a bomb, but there is a bigger bomb if you fire him.

>> reporter: but when it comes to the virus, voters overwhelmingly trust dr. fauci over the president. >> we are really, you know, going through a time that's disturbingly anti-science in certain segments of our society. that's very troublesome to me. >> reporter: fauci telling "60 minutes" the attacks have led to death threats. >> have there been death threats against you and your family? >> yes. >> all of you, not just -- >> harassment against the rest of the family. >> reporter: even the president's allies coming to fauci's defense, lamar alexander tweeting, if more americans paid attention to his advice we'd have fewer cases of covid-19 and it would be safe to go back to school and back to work and out to eat. joe biden off the campaign trail preparing for thursday's debate saying the president attacking him for listening to scientists isn't actually an attack, it's, quote, a badge of honor. and this morning, with just two days to go until that final face-off, the debate commission announcing a major change to the debate stage. as one candidate gives his two-minute answer, the other's

microphone will be muted. but both microphones will be left on during follow-up discussions. the change coming after that first debate debacle. >> you made a point, let him answer. >> reporter: president trump repeatedly interrupting and ignoring the rules. now, the debate commission making these changes hoping to avoid that scenario this time around. of course, president trump refused to attend that second debate after the format was changed to online when he contracted covid. the trump campaign says he's committed to attend thursday, but overnight, he called these rule changes unfair. the campaign is trying to push to get the topic switched to a foreign policy debate but the debate commission says it is up to the moderator, not to the kchbd -- candidates to cheese these topics. >> and the campaign had agreed to that weeks and months ago. we also, cecilia, have a in poll out from one of his must wins states that shows a toss-up.

>> reporter: a virtual dead heat in north carolina. 49% biden, 48% for trump buoyed by evangelical and rural supporters. it's a big deal. a democratic candidate has only won north carolina twice in the last half century. this this is going to concern the trump team. this is a state he narrowly won back in 2016 and one they really need to win this time around. >> huge early vote there. complete coverage of the debate on thursday. i'm anchoring with our political team starting at 8:00 eastern. the president and joe biden are in a fierce battle for the swing states' votes and in a major development overnight, the supreme court ruled mail-in ballots in the battleground state of pennsylvania will be counted as long as they're received within three days of the election. that decision denying a gop request to limit mail-in voting. this comes as we see record numbers of people turning out to cast their ballots. alex perez is in kenosha, wisconsin, where polls are opening for the first time this morning. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning,

amy. we're here outside city hall in downtown kenosha and take a look behind me. people already lining up to cast their ballots. now, voting is officially under way in all 50 states. from here in wisconsin to another battleground state, florida, where polls opened monday. some voters there waiting hours to vote and across the country, early voting numbers are up more than 31 million have already voted. that's more than five times the number at this point in 2016. now, wisconsin is a battleground state that president trump won by a very narrow margin in 2016. he's trying to lock in support here holding a rally in janesville just this past weekend, but polls right now show biden with a slight lead in the state and the biden camp is outspending trump spending some $110 million on ads here in pennsylvania and michigan, dwarfing the trump's campaign's $31 million. another big factor to consider here in wisconsin, the pandemic.

polls are opening for early voting as the state grapples with another huge surge in coronavirus cases. the state reporting some 3700 new cases just yesterday. but despite the pandemic, as you can see behind me here, amy, the state is bracing for record voting turnout here in wisconsin. amy. >> thanks for that, alex. robin. as wisconsin faces that dangerous surge of covid cases, 16 states saw new records in just the last week and hospitalizations are now up in 41 states including texas. our chief national correspondent matt gutman is at a hospital in el paso. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. pretty much every metric we've been monitoring over the past seven months is headed in the wrong direction. here in el paso, officials are calling the spread uncontrollable. one statistic stands out, a 500%

increase in covid cases. this morning, that wave of covid patients is crashing over west texas hospitals. is it fair to say that you're in the surge right now? >> yes, we are in the surge and this is by far the highest number of patients that we've had since the pandemic began. >> reporter: inside the icu at the university medical center in el paso, the work to save covid patients. >> are you ready? >> reporter: el paso considered one of america's safest cities but it's a ground zero for the virus. >> so in the last two weeks we have seen a very sharp increase in positive cases to about 500% increase. >> reporter: the city's mayor blaming young people. >> we've had some real excessive number growth that we attribute to the ages 20 to 39. over 52% as of last thursday. >> reporter: nationwide cases are rising an average of 15% each week and one in five u.s. hospitals reporting more than

80% of their icu beds are filled. that's higher than at any previous point during the pandemic. mississippi's governor reimposing mask mandates in nine counties after letting them lapse a few weeks ago. in kansas, ten patients dying in this nursing home after an outbreak spread to all 62 patients and staff members. and everywhere the human toll. harrison johnson was a beloved pastor and funeral home director. on thursday he lost a four-month-long battle with covid dying of complications from the virus. >> i don't wish this on my worst enemy. >> reporter: at the very end johnson lost the ability to speak, but not the ability to communicate. >> he was mouthing that but he was saying i love you too, you know, and we were like, okay, we're just waiting for that next morning. >> reporter: but for the big man with the even bigger smile, tomorrow never came. nationwide officials say that the next few weeks are going to be critical and here in el paso,

they're begging people to be, quote, extremely careful and here's why, already 1 out of every 3 patients in hospitals in this area is there because of can videocomplications, they are already expanding their capacity here. robin. >> we hope they will. thanks so much. in the middle of the surge millions of americans are waiting for economic relief. house speaker nancy pelosi is in talks with steven mnuchin and says the deal has to be struck by the end of today if they're going to get a stimulus package before the election. senior congressional correspondent mary bruce is tracking negotiations from washington. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. the white house and the hill are scrambling to reach this self-imposed deadline. the house speaker and the treasury secretary spoke for nearly an hour yesterday. a deal by today is a very tall order. if they can't get it done, then relief likely will not come until 2021, and for millions of

americans, that is simply just too long a wait. this morning, the clock is ticking for millions of americans financially devastated by the pandemic. >> i'm afraid of being homeless. i'm afraid of losing everything i have. >> reporter: for months white house negotiators and top democrats have been trying to hammer out an agreement on another round of relief aid and now house speaker nancy pelosi says if they don't strike a deal today, it won't happen until after the election. >> from the start the president has never taken this seriously and neither has mitch mcconnell. >> reporter: both sides are still hundreds of millions of dollars apart. at odds over key provisions like funding for state and local governments and plans for a national testing program. president trump adding confusion to the negotiations called off talked earlier this month only to restart them the very next day after facing backlash. now he's telling republicans to, quote, go big, and blaming democrats for the holdup. >> nancy pelosi at this moment does not want to do anything that's going to affect the election. >> reporter: but for many of the over 12 million americans who are unemployed, the bills are already past due.

over 30 million may be at risk of eviction by the end of the year and roughly one in ten in this country say they don't have enough to eat. >> it's a terrible time for everyone. i mean, there's not enough of anything anymore. >> reporter: most of the stimulus measures previously passed by congress like the forgivable loan program for small businesses ended over the summer. restaurant owners like chris doing everything they can to keep their doors open. >> i sold my motorcycle. i sold couches, chairs, bookshelves, mirrors, everything that was in my house, i have sold most of my personal possessions. >> reporter: now even if the they can reach a deal here, one big hurdle -- senate republicans, they want a smaller more targeted deal. they have all but ruled out the kind of proposal that's discussed here. the president, though, says he can get his party on board and

get them to spend more but that is just not guaranteed. amy. >> all right. mary bruce, thank you for that. as families and businesses wait for that economic relief, a sign this morning that air travel is on the rise. the tsa screening the most passengers since the pandemic began on sunday as the cdc issues new guidelines about traveling with a mask. gio benitez is at laguardia airport in new york with more on all this. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning. air travel really hit a new milestone this weekend, and this is especially encouraging for airline workers who are struggling so much. take a look. the tsa reporting more than 1 million people went through airport security checkpoints sunday, that's the first time since the start of the pandemic. air travel is still down, about 60% compared to last year, but it is a huge jump from a low of just 87,000 people back in april. the tsa also says it screened more than 6 million people over the last week. that is the highest weekly number since march, amy. >> and, gio, with more people traveling now we're also hearing about that new guidance now from the cdc.

>> reporter: yeah, that's right. the cdc is now joining airlines in strongly recommending masks on public transportation for all travelers two years and up and we're talking about bus, trains and, of course, planes. now, here's what the cdc is saying, transmission of the virus through travelers has led to and continues to lead to interstate and international spread of the virus, which causes covid-19. the cdc says masks will help protect americans and they'll give people the confidence to start traveling again and traveling again safely. amy. >> yes, wear your masks. can't say it enough. robin. we turn now to the world series and tonight game one of a showdown like no other. the l.a. dodgers taking on the tampa bay rays in a neutral site and that being texas. t.j. holmes, bring it. >> yes, you said it right, though, a team from california and a team from florida, must meet in texas for the world series. these are just weird times.

doing it down here, they're doing kind of a bubble situation trying to cut down on spread but, yes, they're doing it there. there will be fans, only about 11,000 let in, so that's only about a quarter capacity at that particular stadium, but the dodgers had to overcome a 3-1 deficit if their championship series to get here. third time in four years they've been here but haven't won it. some think they're due but the rays had to overcome a small payroll. a small market team against the big dogs. that's the matchup we have here. tampa bay rays and their history only 20 something years old, the franchise, now going for their first world series ever. >> whoever wins game one will be very happy. get out that -- as my momma said when you strut you stumble and a player for the dodgers found out the hard way. >> i could have used that advice years ago but cody bellinger, you see him, one of the biggest moments of his life hit the go ahead home run. if we can rack it up again, he

went and celebrated with his teammate and knocked his shoulder out of place. he dislocated his shoulder celebrating. had to go down to the dugout. they popped it back in and he continued playing but it was one of the biggest moments of his life. it was worth celebrating but hit the go-ahead home run. that essentially put them in the world series. he's expected to play. he'll be okay but knocked it out celebrating and popped it right back in. let's play ball. play ball. >> thank you, t.j. we are following a lot of other headlines including breaking news, a controversial vaccine trial announced. dr. jha will join us live. new details of the mother rescued from zion national park after going missing for nearly two weeks and what her family is saying about her condition and how she survived. all that ahead but let's go to ginger. >> hey, robin, when we talk about raging winds making fires more erratic, this video really showcases it. this is from the cameron peak fire over the weekend. just released where you can see those winds and whirls of fire around the firefighters.

thankfully for them, they have this thing now 51% contained because it did explode even more. 204,000 acres in colorado but see the luna fire, that's in new mexico. 9,000 acres burned and the national carson forest. now, we have a lot more to go when it comes to raging winds. that's why we have red flag warnings and fire weather watches back from new mexico and colorado and wyoming, over into the bay area. this stuff starts tonight through thursday so we'll be watching for some of those gusts closer to 40, 45 miles per hour and the relative humidity is down around 10%. your local weather in a second.

good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. sunshine today even out to the coast, thanks to a dry breeze that will bring us warmer temperatures and those dry breezes keep us in the fire threat through at least friday. there's a small chance it could return this weekend. temperatures will be significantly cooler then. 70s in san francisco to near 90 inland today as that heat continues. and then tonight 50s for most of us. 60s and 70s in our hills. my i want to know how t.j. could have used my momma's advice like that. >> doesn't take too much imagination. hey, garth brooks is going to join us live this morning. imagination. >> hey, garth brooks is going to join us live this morning.

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voters in swing states and tonight the first lady, melania trump, will make her first appearance on the trail in more than a year joining the president for a rally in erie, pennsylvania. her first appearance since her battle with coronavirus. also right now, experts warning a dangerous covid surge is here. deaths in the u.s. have now passed 220,000 and 41 states are now seeing an increase in hospitalizations this as a controversial new vaccine trial has been announced overseas. but, let's take a look at this. a couple lucky to be alive after a terrifying accident. a crash sending their car, you saw it there, just fall right into a canal. it happened on long island. thankfully, good samaritans jumped right in to help including an off-duty police officer and a gas station worker. he told our station wabc that when he saw the crash, i love this, he thought this is my father or somebody's father and i had to do something. i didn't care. thank goodness for people like that in the world. the couple is now recovering and is going to be okay. >> so good to see them jump in like that. we're going to go to that breaking news and the coronavirus emergency. a second wave of the virus

sweeping through europe and the british government just announced it will be back what is known as a challenge trial intentionally exposing volunteers to the virus. it's a controversial approach that regulators will need to approve and ian pannell is in london with more. >> reporter: volunteering to be deliberately injected with coronavirus may sound crazy, but some also think this is the best way of testing some of those vaccines currently being developed and a group of volunteers here in britain is now stepping forward to do just that. and in the last couple of hours, the british government said it's going to sponsor these trials. this morning, britain giving the greenlight to highly controversial vaccine testing that will deliberately expose people to coronavirus. these so-called "challenge trials," which will be the first of their kind to be authorized in the world if regulators give the go ahead, will take healthy young volunteer, inject them with the vaccine and then days later they'll inhale a specially manufactured dose of the virus. the first step of the process

announced today using a small group of 18-year-old to 30-year-olds to establish the dose of the virus to be used in the trials. they'll then be monitored in a quarantine ward at a london hospital. >> it is entirely possible actually that the subject also not even have any disease symptoms. we're looking to induce infection not necessarily disease. >> reporter: in typical trials, doctors don't intentionally expose volunteers to the virus. especially a deadly one with few proven treatments. the doctors who run this project due to start next year telling abc news that everything will be done to minimize the risks. >> the studies have a key advantage to the fact that you can determine vaccine efficacy very, very quickly. the studies were able to conduct safely and all year round irrespective of how much virus is going on in the community. >> reporter: covid-19's claimed the lives of more than a million people worldwide. despite widespread efforts to control it, a second wave is currently sweeping across

europe. here in an icu in lyon, france, numbers of infections are steadily increasing causing doctors to be concerned and request more beds. some brave young volunteers are stepping up to be given the virus so new vaccines can be tested. why did you decide to take part in this test that in theory could kill you? >> i'm totally convinced that the challenge trials are going to save thousands of lives, and i didn't do something and i wasn't advocating for challenge trials, i'd regret it. >> how do your parents feel about what you're doing? >> no parent wants their kid to be exposed to coronavirus but understand why i'm doing it and they are very supportive. >> reporter: challenge trials aren't met with unanimous approval from the medical community. some say they cross an ethical line. >> the history of challenge trials has not only been kind of controversial but in some places downright totally unethical.

that's where we're making sure that's not the case with these challenge trials, they'll probably be ethical and volunteers will know exactly what they're consenting to. >> reporter: well, fascinating and certainly controversial. we don't know which of the many vaccines currently being developed in the states here in britain and around the world will actually be put to the test, but we do know that all being well they should get those trials under way at some point in the new year. >> thanks very much. let's bring back dr. ashish jha. thanks for coming back again this morning, dr. jha. so where do you stand on the ethics of these challenge trials? >> good morning, george. thanks for having me on. you know, again, obviously ethically difficult situation. i do think it can be done in an ethical way with good consent, good care for people who are infected. the real question in my mind is, is this even necessary and there i'm far more skeptical than i am on the ethics of this. >> that's what i was going to

ask about, because we have so many vaccine trials going on. it does question -- it does lead to you question whether or not these challenge trials are necessary. >> yeah, absolutely. challenge trials are really helpful when there is very little disease in the community and you need to try to get to an answer quickly. i believe we are weeks at most a couple months away of having answers about the first generation of vaccines and so there really isn't a need in my mind and we don't know the long-term consequences of this virus even in young, healthy people, and finally, like even if it turns out you do the trials, you won't know whether the effects will be the same in kids or the elderly, so there is a lot of questions that these trials won't answer and, again, i just am not seeing the need for it. >> we're weeks or months away from knowing a vaccine will be safe and effective. does this mean these pauses don't give you much pause? >> you know, so a couple of the trials have paused, astrazeneca and johnson and johnson, but

moderna is doing well and some of these pauses will eventually resume, i suspect. and there are a whole other generation of vaccines right behind them so obviously i don't know the exact date, but i'm pretty confident by the end of the year that we'll have at least one or two vaccines that have cleared the fda hurdles. >> right now it seems like we have a significant problem with public opinion. americans not confident in the vaccine even if it comes. >> absolutely. this is really the most important issue, the science on the vaccine development so far has been terrific. it's been done with integrity. but there's been so much politicization about time lines and i think it's created a lot of distrust so we have to do a very good job of both following the science and making sure the vaccines are safe but then communicating that to the american people in a way that will build the confidence that people need. >> dr. jha, thanks for joining us again this morning. >> thanks, george. >> robin. >> made a really good point. now, new details on that missing hiker found alive after nearly two weeks in zion national park. this morning, we're learning

more about just how dire the situation was before she was rescued. kayna whitworth has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, new grueling details about how holly courtier spent 12 days alone after going missing in zion national park. the 38-year-old hiker's daughter kaley now speaking out about her mother's dangerous ordeal, writing, early in her trip to zion she injured her head on a tree. she was very disoriented as a result and thankfully ended up near a water source. a river bed. she thought her best chance of survival was to stay next to a water source. she says her mom was too weak and disoriented to seek out help, explaining that she was without food the entire time in zion. she was unable to take more than a step or two without collapsing. this prevented her from being able to seek out help. she told me she was so dehydrated she couldn't open her mouth. with the help of family and volunteers, search and rescue teams traversed the park's 232 miles finally finding holly near

water. after receiving a credible tip from a park visitor and her family overjoyed. by her safe return. >> i couldn't be any happier right now and the next step is making sure she's okay and getting the recovery she needs from being out there for so long. >> reporter: zion park rangers tell us she was found in a heavily wooded area near the virgin river and despite her condition, she was able to leave with minimal assistance and, amy, she is now back in california to recover. >> i'm glad she is doing okay. thank you so much, kayla. we appreciate it. coming up, the latest on actor jeff bridges' health after he announced he's facing lymphoma. and up next, the holiday ship-a-thon as companies brace for record shipping. the advice to make sure you get your gifts in time and on time. y i've got the power of 1,2,3 medicines with trelegy.

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their neighborhood, it is not just your imagination, things are increasing at a steady pace. in fact, last month online sales jumped more than 43%, $60 billion worth of goods sold online and while the holidays are still months away, retail is planning for a record season of shopping and shipping. for holiday shopping this year, instead of this, expect the real action to happen here. with many consumers reluctant to return to physical stores, experts predicting a record amount of online shopping will lead to a record amount of shipping. one group estimating between thanksgiving and christmas, more than 79 million packages a day will be shipped compared to 65 million last year. fedex telling us, it's anticipating such high volumes that they've added 70,000 jobs and even given this holiday season a new nickname. >> the entire u.s. domestic shipping industry has been at

peaklike levels since march. now on top of those levels we're heading into our holiday shopping season. you've got a peak volume on top of peak volume so we're calling it the ship-a-thon. >> reporter: the ship-a-thon due to not just the big box retailers sending volumes soaring but also a number of small businesses moving online during the pandemic. >> we had to add days of service. we are now actually shipping across the united states on sunday serving 95% of the population. >> reporter: to avoid delay, experts encouraging consumers to shop early and ship early. >> you see a deal, you should buy it early and definitely give yourself a lot of time. >> also, you don't know whether or not you're going to see your loved ones, friends and family, so i think the american consumer wants to shop early, get all of those gifts all planned out and sent off before it gets to crunch time. >> reporter: fedex and the u.s. postal service telling "gma," they pushed up some of their delivery cutoff dates for some

services by a few days to ensure your presents arrive on time. >> this is not the time to be a last-minute shopper, particularly this year. >> reporter: they've also pushed up a lot of their holiday hiring plans. while companies like fedex and u.p.s. used to begin those temporary workers in november, they have already started. many thousands of those jobs this month, robin. >> that's great news and, rebecca, how much more are shoppers expected to spend online for the holiday season? >> reporter: these are staggering numbers this year, robin. so deloitte is expecting that shoppers will spend anywhere between 25% and 35% more online this year. that means americans are expected to spend online this holiday season $196 billion, robin. >> whoo, big money there. all right, rebecca. appreciate it, as always. you take care. hey, coming up we have our "play of the day," so come on back. he day."

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. countdown. two weeks till the final vote, new record turnout right now. president trump in the battleground state of arizona overnight downplaying the pandemic arguing americans are tired of hearing about covid as the death toll now climbs past 220,000. the president blasts dr. fauci calling the nation's top infectious disease doctor a disaster, and as trump and biden prepare for the final debate, the major rule change about muting the candidates' mics. also this morning, covid hospitalizations now up in 41 states. doctors and nurses overwhelmed. a third of those hospitalized in el paso sick with the coronavirus. our team is there live on the ground with the latest. covid and the classroom. the brand-new report that says there's little evidence schools are the main drivers of transmission.

how schools around the world are keeping kids safe. what's working and what american schools can learn from other countries. new overnight. jeff bridges reveals he's been diagnosed with lymphoma. the latest on his health battle this morning. ♪ i got friends in low places and we're rocking into tuesday with garth brooks. he has an announcement that he'll share this morning on "gma," and garth is saying -- >> good morning, america. >> i want to hear you sing it. ♪ he never has to sing that song because the audience always sings it right back to him as you hear. good morning, america, and appreciate you being with us this tuesday. garth brooks, he's going to be here. three decades since "friends in low places." now the country megastar getting ready to drop two new albums, and we'll have all the details coming up in our next half hour. >> very exciting. also super bowl champ vernon davis and his partner peta, they

are joining us live. they left it all on the dance floor last night with this cha cha. can't wait to talk to them. >> that is all coming up. have some news to get to well, starting with the race for the white house. exactly two weeks to go until the final votes as we see record early turnout. overnight, new rules put in place for the final debate. president trump downplayed the pandemic at an arizona rally, and senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has all the latest. >> reporter: as he is trailing in the polls, the president is on an aggressive push. as the country faces a third coronavirus wave and more than 220,000 deaths, president trump on the campaign trail saying voters tired of hearing about the pandemic. >> people are pandemic'd out. you know that, they're pandemic'd out. >> reporter: the president on a swing through the battleground of arizona, where cases are on the rise, the packed crowd mostly without masks. with polls showing a majority of americans unhappy with his

handling of the virus, president trump now laser focused on a new target -- the nation's leading infectious disease expert. on a call with his campaign team the president on the attack against dr. anthony fauci. >> people are tired of hearing fauci and all these idiots. >> reporter: but when it comes to the virus, voters overwhelmingly trust dr. fauci over the president. >> we're really, you know, going through a time that's disturbingly anti-science in certain segments of our society. that's very troublesome to me. >> reporter: this morning, with just two days to go until that final face-off, the debate commission announcing a major change to the debate stage. as one candidate gives his two-minute answer, the other's microphone will be muted, but both microphones will be left on during follow-up discussions. the change coming after that first debate debacle. president trump repeatedly ignoring rules. now, the trump campaign says the president is committed to

attending the debate but called these new rule changes unfair and it seems he's trying to downplay expectations as he is attacking the moderator, a veteran white house journalist and the nonpartisan debate commission. >> cecilia, thanks very much. we'll have complete coverage of the presidential debate thursday. i'm anchoring with our political team starting at 8:00 p.m. robin. now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. the death toll in the u.s. has now surpassed 220,000. and 41 states are seeing an increase in hospitalizations. matt gutman is outside a hospital in el paso where they're seeing a serious surge. good morning again, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning again, robin. now officials here in el paso are calling the spread of the virus uncontrollable. one statistic truly stands out. a 500% increase in cases just over the past two weeks. this morning, that wave of covid patients is crashing over west texas hospitals. el paso is considered the ground zero for the virus.

>> are you ready? >> reporter: inside the icu at the university medical center in el paso, the ceaseless work to save covid patients. >> in the last two weeks we have seen a very sharp increase in positive cases. >> reporter: the city's mayor blaming young people. >> the ages 20 to 39, over 52%, as of last thursday. >> reporter: nationwide cases are rising an average of 15% each week and one in five u.s. hospitals reporting more than 80% of their icu beds are filled. that's higher than at any previous point during the pandemic. mississippi's governor reimposing mask mandates in nine counties after letting them lapse a few weeks ago. in kansas, ten patients dying in this nursing home after an outbreak spread to all 62 patients and staff members. and everywhere, the human toll. harrison johnson was a beloved pastor and funeral home director. on thursday he lost a four-month-long battle with covid dying of complications from the virus. >> i don't wish this on my worst

enemy. >> reporter: health officials around the country say the next couple of weeks are going to be critical and here in el paso, they are already beefing up surge capacity because already one in every three patients at hospitals like this is here because of covid complications. robin. >> thank you. coming up next, the new report suggesting schools are not the main drivers of coronavirus transmission. what we can learn from students staying safe across the globe. and oscar-winning actor jeff bridges reveals he's been diagnosed with lymphoma. we'll have latest on his battle. garth brooks is here sharing news on his long awaited music. we'll be back. ♪ long-awaited new music. we're with you, garth. we'll be right back. his music. we'll be back. ♪ ted news on his music. we'll be back. ♪ news on his music. we'll be back. ♪ news on his music. we'll be back. ♪ ews on his music. we'll be back. ♪

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♪ ♪ welcome back to "gma." tomorrow, big special performance, k-pop superstars blackpink. >> they're huge, but speaking of huge, "pop news" with lara. she always brings it big. good morning, lara. >> oh, good morning. thanks, robin. thanks, you guys. we're going to get started with great news for fans of "legally blonde." reese witherspoon taking to instagram to announce some big news posting the video you see right here and this quote writing, oh, my god, you guys, it's a "legally blonde" reunion. we laughed, we cried and may or may not have done the bend and snap for old time's sake. witherspoon even teasing fans with the fact that elle and warner might have made up at some point in

the past two decades featuring the entire original cast, we're talking selma blair, jennifer coolidge, luke wilson and the best part about this reunion, fans do not have to wait long to see it. the whole thing will air tonight, 6:15 eastern on reese's youtube page, "hello, sunshine." all donations benefiting world central kitchen. and if you still want more of the gang, "legally blonde 3" in the works. mindy kaling's writing it and it's due in theaters in 2022. this is interesting as well. it broke overnight. some cats have nine lives but this one, thousands. in peru archaeologists have just discovered -- look at that, you guys -- a gigantic cat carved into the side of a him hill estimated to be over 2,000 years old. >> get out. >> this cat is one of the oldest figures, yeah, in this ancient area. and like most felines, she looks very comfortable on her hillside perch. no word on why or any other details as yet. this is a brand-new discovery.

and finally, i know what i want for christmas. start your holiday season off on a good note with a bit of christmas nostagia. the original santa and rudolph figures used to make "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" are going up for auction. i just love these. the christmas classic narrated by the great burl ives back in 1964 still broadcast every holiday season to this day. the owner of those puppets, a collector from new york, has decided to use the money he makes to leave to his kids and grandkids and to pass these amazing figures on to another collector. could be quite a windfall, the rudolph figure with the nose that still lights up, 6 inches tall, expected to bring in over $200,000. the santa figure, which stands at about 11 inches, predicted to do about the same. his beard, by the way, just fyi made of yak hair. you can bid for these guys on november 13th on the profiles in

history auction website. very cool memorabilia up for auction. i thought i'd share that with you. >> again, what kind of hair was that again? what type of hair was that, santa, for the beard? >> yak hair, of course. >> just want to hear you say it one more time. all right, lara, as always, thanks so much. >> we move on now to our "gma" cover story. jeff bridges and his announcement he's been diagnosed with lymphoma. will reeve has the story. >> reporter: this morning, beloved actor jeff bridges with a stunning announcement monday evening revealing he's been diagnosed with lymphoma. ♪ channeling his best known character bridges tweeting, quote, as the dude would say, expletive, has come to light. i feel fortunate that i have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good. i'm starting treatment and will keep you posted on my recovery. >> this aggression will not

stand, man. >> reporter: the 70-year-old actor has had one of the most storied careers in cinema. a seven-time oscar nominee bridges won best actor for his portrayal of an alcoholic singer in 2009's "crazy heart." among so many others, his turn as the dude in 1998's "the big lebowski" is one of the most iconic performances of all time. >> nobody calls me lebowski. you got the wrong guy. i'm the dude, man. >> reporter: lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that develops in the lymphatic system part of the body's disease-fighting network, can affect patients of any age. nearly 800,000 americans are living with or in remission from lymphoma and over 85,000 new cases are expected to be diagnosed this year. for "good morning america," i'm will reeve, abc news, new york. >> okay, will, thanks very much. let's bring in dr. jen ashton for more on this. what more do we know about lymphoma, jen? >> well, george, this is one of

the so-called "liquid tumors" or cancers that affect the blood and the lymph system is part of our immune system so glands and organs like the thymus, the spleen, bone marrow, lymph nodes, and according to the national cancer institute, lymphoma will affect approximately 2 out of 100 people in their lifetime. >> who is most at risk? how is it diagnosed? >> well, there are different types of lymphoma, but hodgkin lymphoma which is one of the more common types tends to affect men more than women, tends to affect white men in particular and can affect two age groups, teens and then people older over the age of 75. in terms of the symptoms, really the classic ones, things like swollen lymph nodes in the neck, in the armpits and in the groin, night sweats, fever and unexplained weight loss and we usually make the diagnosis with a combination of blood tests, biopsy and some imaging tests like c.a.t. scans. >> how is it treated? >> you know, the hallmark really with any cancer is it depends on

the stage and the type but chemotherapy, radiation therapy and a lot of excitement and optimism for treating lymphoma with immune therapies so cells that fight the tumor that are reprogrammed, re-engineered and then infused back into the patient but, george, any time we see a celebrity coming forward with their health battle, it does so much to increase awareness. >> and we are all wishing jeff bridges well. jen, thanks very much. >> we are certainly, george. now to that new report about children and schooling during the pandemic. taking a look at how countries around the world have reintroduced kids to learning remotely or in person and where it's working best. it could offer some helpful takeaways, eva pilgrim joins us with those details. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, the way schools open around the country and the world vary. this study looked at what worked, the protocols in and outside the classroom. this morning, "gma" with a first look at a new report on children, schools and the

covid-19 pandemic across the globe. as students from cambodia to afghanistan, ghana to china, return to the classroom, the university of washington finding that while outbreaks have occurred in some, there was little evidence that schools were main drivers of transmission. in denmark, fourth grader katherine hamilton is happily settled in her fall semester. >> are you excited about school today? >> yes. >> reporter: denmark was one of the first countries in the world to re-open schools in may putting children in protective bubbles of 12 where they ate, played and learned with the same pod of children and one teacher but this fall, school is relatively normal with larger class sizes of 24 and in katherine's school of 1,000, no current infections. >> we have seen that limiting group sizes, keeping those groups linked together, these are things that we know work to control transmission. >> reporter: researchers point

to another country with relative success in reducing the risk of school-based transmission. south korea. >> we take turns going to school. the first week the seventh graders go to school and the eighth graders and ninth graders stay home taking online classes. >> reporter: when ninth grader goes to school she must check in using a covid-19 symptom tracker and undergo five temperature checks throughout the day. experts say it's critically important to decide which group benefits most from in-person learning. >> denmark, sweden, norway, finland, focused on getting younger students back first. germany focused on older students back in person, because they thought they could adhere more to socially distanced measures. >> reporter: like others brought them back from rural areas who the government determined were less likely to have access to remote learning. fifth grader

brian attends with six other students. in rwanda and indonesia, students are learning by radio. the united nations has been tracking school closures around the world and reports that nearly 600 million schoolchildren are still affected by school closures. and these researchers say it's important to make sure you have control of the virus before re-opening schools saying, opening and then closing schools can have psychological effects on children. robin. >> so true. some good takeaways there. thank you as always. you can find more on remote learning on our website. right now back to ginger. good morning, again, ginger. >> yes, hey there, it was not necessarily corona but snow that could have shut down the schools for parts of iowa. nine inches of snow in iowa. they had it in des moines, also cedar rapids, where you had all those tarps still from the derecho and in rockford, illinois, this is early. rockford usually has an early

november. average first snow couple of weeks before that. we've got not just this hit of snow but another one as a front kind of bubbles up, minneapolis should get snow twice, the second one starts as snow, could transition to rain. either way you could end up with 6 inches to 12 inches from fargo good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. sunshine today even out to the coast, thanks to a dry breeze that will bring us warmer temperatures and those dry breezes keep us in the fire threat through at least friday. there's a small chance it could return this weekend. temperatures will be significantly cooler then. 70s in san francisco to near 90 inland today as that heat continues. and then tonight 50s for most of us. 60s and 70s in our hills. my now to that shocking ending last night on "dancing with the stars." after an evening of high scores and even higher emotions and

this unforgettable cha cha, super bowl champ vernon davis and his partner peta murgatroyd were sent home. they are joining us now. guys, i know it's always heartbreaking to get sent home but tell me how you're both are doing this morning. >> we're doing okay. we're sad. oh, my gosh, i wish we could still be there right now but i'm very, very proud of his journey. >> and, vernon, i know last night was an emotional one for you. you dedicated your dance to your late grandfather. you say he was more like a dad to you than a grandfather. what do you think he'd say about your dance? >> i think he would be really proud. he'll tell me that to keep going, keep pressing forward and i did a great job and he's smiling right now so that's the most important thing. it makes me happy. >> speaking of your happiness, i love, i love what derek hough said last night. he said he would give you a 10 for joy in terms of what he saw there on the dance floor so, peta, i'm curious, what would you give vernon for what he's

like off the dance floor? >> oh, a 20 out of 10. >> ah. >> he is an incredible human and this is what i was saying all last night. i'm going to miss him so much. he's kind, he's patient, he's resilient. he's just such a hard worker and i had the best partner this season. >> that's beautiful. vernon, i know you're also an awesome dad and there is a ballroom move i understand you're dying to show your kids. so, how about you show america first? >> the telespin. let me take my earpiece off. >> can we take the earpieces off? >> sure. just go in, all in. >> let me see. all right. >> oh, my gosh. >> i'm all connected. okay, let's see. >> more complicated than we imagined but we'll get this going on live television. see, guys. oh. >> you do it. you do it. >> i love it. i love it. >> all worth it. i love it.

they'll get their earpieces back in because i have another question while vernon gets his in. >> i'm in. >> i know it's been hard to pick a front-runner. this is such a talented group. do you have a favorite? >> yes, honestly, there are a lot of people that have, you know, a little bit of dance background and a bit of dance experience, so it's tough, but i'm going to say i love justina and sasha. i truly do. i think they're somebody to beat and i also love nev and jenna. >> wow. and vernon, how about you? >> i have to go with nelly and jamie. >> vernon, i'm giving you a 10 for your moves getting your mic off and back on like that in front of a live audience. way to go. thank you so much. you were such a great sport. fabulous, fabulous on the dance floor and i love to hear how wonderful you are off the dance floor too, so thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it.

>> next week, by the way, is villains week on "dancing with the stars" so don't miss that. monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. 7:00 central right here on abc. coming up, though, we have the one and only garth brooks.

good morning, everyone. voting in the bay area is in full swing. contra costa county received nearly 200,000 ballots and voters can still register in person through election day. >> we will have opportunities here at our main martinez office or one of the 17 regional early voting sites for the four days leading up to election and at all of the 150-plus polling places on election day. >> at this rate the county expects turnout to exceed the record when more than 80% of registered voters cast a ballot. weather never stops us here and it won't again. we have hesitation up in the north baidu to the critical fire conditions. we have the red flag warning and

then wednesday night to friday morning conditions could be a red flag warning again. there's fog along the coast otherwise quiet this

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in 30 minutes. you can find the latest on our ♪ i got friends in low places ♪ where the whiskey drowns been playing it in the break as well. welcome back to "gma." we have kept you waiting long enough here with one of our favorite guests and one of our favorite people on the planet country music megastar garth brooks, everybody. we are doubling down on the excitement. he's getting ready to release not one, but two long awaited albums. we cannot wait to hear all about it, garth. first we want to find out how are you and the family doing right now. >> everybody is great. we kind of got a bubble here on the farm, even the guys that work on the farm live on the farm so we're just getting a lot of stuff done and, of course, the queen's knee-deep in, you know, trisha yearwood world and so in this covid time period of

being at home she's kind of taking advantage of it and now she has three "the new york times" best-sellers and just completed her fourth this morning and should be coming out here within the next year so it's great here. thank gogogo the only problem, i'm a tester and cost me 20 pounds and still going up. >> that's what i was going to ask about. any great new dishes during quarantine from trisha. >> it's all she does because she sit there is -- the other day she knows how much i love italian and she knows how much i love breakfast so if you can imagine putting a breakfast lasagna together with lasagna noodles and everything in it beneath that cheese. i'm proud that i've only gained this much weight. >> breakfast lasagna. who knew. >> i'm in. >> garth, you know we think you're an icon but it is absolutely official. you just received the icon award at the billboard music awards

and then cher herself, an icon herself presented it to you. tell us what that was like. >> it's cool. it's like being knighted or whatever, you know, because what i love is it's not only an icon, it's cher who is like -- i don't even know. come on, man, we all know elvis' last name. what's cher's last name? she's the guy and to look over and see her and the fact that she came and did that for me was very, very sweet. >> yeah, it was a showstopping performance, everybody singing along like that. okay, garth, let's talk about the new music, okay. two albums coming out. one called "fun" which is very appropriate. so tell us what we can expect, garth. >> well, i think the title probably wraps this up more than any other album we've had. it's been fun. the problem is how do you have fun when the whole world is kind of going through what they're

going through so we put this off and put this off and, you know what, i just think it's time that we smiled a little bit. time we had some fun and here it comes. it's probably the happiest record, i think, i ever got to do and i think the reason is the stadium tour and the fact that these people are just -- they're coming of all ages and singing with you and, man, you talk about the thing you miss in this time, i think we all miss what we get to do and i sure miss getting to play music right now. >> we all need a tonic for 2020. that is for sure, garth. >> yeah, let's hope it's 2021, right? >> absolutely. so tell us a little bit here, garth. 30 year, it's hard to believe 30 years since "friends in low places." as an artist what has changed about you and what has stayed the same 30 years later? >> well, that's kind of wild because you've probably known me longer than most people have, so i'd have to ask you that. i don't feel like anything has

changed but i think the world around us has changed. definitely music, the way it's distributed, the way it's consumed has changed immensely but the truth is, man, what's never going to change is the heart and soul of music because that's what kind of speaks for our souls. they're the voices of our inside so i think songs and music forever is going to stay the same and it's just stuff we turn to in hard times. we were talking at the billboard awards, do you think the covid is going to inspire a lot of writing? and it's like, maybe ten years from now but i think what we're doing right now if you're like me, i'm going back into older stuff i find my comfort in and kind of get wrapped up like a quilt in those old songs that bring me comfort in times like this. >> no, it's so great and you know what, it's pretty cool. you mentioned trisha. she's not just cooking with you, she's singing with you. you two covered the oscar winning song "shallow." tell us about it. >> yeah, i mean, "shallow" was

fun. we did it on a live by request show and it just -- everything kind of lit up and, you know, in this business everything lights up and then it goes away. this did not go away. it just kept lighting up and lighting up so we went ahead and per the people tried it for the new record. not thinking that it was going -- and, man, i got to tell you, i always thought bradley cooper and i had a lot in common. now i know we do. [ laughter ] we both understand that a great song is just finding a great female singer and gaga is one of the greatest. miss yearwood is one of the greatest and just kind of hang on and this record is crazy so it is officially going to be the single off the record coming up and i think tomorrow night we're actually going to let everybody hear if not all but a snippet of it for the first time so we're really excited. >> where will you let people do that? >> we'll put both records on tomorrow for anybody that might want them.

we'll put a fun bundle together and we're going to show it on garthbrooks.com starting 7:00 eastern time and you just tune in to garthbrooks.com and we'll walk through it and probably play that and just take some questions, answer them. it's kind of fun. it's kind of how the covid has pushed us all into this thing and everything that is a bless something a curse kind of thing but what i love about it, it puts you one-on-one with people right there in their living room where we're all the most comfortable so more like a conversation than it is a show. i'm going to enjoy it and hope other people will too. >> that's what's always stayed the same about you, all this time later, that is you're a man of the people and want to bring joy any way that you can. >> very sweet. i think we need joy right now more than anything. you know, that faith, hope and love thing, more than ever right now. >> whoo. i love that song. oh, hmm. garth's new album, thank you, garth, love to you, mr. yearwood as you like to call yourself. thank you and your new album

"fun" and triple live deluxe out november 20th. be well. coming up, natalie portman opens up about her kids and what

i love this song. we are back now with oscar winning actress natalie portman, the "star wars" star and mom of two is out with a new children's book.

"in the absence' natalie portman and "fables." >> she talked about changing stereotypes and what she's doing to prepare for her upcoming role in the "thor" movie. >> reporter: taking on a new role as a children's book author. >> i really wanted to give my kids this gift and, of course, their peers of these values that we pass down from generation to generation. >> reporter: "natalie portman's "fables" and reimagines these classic story, the tortoise and the hair, the three little pig answer country mouse, city mouse upending stereotypes. you turned the big bad wolf that we know so well from the three little pigs into a female. >> i had characters of all genders and also updating kind of the morals of the story to be relatable to our time. >> how have your kids responded to listening to you read these stories to them? >> it was fun hearing my 9-year-old respond to it because it's really kind of too young

for his age group reading, but he was like doing more analysis, thank you for paying attention. >> reporter: the pandemic giving portman more time to focus on this project but like all of us, challenging her in new ways. >> it's been beautiful to get to spend the time with my kids and also hard to watch them isolated from other children. >> reporter: her family spending this time together in australia as she prepares for her next blockbuster role again breaking gender stereotypes as thor: the goddess of thunder. >> i like her. >> preproduction work is definitely trying to get fit, you know, which as a mom of two is providing its own challenges. everyone, say a prayer for me, please. >> reporter: this powerful character another opportunity for her to teach an important lesson. >> for boys to see women in positions of power is almost more important than for girls because i think that is the way

we raise a generation that will just look at all gepders as human and that's how we get to equality. >> reporter: she says her kids aren't old enough to see her movies yet but that hasn't stopped her son from being proud of his mom. >> i'm so grateful that i have something that my son thinks is cool because, like, thank god for "star wars" and thank god for "thor," man, i would be pure embarrassment if not for those. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kaylee hartung, abc news, los angeles. >> thanks to kaylee. natalie portman 's facebo"fable out today. we have another named storm. this is epsilon, 26th named storm. we've never done that this early in the season. in 2005 we only got to zeta which is just one more. good news, this one stays east of bermuda and east of the united states. so it will mostly be what we

call a fish storm out there in the good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. don't forget the fire threat across the north bay mountains and red flag warning there. everybody warmer from near 70 at the coast t t t t t t t t t t tt .erscoast t t t t t t t t t t tt . and now to matthew mcconaughey. he was so much fun yesterday we had to bring him in for more. he has a new memoir, "greenlights" and sat down to talk to him about that and his passion for his alma mater. you were in the news recently, matthew, at your alma mater at the university of texas. you were all over the stadium. what did you think about it. >> yeah, the athletic director, he facetimed me while they were doing that and showed me all these cutouts of all the characters i played that they put me in the end zone, about 45 versions of me in roles that

i've played present at the game sfluf's come a long way from being a opportunity there, you're now a professor there teaching a film class. how were you as a student and what advice do you give yours? >> i was a very good student actually. i got into film school because i had a 3.82 gpa. i loved makesing my as. i also try to remind the student, hey, now is the time. start practicing, start telling stories right now because it's how you look at it. how do you see the world. how do you see a situation different than anyone else, the other thing, take a risk right now. don't ask permission. so take risks. >> you are telling your story, definitely took risks in your new book and one thing you write about is getting your first role in "dazed and confused" and those three little words that follow you everywhere you go now. >> all right, all right, all right. >> those are the first three words i ever said on film. and the reason i really appreciate how those words

introduced me is because of that reason, i did not know if that was going to be a one-night job in the summer of '92 that i would look back on in my life and say, oh, wasn't that a fun one-off. a nice little hobby i had and turned into a career that i've grown to love. here it is 28 years later. >> there was a point in your career where you were the go to guy for any kind of rom-com. but you wanted more than that so you say you embarked on what you call your mcconaissance. >> i love doing the romantic comedies. maybe i'll do another one but at the time i was like, boy, i want to do something else that challenges me. so when i couldn't do what i wanted to do i decided to stop doing what i was doing. it was 20 months later after no offer, after being -- feeling like i was forgotten by hollywood, finally matthew mcconaughey, i became a new good idea and started getting offered the roles i was looking for and that's when i went on what's called the mcconaissance. >> so many life lessons in the book. matthew mcconaughey, thank you

so much for being with us today. >> thank you very much. i hope you enjoy it. >> yes, everyone, matthew's book "greenlights" available now and since he can't do in-person book signings he's doing virtual event with several book stores. for more go to greenlights.com. always a pleasure to talk to him. >> 3.82. >> in case you needed to know, exactly, 3.82. >> i love that. good for him. >> lara, over to you. thank you, amy. yeah, we'll turn to the make-a-wish foundation marking its 40th year and celebrating a huge milestone, 500,000 wishes granted. wow, with the help of the walt disney company so many kids have bennetted from this amazing organization. take a look. ♪ at make-a-wish -- >> there are no words. it's just amazing. >> reporter: -- creating life-changing moments for kids facing illness is a dream come true. >> my wish so give you kids a day of distraction and forget about your sickness.

>> reporter: the walt disney company, our parent company has been the largest granter of wish, 140,000 and counting. >> they grant the best wishes. >> reporter: violet was just 7 months old when she was diagnosed with eye cancer. >> i wish to meet mickey mouse in disneyland and my wish came true on my 3rd birthday. >> mickey! >> reporter: violet is upone of many kids healthy thankful to make-a-wish and disney for fostering strength, hope and joy when they need it most. what do you think it means for these kids who might be really struggling to get a wish from disney? >> they're just going to have those memories of the rides, meeting fun characters for their lifetime. >> so riva and i are modeling this for you. disney is launching three new product, each with a charitable

component which you can see right here. you can buy any of them through world wish day april 29th, 2021 and disney will donate 25% of the purchase price up to 500,000 to make-a-wish available in disney stores and online at shopdisney.com. you like it, right, riva.

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back now with community heroes committed to helping families in need and lara has that special story. lara. >> hey, george, yeah, nonprofit organizations are stepping up like never before offering housing, food and educational services where they're needed most. this segment is sponsored by amazon and they have an incredible surprise for one worthy organization putting smiles on so many faces. monica is a first generation college student.

the oldest of three siblings monica's journey was not always easy. >> growing up i watched my parents every night struggling with bills on the table. >> reporter: like so many monica's parents balancing multiple jobs to keep the family afloat. >> it made me more appreciative of what they did, but also what others did to help us. >> reporter: some of that help coming from aahc incorporated, an organization offering essential services for struggling families. >> our philosophy is that housing plus education equals success. >> reporter: with over 50 properties, aahc providing housing and so much more. >> students come in and they can read with volunteers. >> it's sleepy time, little ducklings. >> work on their homework. >> reporter: it also provides weekly deliveries of affordable food, making a big difference in the lives of over 7,000 families in the washington, d.c. area.

>> programs like that have changed my life and my family's life. i'm very thankful for what they've done for me and my community. >> reporter: this holiday season our sponsored amazon is fulfilling the amazon smile charity list and donating millions of essential items to more than a thousand nonprofit organizations worldwide. amazon inspired by the work done by aahc wanted to give them a special surprise. >> hi, jennifer. i'm kate from amazon. your story really touched our hearts and it is truly amazing all that you do for your community and i want to let you know starting today you're getting everything that you wished for on your charity list from s.t.e.m. toys to educational books to electronics and more coming directly to you. >> wow. well, thank you so much. >> oh, we're so appreciative. yeah, and that's actually not it. we wanted to make sure that you and ahc had everything you needed for the holiday season and beyond so amazon is also

giving you $25,000 to make sure that you could get everything that you need. >> oh, wow. we are so grateful. >> we're so happy to help you. >> thank you so much to our sponsored amazon for this inspirational story and in you want to give back this holiday all you need to do is shop amazon smile or donate products directly to your favorite charity through amazon smile ch

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good morning, everyone. that breaking news is that two people are injured after some sort of industrial accident in san francisco. let's get you right now to sky 7 live over kaiser medical center. this is what we know right now. firefighters say sometime just after 8:00 this morning the two people were burned from a small fire that came from a high voltage panel in the basement. so right now they're at st. francis hospital being treated and you can see there looks like we can see some personnel still there on the scene but some damage possibly to the building and looking to get more information and crews say that the fire is contained. you can find the latest on this at abc7news.com and our app. don't forget we have a red flag warning in the north bay

until 8:00 wednesday morning. >> all right. thank you, mike. now time for "live >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, author and academy award-winning actor matthew mcconaughey. plus, fall crafts from "the craft lumberjacks." and a heroic principal and teacher from michigan to live in the good news story of the day. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here she is, kelly ri kelly ripa. >> kelly: good morning, everybody. [cheers and applause] please, please. please. be seated, everyone, i insist. it is tuesday, october 20th, 2020. ryan is out today out of abundance of caution, we are waiting, he had a covert test and we are waiting for the