good morning, america. battleground blitz. president trump barnstorming crucial states with the final votes just 13 days away. the first lady bows out of the trip due to her health, as the president says he wouldn't do much differently if he had a do-over on the coronavirus. >> not much. look, it's all over the world. china should have stopped it. >> joe biden at home preparing for the final debate tomorrow night as president obama gets set to hit the trail. also this morning, the cdc reporting startling new fatality numbers and that hospitalized covid patients are five times more likely to die than patients with the flu. the new surge in cases once again overwhelming hospitals and workers. new york state cracking down, urging residents to avoid nonessential travel to neighboring states. 16 schools in houston shut down, and college student cases spiking.

top expert dr. jha is back with us live. breaking news. the stunning decision in the breonna taylor case, a judge granting grand jurors permission to speak out publicly about those secret proceedings that failed to indict anyone in the young woman's death. two of them already raising questions about what they say they were told. and our abc news/"courier-journal" exclusive. the first police officer from that bungled operation, jonathan mattingly, speaking out for the first time. >> kenneth walker said that he and breonna were screaming, "who is it?" they said they never heard any announcement that it was the police. >> telling the story of what he says really happened the night breonna taylor was killed and what he now says they should have done differently. >> i'm telling you, michael, about that had happened, breonna taylor would be alive. >> and his message for breonna's mother this morning. also this morning. a record snowstorm in the west.

hundreds of accidents reported across minnesota. ginger is tracking the latest, and a new storm is on the way. and superstar mookie betts with a super steal at the world series. >> double steal, throw down is too late. >> winning america free tacos for the second time! l.a. taking down tampa bay in game one. cody bellinger picking up where he left off. >> it's gone! >> and the dodgers showing off their fancy footwork to celebrate. ♪ i bet my life, i bet my life good morning, america. it's great to be with robin and george, the gang is back together on this wednesday morning. >> welcome back. >> welcome back. looking forward to your interview that's coming up in just a little bit. but it is two weeks until -- less than two weeks now until election day -- have you seen this uplifting political ad? it's trending right now. two opposing candidates appearing together. we're going to hear from them both coming up. >> it's a real encouraging

approach we see right there. >> it is. it is not what we're seeing in the race for the white house. just 13 days until the final votes. the third and final debate tomorrow night in nashville. joe biden prepping at home in delaware. donald trump blitzing the battleground states and now barack obama ready to hit the trail again. he'll be in philadelphia today. his first in-person campaign event. senior white house correspondent cecilia vega is tracking it all. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. with that comfortable lead in the polls, joe biden is off the campaign trail again today. in any other presidential election it would be pretty remarkable to not see a candidate this publicly for so long in as many days, but as you said, president trump, he's in this battle ground blitz overnight, president trump in the battleground of pennsylvania. >> pennsylvania, you got to get out and vote. you know, if we win pennsylvania we win the whole thing. >> reporter: it's a state he won by less than 1% in 2016, and one he needs to win again even though this time around he made the visit begrudgingly. >> before the plague came in, i had it made.

i wasn't coming to erie. i mean, i have to be honest. there's no way i was coming. i didn't have to. >> reporter: the president had hoped to have the first lady with him. in her first public appearance since contracting the coronavirus, but the morning of the scheduled trip, she canceled citing "an abundance of caution" and "a lingering cough." now the president on a solo blitz to the finish. four battleground states, sometimes two stops a day, all hitting nevada, arizona, pennsylvania and north carolina all between sunday and tomorrow's debate. for his rival, joe biden, just one stop in north carolina. while biden is off the trail preparing for the final face-to-face showdown, his running mate, kamala harris, in the battleground of wisconsin calling on supporters to vote early. >> some people are trying to suggest that your vote won't matter. no, what they understand is that when you vote, you have power. >> reporter: and his most powerful surrogate of all, former president barack obama tweeting out a video with an urgent message for young voters ahead of his first trip out on the campaign trail later today.

>> in times as polarized as these, your vote doesn't just matter. it matters more than ever before. joe biden needs your vote. i know joe better than almost anybody. i trust him to be a great president. >> reporter: earlier at the white house, president trump asked what he would do differently if he had a do-over on his handling of the coronavirus, which has so far killed more than 220,000 americans. his answer -- >> not much. look, it's all over the world. you have a lot of great leaders and a lot of smart people. it's all over the world. it came out of china. china should have stopped it. >> reporter: and now in the president's line of fire the show "60 minutes," he did a sit-down at the white house yesterday, he wasn't very happy with how it turned out. he's threatening to release ahead of sunday's broadcast what he calls the full interview, he's been attacking leslie stahl who did that interview. aides around the president have been frustrated with him saying he needs to be focused on the

economy, the one issue that they feel is a winning issue for him. >> he's been taking off on all kinds of people. so many are hurting as well. cecilia, looking for economic relief and in those stimulus negotiations kind of mixed messages. sneaker nancy pelosi and secretary mnuchin encouraging signs but mitch mcconnell saying, not so fast. >> reporter: yeah, this reportedly happened behind closed doors. he's telling his republican caucus that he's warned the white house not to go ahead with any kind of deal with pelosi before the election. there's some fear there that a deal like this could hurt vulnerable republicans up for re-election 2in the senate. but as you said it, george, they are up against the clock and pelosi says they need to have a deal worked out by the end of the week in order for this to happen. >> cecilia vega, thanks very much. third and final presidential debate tomorrow night. we'll have complete coverage. i'll anchor with our team starting 8:00 eastern. >> thank you, george. now to more on the coronavirus emergency. the world health organization reporting a stunning 2.4 million new global cases last week alone.

here in the u.s., an internal health and human services memo, abc news obtained, says 44 states and territories are reporting an increase in cases. victor oquendo joins us now from miami beach, florida, with more. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. in just one week, the number of new daily cases here in florida has doubled. this was once the epicenter of the pandemic where more than 16,000 lives have been lost to the virus, and here in florida and around the world, the death toll continues to climb. this morning, staggering loss. the world health organization announcing that in the last week alone, 36,000 people have died worldwide due to covid-19. the cdc now saying that the u.s. saw nearly 300,000 more deaths in the past ten months than what's usually expected annually and that patients hospitalized with covid are five times more likely to die than patients hospitalized with the flu. hospital workers are overwhelmed. >> we're human. our emotions get to us. sorry.

it's just hard to see. >> reporter: as the virus is on the rise in 44 states and territories, the u.s. is now averaging 57,000 new cases a day. the latest white house coronavirus task force report obtained by abc news shows 31 states in a so-called "red zone" for cases, up from 26 states the week before. in new mexico, where hospital beds are filling up, the governor announcing more restrictions. starting friday retail spaces will begin closing by 10:00 p.m. and state-operated museums and historical sites are set to close until further notice. in houston, texas, just one day after in-person classes began, 16 schools closed because of covid cases. and in ann arbor, michigan, officials there hoping to slow the spread ordering students at the university of michigan to stay in place. the health department there saying students make up more than 60% of local cases.

in wisconsin, where case rate positivity numbers and hospitalizations are all on the rise, carmen is in need of a double lung transplant, left with permanent lung damage after contracting the virus and spending 45 days on a ventilator. >> this coronavirus attacked me in every way possible that it could. i'm literally on 100% oxygen, which is even more challenging. >> reporter: we're all watching the numbers here very closely. but just yesterday florida's governor said that whatever the future may hold, closing schools should be off the table. robin. >> victor, thank you. joining us again this morning is dr. jha, he's the dean of the brown university school of public health. you just saw in victor's report about nearly 300,000 more deaths than expected. two out of three of them directly because of coronavirus.

so what does that tell you about the actual death toll when it comes to covid? >> good morning, robin. thank you for having me on. you know, we have known that there has been an undercount and that there have been more people who have gotten sick and died from this disease. i think this is the best estimate so far of what that toll might look like. 220,000, the official number is bad enough. but this suggests that there are many, many more people who were infected and died of this disease. but we didn't have good testing and so couldn't really identify them as coronavirus patients. >> the largest percentage increase amongst latinos and young adults ages 25 to 44 and as you've been saying all along everybody is at risk here. >> yeah, there are two parts of this that are really frustrating to me. one is that there was excess deaths across every racial ethnic group but particularly, as you said, among latinos and african-americans and then particularly among young people. this is not a disease that spares anybody, and there has

been this kind of drumbeat of, oh, it's only the elderly. that would be bad enough, but second it's all of us. >> and something else that you and other experts have been saying that covid is far deadlier than the flu and this study backs that up. five times as deadly. >> yeah, absolutely, robin, and, again, this is another area of misinformation. flu is bad and we know flu can kill people. it fills up hospitals, covid is much, much deadlier. this is why we've had to take extraordinary measures to bring this under control and that's why we've got to stay at it and keep the virus under control. >> as always, dr. jha, we appreciate your insight. have a good day. thank you. >> okay, robin, thanks. we move on now to that major development in the breonna taylor case. a kentucky judge has given members of the grand jury permission to speak out about the proceedings and at least one grand juror is raising questions about the failure to bring charges. alex perez has the details. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. some of those jurors speaking up the moment they were given

permission to do so. they say they want to make clear what did and didn't happen at those proceedings. this morning, a kentucky judge issuing a rarely seen ruling granting grand jurors typically sworn to secrecy permission to speak publicly about the proceedings in the breonna taylor case. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: the decision follows months of protests and comes after the grand jury charged one now former officer, brett hankison, with wanton endangerment for firing his weapon into taylor's neighbor's apartments. but no charges for the death of the 26-year-old emt killed when police executed a search warrant. two jurors coming forward, one of them explaining they were never presented with any charges other than those for hankison. the grand jury did not have homicide charges explained to them adding, questions were asked about additional charges and the grand jury was told there would be none because the prosecutors didn't feel they could make them stick. >> neither of our grand jurors are in this for any type of claim. they wanted to contribute to the truth and transparency of this proceeding for the benefit of the whole community.

>> reporter: the attorney general's office previously released audio from the proceedings. you can hear one juror asking about seeing what could be other possible evidence. >> we're not going to see all the videos just because of time. >> reporter: in issuing the decision, the judge allowing the jurors to speak in part because the attorney general has made public statements about the proceedings. >> while there are six possible homicide charges under kentucky law, these charges are not applicable to the facts before us because our investigations show and the grand jury agreed that mattingly and cosgrove were justified in the return of deadly fire. >> reporter: but a juror now seemingly refuting the attorney general writing, the grand jury didn't agree that certain actions were justified, nor did it decide the indictment should be the only charges in the breonna taylor case. and the judge also ruled that the part of the proceedings not

recorded by audio can now also be released to the public. george. >> okay, alex, thanks very much. michael, in our next half hour you'll bring your exclusive interview with one of the police on the scene that night. >> yeah, i sat down with jonathan mattingly, one of the officers from that night. he's the only one who has spoken out from all the officers that were there that night, and he had some pretty interesting things to say. >> you want to hear what he has to say, michael. first, we turn now to the world series and the dodgers taking game one last night, out-slugging the rays. t.j. holmes is here with the highlights. >> reporter: it's kind of remarkable just to see that first pitch go out last night because you have to remember, this season was threatened, yes, by the pandemic but there was a labor dispute over salaries, remember that? once the season started two months late we had outbreaks on certain teams so just to get to the world series is worth celebrating. at the end of the night, however, it was only the dodgers doing the celebrating. >> and the ball game is over! >> reporter: a world series like no other finally under way. the first to ever take place at a neutral site and the los

angeles dodgers took care of business in texas dominating the tampa bay rays for an 8-3 game one win. >> 1-2 pitch. there is another strikeout. >> reporter: all eyes were on l.a. starter clayton kershaw. the three-time cy young award winner has famously struggled in past postseasons but not on this night recording eight strikeouts and allowing only two hits. >> another strikeout for kershaw. >> reporter: the big bats of l.a.'s big stars also getting it done. behind cody bellinger and his two-run home run in the fourth inning. >> at the track at the wall, it is gone. >> reporter: bellinger apparently learned his lesson after his home run sunday night in game seven of the nlcs when he dislocated his shoulder while celebrating. this time, opting for a gentle foot tap celebration instead. >> i guess his shoulder is okay. >> reporter: l.a.'s mookie betts also with some impressive footwork. >> there goes betts, double steal. the throw down is too late. >> reporter: becoming the first

player since 1921 with a walk and multiple stolen bases in the same inning. the only other player to do that, babe ruth. all right. stay on the mookie betts theme here. okay, say you're not a dodgers fan, say you're not a rays fan, say you're not even a baseball fan, bet you're a fan of free tacos. >> yes! [ laughter ] >> mookie betts has now gotten a whole country free tacos. yes, taco bell has done this for the past several years. steal a base, steal a taco. if anyone steals a base in the world series, the whole country gets a free taco. he stole one last night, he stole two but you only get one taco. you can go and get a free taco. everybody can on a certain day, on october 28th, but, yes, he is the second player, the first to do this twice, he did it three years ago. >> i'll forget by then i have a free taco. >> that's the plan. >> i'm just glad to see t.j. excited about it. we know where you'll be october 28th. >> where am i going to be october 28th? tacos. >> sound good?

>> i think that's going to be too close to election time. i'm going to be locked into election at that time. no tacos, george, no tacos. >> thank you, t.j. a lot more coming up including michael's exclusive interview with the "courier-journal" with sergeant jonathan mattingly at the center of the breonna taylor case. he's telling his story for the first time. and the political ad, oh, we cannot wait for you to see it. it gives you hope. but first, let's go to ginger with the latest on the record-breaking snow. good morning, ginger. >> did somebody say free tacos? i was like, baseball, oh, tacos. yes, i've got record-breaking snow video from minneapolis. more than 350 accidents were reported and they had 7.9 inches of snow. that is the biggest earliest snowstorm. the second biggest october snowstorm. eau claire, wisconsin, had their biggest october snowstorm. 6.9 inches of snow. so that's not it. there's more where that came from. we've got winter storm watches in place from minnesota and wisconsin back through north and south dakota. timing on this will be later this week. so you see thursday there as it lifts through, by thursday

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also right now, the latest on the coronavirus emergency. the cdc is reporting startling new fatality numbers and hospitalized covid-19 patients are five times more likely to die than flu patients. new york state is urging residents to avoid nonessential travel to neighboring states to help slow the spread of the virus. historic moment in space that lasted five seconds, osiris-rex collecting samples really quickly and taking off again. still happy day. it will take another three years for it to enter our atmosphere for scientists to examine the sample. let's go now to our "courier-journal" exclusive and, michael, you sat down with one of the officers. >> jonathan mattingly, one of the officers who burst through the door of breonna taylor's apartment on that fateful night in march when she was with her boyfriend, kenneth walker. mattingly was shot and badly wounded and this is the first time he's speaking publicly. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: her death sparked

nationwide outrage and anguish. 26-year-old medical worker breonna taylor shot and killed by louisville police officers shortly after midnight on march 13th while executing a search warrant. officers investigating a suspected drug operation allegedly linked to her ex-boyfriend. this morning for the first time sergeant jonathan mattingly sharing publicly what he says happened that night. >> so we get up. i remember banging on the door. it's open hand, hard smack, bam, bam, bam, bam. first time didn't announce. just hoping she would come to the door so everything was quiet, neighbors wouldn't come out. >> can you hear anything from inside the apartment? >> not at that point. not at that point. >> okay. >> so after the first bang, nothing happened. banged again. i yelled, police, search warrant, police, search warrant. you're yelling this. >> how many times do you yell that? >> probably three times with each bang. there was a total of six bangs, six different knocks at the door while we're doing this.

>> reporter: there were seven officers on the scene that night. one said he thought he heard movement inside the apartment. >> he said, stop, i can hear somebody coming up to the door, so we stopped. we listened. nobody says anything. we yell again, police, search warrant, open the door if you're there, police, search warrant, and finally i look back at my lieutenant, who is in the stack back here, he says, go ahead and hit it. >> even as you're hitting the door, you're yelling. >> yes, everybody at this point. >> everybody. >> because that's what we do. all seven that i know. it sounded like it. it's the typical -- that's the typical how it goes every time, and that doesn't change. >> kenneth walker said that he and breonna were screaming, who is it? he said they never heard any announcement that it was the police. and what do you say to that? >> maybe he didn't. >> but there are also 11 neighbors who said the same thing that he said. >> those 11 neighbors also said we didn't knock. kenneth walker said we knocked. the other witness says we knocked, so if you didn't hear us knock, you won't hear us announce. >> reporter: mattingly says once

the team enters the dark apartment he sees two figures in the hallway. how far away from you? >> about 20, 25 feet. yeah, probably 20, 25 feet. as soon as i turn the corner my eyes went straight to the barrel of this gun. i could see the tip of it and my eyes just focused in on it. >> reporter: breonna's boyfriend, 27-year-old kenneth walker, a legal gun owner fired a shot. later telling investigators, he fired because he didn't know who was bursting through the door. an fbi ballistics report says it was walker's bullet that struck mattingly. >> as soon as i felt the smack on my leg and the heat, boom, boom, boom, returned shots, four shots. from start to finish from the time i got shot to the time i'm on the ground and heard that last volley of shots, 12 seconds total. >> i don't know what's happening. somebody kicked in the door and my girlfriend -- where was she shot at? >> i don't know. she's on the ground right now. help. oh, my god.

>> mr. walker said i fired a warning shot. i thought someone was breaking into my apartment. i was aiming down because i don't want to kill anyone. that was his statement. >> he wasn't shooting at the ground a warning shot. he's pushed out with two hands looking straight at me. we -- i saw his gun. our postures were the same looking at each other when he fired that shot. >> reporter: only one officer was wearing a body camera during the execution of the warrant that night, but it wasn't turned on because mattingly said it wasn't police procedure in these types of situations. do you believe if you had body cameras this wouldn't have happened? >> no. the incident would have still happened, but it would have been shown on camera what happened. this wouldn't even be an issue. this wouldn't be a case. you'd never hear about it. michael strahan would never know about this case if we had cameras on that night. >> how would you have done it differently? >> either served a no knock warrant or do the normal thing we did which is five to ten seconds to not give people time

to formulate a plan or not give people time to get their senses so they have an idea of what they're doing because if that had happened, i'm telling you if that had happened breonna taylor would be alive. >> you believe she would be alive. >> 100%. >> if you had stormed in. >> yes. >> and not given them time. >> i do. >> say her name. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: in the months following, protests erupting across the country, celebrities like oprah and beyonce calling for the officers involved to be arrested and be criminally charged with breonna's death. what was your feelings watching all that unfold after this? >> mostly frustration and the frustration came from our command and from the mayor's office because there was so much disinformation out, because this is not relatable to a george floyd. this is nothing like it. it is not an ahmaud arbery. it's nothing like it. these are two totally different type incidents. it's not a race thing like people want to try to make it

be. this is a point where we were doing our job, we gave too much time. when we go in, i get shot. we return fire. this is not us going -- hunting somebody down. it is not kneeling on a neck. this is nothing like that. and i know i'm not going to sit here and act like playing the big victim card but i mean i was a victim in this as well. my family has been a victim in this. they have had to go in hiding and had death threats. when somebody sits back from their mansion and accuses somebody they don't know of being a racist and being a dirty cop and being a murderer when that's not the case, that does affect you. >> you were called racist. >> uh-huh. >> are you racist? >> no. not at all. >> do you think there is a racist divide between the community and pd? >> i think there are people who stir things up and make it more that because when you're dealing with criminal element, you know, you talk about racial profiling, good police anyway, police i worked with don't racial profile. you criminal profile. let's address the fact that just because you're black you're a

threat is not the case. i'm not scared of -- >> that's how black men feel. that's how black women feel. >> but does it make it real? >> if it's how you feel, then it's real. >> no, not necessarily. >> what is the difference between criminal profiling, racial profiling? >> criminal profiling is when you get to know an area, okay, when you work in an area long enough you can tell by people's demeanors if you pull up beside somebody and they don't make eye contact, they swerve off, there's just different elements of people's psychological game that they -- that they put out that you can tell when you've done something long enough. >> so basically it's a feeling. >> not just a feeling. i mean, it's a feeling that goes along with what you've experienced, with what is in the area, what should or shouldn't be. you look at a george floyd. what happened to him is tragic. it was horrible. everybody looked at that and said, wrong. bad. disgusting. and what happens, they end up

getting locked up, which in my opinion and i don't know the ins and outs of the case and i'm very careful not to judge people for monday morning quarterbacking, but in my opinion that was the right call whether he died from an overdose or whatever but what happened after that in my opinion george floyd was not a model citizen. >> it's very hard for me to sit here and hear george floyd died of an overdose. he died because somebody was kneeling on his neck -- >> in regards to being a model citizen or not he doesn't deserve that. >> nobody said he did. i just demonized it. i said it's horrible. >> no one has been charged in connection with taylor's death. an autopsy confirmed she died of multiple gunshot wounds. one officer in the case, brett hankison, has been charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for endangering neighbors when he opened fire. he's pled not guilty. and if breonna's mother tamika palmer is watching this, is there anything that you would like to say to her? >> miss palmer, nobody should ever have to go through what you're feeling.

nobody can sympathize or feel what you're feeling unless they've lost a child. there is no way i could ever tell you enough how much i wish this hadn't taken place. no amount of money in the world is going to change that. police reform is not going to bring her back but i just hope that you can find it in your heart at some point to find some peace, find some love in the future and i pray that everybody learns something from this and that this tragedy never happens again to any other family. >> and we know mattingly wasn't indicted for the death of breonna taylor and there is a pending fbi investigation to determine if her civil rights were violated and i asked him about the leaked email that he sent out to his fellow officers where he used the term to describe protesters, used the term peaceful protesters when he -- also called them thugs and he says they aren't worth your career or freedom. he said he was referring to the protesters who were causing property damage and taunting officers.

kind of -- it didn't -- frustrating at times to hear some of the things that were said. there's a lot more. >> there's so many discrepancies. >> so many. >> so many discrepancies. >> had a sense of why he wanted to speak out. >> seven months of not being able to say anything has built up and he released this email that was publicly scrutinized the night before the grand jury came back with their decision. >> again, he called protesters thugs. >> air quote, peaceful, and that was the question, how are they peaceful but yet thugs? his explanation, you be the judge and if it works out and if you understand it or not. >> and what he said about george floyd as well. >> was, yeah, way in -- in my opinion left field. had nothing to do -- >> gratuitous. >> trying to bring the character of someone into the situation where they were basically killed made no sense to me. >> and at the end of the day an innocent black woman is dead. >> yes. unnecessarily.

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third and final debate in nashville. donald trump blitzing the battleground states. back to cecilia vega. >> reporter: good morning. president trump will be back in the battleground of north carolina later today. he's hoping these rallies can energize his supporters in this final stretch. overnight president trump in the battleground of pennsylvania. >> pennsylvania, you got to get out and vote. you know, if we win pennsylvania, we win the whole thing. >> reporter: it's a state he won by less than 1% in 2016 and one he needs to win again even though this time around he made the visit begrudgingly. >> before the plague came in, i had it made. i wasn't coming to erie. i mean, i have to be honest. there's to way i was coming. i didn't have to. >> reporter: the pennsylvania had hoped to have the first lady with him in her first public appearance since contracting the coronavirus, but the morning of the scheduled trip, she canceled citing an abundance of caution and a lingering cough. now the president on a solo blitz to the finish.

four battlegrounds states hitting nevada, arizona, pennsylvania and north carolina all between sunday and tomorrow's debate. earlier at the white house, president trump asked what he would do differently if he had a do-over on his handling of the coronavirus which so far has killed 220,000 americans. his answer -- >> not much. it's all over the world. you have a lot of great leaders, a lot of smart people and it is all over the world. it came out of china. china should have stopped it. >> reporter: joe biden off the campaign trail but has former president barack obama hitting the campaign trail for the first time in person this cycle, george. he will be in the battleground of pennsylvania later today. >> that's right, pennsylvania such a key state. cecilia, thanks very much. complete coverage of the presidential debate tomorrow night. i'm anchoring with our political team starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. more on the coronavirus emergency. here in the u.s. an internal health and human services memo. abc news obtained it which says 44 states and ters are reporting

an increase in cases. let's go back to victor oquendo in miami beach with the latest. good morning again, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. florida's numbers are trending in the wrong direction. in just one week the number of new daily cases has doubled. the death toll is also climbing here and around the world. this morning, staggering loss. the world health organization announcing that in the last week alone, 36,000 people have died worldwide due to covid-19. the cdc now saying that the u.s. saw nearly 3 00,000 more deaths in the past ten months than what's usually expected annually and that patients hospitalized with covid are five times more likely to die than patients hospitalized with the flu. >> what does that tell you about the actual death toll when it comes to covid? >> this is i think the best estimate so far of what that toll might look like. 220,000, the official number is bad enough. but this suggests that there were many, many more people who were infected and died of this disease.

>> reporter: as the virus is on the rise in 44 states and territories, the u.s. is now averaging 57,000 new cases a day. the latest white house coronavirus task force report obtained by abc news shows 31 states in a so-called red zone for cases. up from 26 states the week before. dr. anthony fauci telling basketball star steph curry that we need to stay vigilant point virus in order to end the pandemic. >> if you combine a good vaccine with adherence to public health measures we can put this behind us. it may take well into 2021 towards the middle to end of the year. >> reporter: it was just a few weeks ago florida's governor said moving forward we are not closing anything down. just yesterday he said whatever the future may hold, closing schools should be off the table but, robin, we have to watch the numbers here very closely. >> yes, we do, victor, thank you. thank you. coming up racism in gaming. players of color speaking out about the abuse they received while playing online.

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mccartney getting a little cheeky with his social media getting fans whipped into a frenzy that he could be teasing a new album. the beatles legend posted mysterious pictures on instagram and twitter. here's one of them. it's a mushroom, three mushrooms then this one, three flowers. and then a single rose picture and it had an emoji of three dice, people. hmm. eagle-eyed fans notice spotified added a dice animation to previous mccartney albums on the streaming site. fans have deduced this must mean the release of mccartney 3, a follow-up album to mccartney 1 released in the 1970s and released 40 years ago in 1980, and telling "gq" the quarantine had one positive, i had a few little things to write and gave me time to finish songs i hadn't gotten around to. i believe we have a case closed

here. no official release yet. but fans online speculating this new music will drop in december, my money is on the fans. then we have miley cyrus to talk about who isn't being quite as coy as sir paul. she is just coming right out and saying it as miley does, she's making new music, people, her choice of genre may surprise you. i want you to think miley the metal head. yes. cyrus telling designer rick owens for "interview" magazine we're working on a metallica cover album. so lucky to continue to work on this. at first it felt uninspiring now i've been totally ignited. that's exciting. miley ignited is a good thing. she's shown her love for the hair bands rocking out to their "nothing else matters" at the 2019 glastonbury festival in the uk. no word yet on when her album will be released. then finally a little pup news investigation for you. come on. you ready?

i need your help. we'll find out which doggie did it. let's consult the video. shall we? as molly writes in her post who the heck got into the powdered doughnuts. was it this guy or this guy or was it suspect -- nope, wasn't three but could it have been this guy? busted! >> busted. >> that is chewy. he did not need to confess to the confectionery crime. after cracking the case molly posted this video with two simple words, people, guilty dog. >> but a happy dog. >> he'd do it again. >> i know. he would do it again. that tail wagging. thank you, riva and lara. now the "gma" cover story for you shining a light on race and video gaming. one study finding around four in ten americans personally experience some sort of harassment online particularly those for gamers of color so t.j. is back to tell us about this. >> hey, for this story i listened in on a gaming session

and the black gamer was told by someone he was playing with online you need handcuffs and a knee on your neck. now, i was shocked by what i heard. the gamers were shocked that i was shocked. they say this is typical of what happens on the online gaming community. they call it a racist, toxic environment and they're doing it all when they're trying to do the simplest of things and play a video game. terence miller is a star in the world of professional gaming. but one of his breakout performances at a major gaming tournament in 2016 was overshadowed by racial abuse he says he endured in realtime as he competed. >> there was a lot of racist and hateful messages posted. i never expected it to happen at the scale that it did. >> reporter: a history of harassment this professor says. >> sexism and racism has been a constant since gaming went online. >> reporter: in 2014 there was ga gamergate.

an organized campaign threatening women online. >> things have definitely gotten bet are but i do still like see stories of similar things happening to other people. >> reporter: "gma" spoke with a group of gamers. all of them say they've at some point hidden their identities while gaming online to avoid the harassment. >> i would only chat with my friends and be in private parties just because of the verbal violence that is going on in the space. >> you've made a conscious decision at some point to keep people from knowing, one, you're a woman and from knowing you're black. in doing something you love that much, you still felt that's what you needed to do to participate in it. >> i have gone through a very rigorous amount of online harassment that made me afraid to do that. >> when folks of color are there making themselves visible within the space they are subject to a whole host of inequalities. >> reporter: "gma" was there as friends and family of professor gray go online with disturbing results playing call of duty, a

mul multiplayer game in which people are placed randomly on teams. after a few hours of play, this happens. >> oh! >> trying to figure out why he's so angry. >> reporter: the verbal harassment went on for nearly ten minutes with language too offensive to broadcast and played an except for our group which included caylin on the receiving end of that racial abuse. caylin, you sounded kind of calm in the recording there but tell me what was actually -- were you calm or was something else bubbling up inside of you? >> my hands were shaking. it was hard for me to focus. it was just like for a good 10, 15 minutes of straight racial attacking. sometimes it's like unbearable. >> what do you hear when you heard that, khalif? >> this is like every other weekend which is the saddest part, right. >> i'm surprised you are not surprised. >> that's definitely super tame compared to what i hear. the anonymity of a keyboard, it allows them to be absolute and

complete internet thugs. >> reporter: activision told "gma" we do not tolerate racism, hatred or harassment of any form. the actions we have taken include banning thousands of players for racist and hate-oriented names, regularly implementing new technology to address these issues adding resources dedicated to confronting racist behavior and providing even easier ways for players to report offensive behavior. xbox, the platform of gamers in the demonstration they were playing on says racism has no place in our community. players exhibiting this behavior will lose access to xbox live. only 2% of game developers are black according to an industry survey. >> they're not in the room at the table. >> reporter: until that begins to change miller warns young players of color might be discouraged from doing something they love. >> they still deserve to be in the space without feeling alienated. >> every single person we talked to all the gamers say, yes, it

has gotten better and some companies put some things in place that can help but it's not enough. this is a $150 billion a year industry. there's an estimated 2.5 billion gamers around the world and can you imagine, guys, that that is online. we know about social media and stuff, but these folks can talk directly to you, right? so why you have to hide your identity to do something you love or try to leave the community to do something you love so it's not -- you can't dismiss it as if you don't like it, mute them. we wouldn't tolerate that in a workplace. we wouldn't tolerate it anyplace else and this is why it's such a big deal. doing everything else while black, gaming while black is also an issue. >> thank you for shedding a light on that. let's get back to ginger. ginger. >> and, robin, if you take the almost zero monsoon moisture and add in the drought that is severe in colorado and then some winds gusting to 80 miles per hour last weekend, this is the video you get and this just came in from that cal wood fire as it

was really in the heat of it. flames on both sides of the car. that fire alone has burned nearly 10,000 acres. it's 21% contained and we are watching for more air quality, red flag warnings and fire watches back from colorado and new mexico all the way to california. you good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. our last day of the heat wave is today. now we've got a stronger fire threat tonight and our strongest one this weekend following that some of the coolest lows of the season coming next week. for today, 60s along the coast. 70s around the bay. 80s inland. 40s in the deepest north bay valleys. 60s and 70s with the fire threat in the hills. bachelorette time. clare's search for love in the bubble continued last night. she sparked buzz with a new photo showing a ring on her finger.

will reeve has the highlights. >> reporter: last night the bachelorette heating up. >> really gets me excited about what is to come. >> reporter: the first group date found the guys in the dark as things got hot and heavy. >> going to get real hot real fast. >> reporter: but clare only had eyes for dale. the clear front-runner from week one. ♪ roses ultimately going to riley, ch chase and blake. has she found love? bachelor nation buzzing earlier this week after clare was snapped wearing a sparkly ring on her wedding finger. clarifying them on instagram she shot down any engagement saying it is a commitment to myself first and foremost to embody self-love. for "good morning america," will reeve, abc news, new york. >> thank you, will.

"the bachelorette" airs right here on abc next tuesday, 8:00 p.m. the minimalists show their followings how to streamline their lives to find true happiness part of our new series introducing you to the biggest influencers in social media and matched them up with a super fan who really needs their help. take a look. they are the guys who teach us to live more with less. >> the most sustainable purchase is left on the shelf. >> reporter: joshua fields millburn and ryan nicodemus have helped their fan base of 20 million eliminate their excess material things to focus on life's essential aspect. >> when we talk about minimalism we're making room for the important things for better health, better relationships, the ability to contribute beyond ourselves in a meaningful way. >> reporter: today we partnered them up with super fan tara stevens who is trying to declutter. >> are you guys ready for a hoarding situation here?

>> reporter: first tara's closet where the minimalists recommend the 90/90 rule. >> when you look at that item and say have i used this item in the last 90 days? and if not, am i going t use it in the next 90 days and if not i give myself permission to let go. >> reporter: the rule is adjustable up to a year. but if you won't use it, it's probably not adding value to your life. next, sentimental items. tara brings out some old collectibles. >> these were in my husband's family from his grandfather. >> if it doesn't serve a purpose, if it doesn't bring you joy, then maybe try getting rid of just one of them. choose one or two to keep and put those on display, well then that sounds like it would add a lot of value. >> some great advice. here are the menialists joshua fields millburn and ryan nicodemus on tv, authors and on every major social platform with 20 million fans and followers.

their motto, love people, use things because the opposite never works. you guys, thank you for joining us. with 20 million followers why do you think so many people connect to your message? >> i think we're overwhelmed with stuff. so much junk and ryan and i with our podcast, what we do is show people how to live a meaningful life with less. i think that starts with the stuff. once we declutter, though, we start looking inward to make room for what's truly important. >> i do agree. i got a lot of stuff. i need your help. how does your philosophy connect to something like budgeting? >> well, minimalism is a tool that helps us be more deliberate with all of our resources, our time, our stuff and, yes, even our money. on our website we have five budgeting tips but let's talk about the first step and probably the most important step to financial freedom which is creating a written monthly budget. notice the three key words there, written, monthly and

budget. a budget is going to help you stop spending money on stuff you don't need. you can do this with a simple spreadsheet or do it with a free app like every dollar. the key is to make sure that every single dollar is assigned to a category. >> i got to talk to my kids about that. you guys have millions of followers who are lining up to ask questions. we have one who is live with us. brittany is joining us from seattle. good very early morning, brittany. what's your question for the guys? >> good morning. hi, minimal ifs. so between myself, my husband and our three kids, we have so many devices like phones, tablets and laptops in our home and i would like to change that. so can you tell me about digital minimalism and how it can help us cut down on technology? >> yeah, we are so burdened with technology right now and that shouldn't be the case. we have something called the don't upgrade rule. not that we're against technology. we're not.

we just think as a minimalist i am complete in an empty room so any of my technology should enhance my life, not complicate it so the don't upgrade rule basically says you can go without an item meaning keep the one that you already have instead of upgrading to the new thing. if your item that you have breaks you can always repair it or if you have to replace it, i want to you ask yourself a question, will this bring tranquility to my life? will it increase my well-being? if not, it's okay to not bring it in. not buying a thing is just letting go in advance. so let it go. it's just stuff. >> not buying something is letting it go in advance. man, i love you guys. you know, the holidays are right around the corner so how can you be a minimalist when you give and get so many presents during this time? >> well, you know, we all want to contribute to the lives of the people that we care about so i would say consider the minimalist gift getting rule or

even the minimalist gift giving rule. you can avoid physical gifts but participate in the gift giving process. what if you decided to gift only experiences this year. how much more meaningful would your holidays be? you can consider experiences like concert tickets or maybe it's a home cooked meal or maybe it's tickets to a play or a musical or maybe it's breakfast in bed. experiences are going to strengthen and they are going to grow the bond between you and the people you care about most. >> i tell you what, always a great experience to talk to you guys. you guys really appreciate it. i want to thank brittany for her great question. the ming mallists will answer more questions live with ginger on our instagram page so make sure you follow us. coming up, tracee ellis ross joins us live.

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news continues now with "good morning america." you resilience, strength, love. overcoming disaster in the middle of a pandemic. surviving two hurricanes. now robin roberts and "gma" helping those in need. tomorrow, on abc's "good morning america." resilient, strength, love. right after the show. i'll leave a little early and head to the gulf coast in particular to the lake charles area in southwest louisiana. not one, but two hurricanes, laura and then delta and the people there, they've been helping each other out, but we want to showcase their resilience and grit in such a tough time and rob and i will be there. you know i went to college in louisiana not far from there, grew in the mississippi gulf coast. i know what it feels like to

feel forgotten. we're bringing some resources, as well and it means a lot to us how they have picked themselves up and they are -- they need the spotlight and i'm glad we'll do that. >> one of my best friends kevin smith lives in lake charles and he sent me pictures and said, michael, they forgot about us. so he'll be so happy to see you and rob down there bringing some light to what's going on. >> that will be tomorrow. thank you for that, robin. you know, right now, let's switch gears and we have an amazing guest. one of our favorites joining us right now. a golden globe winning and emmy nominated star of the hit show "black-ish." the series is back tonight for its seventh season. let's say good morning to tracee ellis ross. good morning, tracee. great to see you. >> good morning. how are you guys? >> we are great, but it's not about us. it's about you. you have a birthday around the corner, so what is your birthday wish? ♪ it's your birthday >> i will be turning 48 years

old, and i -- my birthday wish is that everybody get out and vote. everybody get out and vote. everybody get out and vote. >> all right. >> besides that? [ laughter ] >> that's -- >> all three of those things, please, all three. >> all three, all three. so you said 48. but the internet is loving when -- congratulations, that's wonderful and happy birthday to you. a throwback, though. when you were 18, the internet is going crazy over this when it was your 18th birthday and you got -- every hallway is a runway. you got out there on the runway with your mama, diana ross. tell us about this moment, tracee. >> i was an 18-year-old. 17 at the time and i wanted to model. my walls were plastered with all of the, you know, supermodels at the time. my mom walked on the fashion show, and it was for one of the

biggest designers at the time. he had a big, extravagant show, and he said she could walk in it if she would bring other daughter as well and i flew on the concorde. for those who don't remember it was a 3 1/2 hour ride from new york to paris on a supersonic jet and got to walk the runway and went back the next year as well but i was a skinny little 17-year-old. >> you were strutting your stuff. you walked that runway. >> you were. >> we have something a lit more seda -- little more sedate right now. to welcome back the seventh season of "black-ish," that cast poster by kadir nelson. tell us about it. >> oh, what a wonderful honor. you know, to change it up and not do a photograph to celebrate the new season. he is so extraordinary and he really captures a slice of life and to etch us in "time" as an american family. you know what was interesting to me looking at the work is in a photograph, you know, the lighting and it's perfect, he

captures a sense of life in your face in a way that i was so moved by, particularly looking at the kids. he captured who they have become and the regality of what we have been doing for the last seven years and exciting to me to be painted by a special artist. >> "black-ish" this season is going to capture our lives right now. it starts the start of the pandemic and bow is an emergency worker. let's take a look. >> i will never grow tired of honoring your sacrifices, mom, unlike this one. >> i honor your momma every night she allows me to. >> junior, it's okay. i know how you support me. you don't need to clap out loud. you can clap in your heart. >> you don't mean that. >> no, i don't. let me hear it, go, go. hey. hey. hey. hey. ♪ i'm essential, i'm essential, hey ♪ >> i'm essential. thank you for the laughs. you always make us laugh and

always a message there as well. hey, tracee, when we talked to you in may, you said you weren't sure how it would be being back on the set with everything going on. how has it been? how was it? >> you know, we've been back for two months now and honestly when we started which i think is what's happening in all industries, anyone that is able to go back to work, you kind of have to reimagine what you did before. and so that's what we've been doing. i'll be honest, it was a little bit like, all right, we'll do the show, but we're going to do it underwater with scuba gear. so it just -- there's a lot of safety protocols. it changes the dynamic of what we do but because of the chemistry and the long tread relationships that we have, we've been able to find the joy, but, you know, it's not a joke. and so everybody wears masks and shields and everything happens separately. things take a lot longer. i think, you know, time on a production is something you kind of work against and now it's

something that you have to heed really responsibly and so that there's no, you know, you don't get sloppy with it. it's really a regimented situation. >> definitely can't get sloppy with it. we want to ask about your movie "the high note." we love you in "the high note" and had a chance to hear your voice, your song "love myself" is getting some oscar buzz. >> ooh. >> was this something you were expecting? >> no. no. of course not. it's crazy and let me telling you something even if it just is oscar buzz and never turns into anything else, i'm like, whoo! [ laughter ] say it here, let's say it here for the first time, if i get nominated, if it gets nominated with some oscar buzz and actually happens, i will happily sing at the virtual oscars. >> there you go. you heard it here first. you heard it here first. that will seal the deal. >> all right, tracee, we love having you on the show, thank you very much.

congrats on season seven. >> thank you. >> premieres tonight right here on abc at 9:30, 8:30 central. when we come back, hugh grant will

we are back now with hugh grant, you know him for more than 40 films like "four weddings and a funeral" and "about a boy" as well as "love

actually," now starring in "the undoing." thank you for joining us this morning. i know you've been living out quarantining with your family and young kids back in london. how is it going? >> well, i have no complaints. i'm one of the lucky ones, you you know. having said that, i'm quite old and my children are very young, and i can't say that entirely easy, but i've -- you know, there's been bonuses, i've learned to cut hair. i started by cutting my daughter's barbie's hair out of sheer boredom and i discovered i was extremely talented, and then i started cutting my children's hair whether they wanted a haircut or not. i just strapped them to a chair and cut their hair. >> thanks for being so honest about quarantine. >> we appreciate your honesty on that one. you've said that you found yourself turning into your father. so what kind of dad would you say you are? >> i would say i'm enchanting but i don't know what the

children would say. i do have some of my dad's traits. he was ex-army and lovely, lovely, but suddenly out of nowhere the most terrifying bark would come and i notice i do that. it makes all the kids cry. it makes my wife cry. it makes the neighbors cry. [ laughter ] >> i have to say, in "the undoing," you play a seemingly devoted father and husband. you know, i can't say much more without giving anything away. so how would you describe your character? >> it's a very difficult show to promote because it's full of, you know, mysteries and almost anything one says is a spoiler. but, yeah, in episode 1 you see i'm a lovely -- i'm a cancer doctor for children. i save children's lives. i love my wife, nicole kidman. i love my son.

i'm a good father. i seem to be a nice man, but you might think possibly this guy is too good to be true. is there a little bit of viscose mixed in with the cotton of the shirt? a bit easy to iron then it all starts to unfold. >> we get to see new york before the pandemic again as well. i want to show everybody just a little bit of "the undoing." >> the sooner we can get out the better, i've got an early flight to cleveland. >> when do you get back? >> possibly tomorrow night if i can get away but you know i do hate to forfeit my reward points. that's how you get the complimentary breakfast, grace. okay, here we are. slump, dread, sob, despair. >> look at me. >> i'm very proud of you. >> now is it true nicole had to beg to you do this? >> no, she's a liar. [ laughter ] she keeps saying that. i was honored. i mean, it was an extremely classy offer.

it was nicole kidman who's got a zillion oscars, it was wonderful, a danish film director who has also won lots of tv awards, "bird box," et cetera, and then the greatest tv writer in america, david kelley who wrote "big little lies," "little big lies." i've never gotten this right. it really enrages nicole. and it was very high pedigree. of course, i had to say yes. >> we can't wait to see it. "the undoing" premieres this sunday on hbo. hugh, thanks for coming back. also going to stream on hbo max. let's go to ginger. >> you know, i have a question for all of you. do you feel this is a snow cat or a snow dog? we're not quite sure but we're pretty happy it snowed. a lot of people, i don't know if they'd say the same in st. cloud, minnesota. remember, minneapolis had that huge snowstorm, and now more snow on the way and certainly the cold. that dip of the jet stream

reveals saturday morning close to records, good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. after starting in the 50s and 60s, we're on our way to 60s, 70s, 80s, our last day of this heat wave. cooler weather is on the way but right now a "gma" exclusive premiere of the trailer for the latest disney animated film called "raya and the last dragon." it's a fantasy adventure inspired by the cultures of southeast asia, hitting theaters march 2021. it is voiced by "star wars" actress kelly marie tran who has a special message just for us. >> good morning, america. kelly marie tran here in front of the iconic disney animation building on the disney studio lot. this is where some of my favorite movies were made. to be part of the newest fantasy adventure, "raya and the last dragon" is really a dream come true. i can't wait for everyone to see

the film. but until then here's your very first look at our new trailer. enjoy. ♪ >> my whole life, i trained to become a guardian of the dragon gem, but this world has changed. now to restore peace, i must find the last dragon. ♪ >> my name is raya.

when was the last time your property tax bill went down? what? never. are you kidding me? for years, the residential burden has gone up. while the corporate burden has gone down. prop 15 reverses that. it closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. and when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. that's right. a savings of a hundred twenty-one dollars a year for the average home. give homeowners a break. vote yes on 15.

we are back with our big performance by blackpink.

the k-pop sensation that's been breaking records with their new album called "the album" and they're joining us now all the way from korea. welcome, welcome, welcome, blackpink. congratulations on all your record-breaking successes. we want to thank you ladies for joining us this morning and i have a question, are you surprised by all of your accomplishments? >> definitely. you know, it's crazy. >> it means everything to us how our fans show us their love and support through everything that they can possibly can do -- >> very grateful. >> every day. >> we know you at "gma" pre-pandemic, had one of the biggest crowds we've ever had for anybody we've ever had here which shows that your fans really love you. they appreciate you, and we know they're excited about this new album, and why did you decide to name the album "the album"?

>> we thought -- we came up with many different other names and we -- at the end of the day we thought our fans had been waiting for blackpink's album for such a long, you know, time that there was nothing better than to just name our album blackpink "the album." we thought it was just perfect. >> yep. >> when the pandemic is over, where are you most looking forward to performing? >> all around the world because we miss it so, so much. >> all around the world because you have fans all around the world who cannot wait for you to show up in their city so they can come see you. we want to thank you and now we're excited because we're about to hear blackpink with their song "lovesick girls." take it away. ♪ we are the lovesick girls ♪ we are the lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ ♪ oh can we say

[ singing in foreign language ] ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ do it over and over ♪ we are the lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ we are the lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ but we were born to be alone yeah, we were born to be alone ♪

♪ yeah, we were born to be alone but why we still looking for love ♪ ♪ no love letters, no x and os no love, never, my exes know ♪ ♪ no diamond rings that set in stone ♪ ♪ to the left better left alone ♪ ♪ didn't wanna be a princess, i'm priceless, a prince not even on my list ♪ ♪ love is a drug that i quit no doctor could help when i'm lovesick ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ ♪ we are the lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ we are the lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ but we were born to be alone, yeah, we were born to be alone ♪

♪ yeah, we were born to be alone but why we still looking for love ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ slippin' and fallin' [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ ♪ we are the lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ we are the lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ one, two ♪ lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ lovesick girls [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ lovesick girls still looking for love ♪

i'm voting 'yes' on prop 19. nineteen limits taxes on seniors. it limits property tax on people like me.

nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. it says so right here. if 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. i looked at moving but i can't afford the taxes. will you help california's most vulnerable? vote 'yes' on prop 19. a big thank to you blackpink for that great performance. >> tomorrow tune in, robin is in the gulf coast. as you know, so many hit hard by the hurricanes. we're looking forward to that. have a great day, everyone.

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. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. good morning, everyone. i'm exhaust exhaust from abc7 mornings. a new report found that san francisco is the number one city in the u.s. for scoring a deal on rent. even though it's still the priciest market, the listings website jump inner says average rent in san francisco is down 20% since this time last year. it's dipped to an average of $2,800 a month, under $3,000 for the first time in six years. here's mike with our forecast. >> still a lot of money, isn't it? let's take a look at what's going on outside. a lot of warmth out there, 70s around the bay. 80s inland. 60s at the coast. the last day of our heat wave. a new red flag warning t effect tonight at 10:00 through 8:00 tomorrow. fire threat will increase saturday night through monday as

temperatures decrease this weekend. >> thank you, mike. time for "live with kelly and ryan." we'll >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, academy award-winning actor, eddie redmayne. and tips for keeping safe while trick-or-treating. plus, we will meet a couple neighbors. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> kelly: not the way away -- >> ryan: very fast. >> kelly: not the way we intended it. that is not how i thought that would look. >> ryan: they are like five, four, three, jukes, go. thank you for covering. strict protocol. cots on negative test results for covid. makes you feel very good.