right now on "america this morning," strategy session. the new moves made by the trump and biden campaigns looking for an advantage with less than a week to go. the president's urgent appeal to suburban women. first lady melania trump attacking democrats and joe biden's move to flip georgia blue. plus, overnight the trump website, the victim of a cyberattack. also breaking overnight, anger exploding in philadelphia. looting in the streets, the national guard called in. what we're learning about the police shooting of a black man, his mother who saw him shot more than a dozen times speaking out. the founder of an alleged sex cult learns his fate. the judge throwing the book at the man prosecutors say

brainwashed and branded women to be his slaves. what his victims are revealing. caught on camera, heavy winds flipping over this big rig. the wild weather on tap today. plus, an auction unlike any other. the sea creature up for sale. and the decades long drought is over. >> dodgers have won it all in 2020. >> the dodgers win the world series, but this morning what we've learned about the player who suddenly had to exit the game. good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi. >> and i'm trevor ault in for kenneth moton. we begin with several overnight developments in the race for the white house including a cyberattack targeting the trump campaign. also a new number, 70 million. that's how many americans have already voted early. that's more than half the total vote during the 2016 election. >> meanwhile, the coronavirus taking center stage with positive test rates increasing in 11 battleground states. >> and this morning, "the new

york times" is out with new reporting on the president's finances. but let's begin with the hacking of the trump campaign website. this morning, an apparent cyberattack hitting the trump campaign. for a short time last night a message at the top of the campaign's website reading, quote, this site was seized adding, quote, the world has had enough of the fake news spread daily by president donald j. trump. the campaign says it's working with law enforcement to investigate. it comes as "the new york times" reveals new details about the president's finances citing federal tax returns obtained by "the times." the report claims the president had $287 million in debt forgiven within the past decade adding that trump, quote, appears to have paid almost no federal income tax on that money, but this morning the trump organization disputes the report insisting he did pay the taxes on the canceled debt. >> i've got to say i'm working my [ muted ] off here. >> reporter: president trump is hitting nearly a dozen battleground states this week.

but last night he stopped in deep red nebraska hoping to secure the one electoral vote available in the congressional district that includes omaha. >> i don't always play by the rules of the washington establishment. it's because i was elected to fight for you. >> reporter: earlier trump making an appeal to women in michigan saying he's helping their husbands recover from the economic impact of covid-19. >> i'm also getting your husbands, they want to get back to work, right? they want to get back to work. we're getting your husbands back to work. >> reporter: and in her first 2020 solo campaign event first lady melania trump in pennsylvania defending her husband's handling of the pandemic. >> this administration chooses to keep moving forward during this pandemic, not backward. we cannot close down or hide in fear. we've got to work to find real and lasting solutions. >> reporter: and the first lady saying this about the president's tweeting. >> i do not always agree what --

the way he says things. but it is important to him that he speaks directly to the people he serves. >> reporter: joe biden visiting georgia where no democrat running for president has won since clinton in 1992. >> something's happening here in georgia and across america. >> reporter: and former president obama in orlando accusing trump of incompetence. >> he said this at one of his rallies, covid, covid, covid, he's complaining. he's jealous of covid's media coverage. if he had been focused on covid from the beginning, cases wouldn't be reaching new record highs across the country this week. >> reporter: about 70 million americans have already voted in person or by mail. the president now urging early voters to consider changing their decision after google revealed a spike in searches for, can you change your vote? the president tweeting, quote,

strongly trending since immediately after the second debate is can i change my vote? the answer in most states is, yes, go do it. most states do not allow voters to make changes to a ballot after it's been submitted. but some states do allow voters to vote in person after getting an absentee ballot. the trump campaign is now shifting where it spends money on tv ads cutting spending in florida and pouring money into michigan and texas. the other big story this morning, the gulf coast bracing for zeta. the storm already slammed mexico's yucatan peninsula. it's expected to strengthen into a category 1 hurricane with winds of 75 miles per hour by the time it makes landfall south of new orleans later today. dumping 6 inches of rain and the storm surge could reach 8 feet. and breaking overnight, the 32-year drought for the los angeles dodgers is over. they beat tampa bay last night in game six of the world series. it's the dodgers' first title since 1988, but in a strange turn of events, dodgers third baseman justin turner was pulled

from the game after it was announced midgame that he tested positive for covid-19. but as players celebrated their win, turner returned to the field for a team picture there not wearing his face mask while sitting next to the dodgers' manager. >> all i know is that i had to take him out of the game in the seventh inning, which was crazy, and he tested positive, and i don't know if it's false positive. i have no idea. he was in the team picture. i didn't touch him because i didn't know, but it was really crazy. >> well, turner later tweeted that he feels great and has no symptoms. across the country coronavirus hospitalizations are up 50% in the last month. the number of deaths nationwide rose by 10% in the last week. wisconsin's governor calls it, quote, an urgent crisis as some patients in overwhelmed hospitals are transferred to a makeshift facility. meanwhile, in ohio the governor says the virus is absolutely everywhere, and in massachusetts, the covid

positivity rate is the highest since may. now to philadelphia and a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man leading to looting in the streets. the police commissioner is vowing to fully investigate as the victim's family speaks out. overnight a second round of protests and violence erupting in philadelphia. thousands taking to the streets after the police shooting of walter wallace. officers opened fire on wallace monday shooting him approximately 14 times in front of his mother after she called for an ambulance saying her son had a knife and was having a mental health episode. >> folks who call the authorities didn't deem the police necessary, which is why they called and specifically requested an ambulance. >> reporter: new video shows the moments after the shooting. screams filling the street as neighbors rushed in. police say wallace refused to drop the knife. the city calling in the national

guard after a night of violence monday when nearly 100 people were arrested. more than two dozen officers were injured including a police sergeant run over by this pickup truck. police overnight asking people across philadelphia to stay inside. amid the marches looters last night ransacking this walmart and other stores in the area and overnight walter wallace's family breaking their silence about monday's shooting, which police say remains under investigation. >> i was telling the police to stop, don't shoot my son. please don't shoot my son. >> i can't even sleep at night. every time i close my eyes, i get flashbacks about multiple shots. >> white racist cops got my own dad. and black lives still matter. >> wallace's family is calling for peace as the investigation continues. a tragic school bus crash in

tennessee. a 7-year-old girl and the bus driver were killed. police say a utility truck lost control and slammed into the bus head on. five other kids were airlifted to a hospital in chattanooga. crews battling wildfires in southern california are getting help as fierce winds finally die down. the two major fires in orange county have forced the evacuation of 90,000 homes. 30,000 acres have burned. fierce winds in that area were enough to push over this truck on a freeway. you see it there on your screen but fortunately no serious injuries were reported after that crash. meanwhile, parts of oklahoma and northern texas are in the midst of an ice storm. nearly 50 counties in oklahoma are under a state of emergency with 230,000 power outages reported, and with that it's time now for a look at your wednesday forecast. hurricane zeta is on track to make landfall in louisiana this evening. new orleans and surrounding

areas could see the worst impact from any tropical system this season. now, looking at the radar, you can expect morning rain in the northeast. in the south as zeta approaches conditions are going to get worse along the gulf coast and louisiana, mississippi and alabama. now, looking at today's high, 70s and 80s in the south, 40s in much of the midwest and it feels like fall in the northeast. new york will be topping out at about 60. coming up, the potential game changer on the internet that has big tech ceos testifying to congress today. but first, caught on camera, this worker intentionally hit on the highway. we'll tell you what happens next. and the founder of an alleged sex cult gets 120 years in pri

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back now with a shocking moment near new york city, a transportation worker was hit allegedly on purpose while directing traffic. he was carried on the hood until someone finally stopped the driver. no word on the worker's condition or whether the driver will face charges. the ceos of facebook, twitter and google are testifying on capitol hill today about proposed changes to liability protections that tech companies enjoy. according to prepared remarks, facebook's mark zuckerberg will call on senators to update the law to allow an active role for government regulators, but the ceos of twitter and google will caution lawmakers about changing the rules. they argue making tech companies responsible for their users' content could hurt free speech. we turn to the leader of an alleged sex cult. sentenced in court. keith raniere maintained his innocence until the end but now we're hearing from the victims.

here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, the founder of an alleged sex cut will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> raniere really, you know, twisted people's trust and their need to find some meaning and hope in their lives in just the most insidious and devious ways. >> reporter: keith raniere, leader of the controversial company nxivm was sentenced to 120 years behind bars tuesday for sex trafficking, racketeering and conspiracy, all linked to his secretive sect. prosecutors say raniere, known as vanguard to his followers, was a con man and predator who used blackmail to force women into sexual relationships and act as his slaves and then branded them with his initials. >> when i left and realized, oh, my god, this guy is crazy and he's a pathological liar and he's been deceiving me, the betrayal is really deep. >> reporter: during the sentencing hearing raniere's victims describing their time with the group. one woman testifying raniere instructed her to keep a follower locked in a room for nearly two years. that victim saying she later

contemplated suicide. >> he listened intently, listened to every word i said as he did the other women, and the only person that i saw him kind of having a reaction or like itchy, moving around was camilla. >> reporter: his victims speaking out after the sentencing. >> this is the finale for him. his victimization of people, his terrorizing people, it really is over. >> reporter: two of raniere's co-conspirators, nancy salzman and "smallville" star allison mack, have not yet been sentenced. mona, trevor. >> megan, thank you. and coming up, the return of jon stewart. but first, chrissy teigen's emotional essay about her pregnancy loss.

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back now with model chrissy teigen opening up about her pregnancy loss and public grief. teigen and her husband john legend lost their unborn son after complications. teigen documented the moment in a series of pictures which some called inappropriate. in a new article, teigen describes her decision to post those images telling her critics, quote, i cannot express how little i care that you hate the photos. she added, these photos aren't for anyone but the people who have lived this. these photos are only for the people who need them. we spoke to a therapist about teigen's message. >> she's giving us vocabulary, she's giving us insight and she's empowering a lot of women to share what that's like.

she's creating that space for them, and that's huge. that's huge to honor those experiences, but that's also huge for our society. >> studies show one in four women will suffer a pregnancy loss. an important new recommendation about colon cancer screenings. government experts now say adults should start getting those screenings at age 45 instead of waiting until 50. it comes amid a sharp increase in cases among young adults. turning back to the coronavirus, some troubling signs in hospitals across the country. also this morning, a new study raising questions about what happens to your body after covid. earlier i spoke with dr. imran ali. let's begin with what hospitals are seeing right now. about 20% across the country are running short on icu beds. how is that compared to the last coronavirus surge that we saw over the summer? >> this time is a little bit different because now the workers in the icu are affected. we've been doing this for about seven months now, and basically you can open more beds, but you need the staff to staff them. >> and there's a new study on

how long your immunity might last after you get covid and the antibodies you develop. what are you learning? >> it showed that on average the antibodies lasted for about four to five months. now, this is just looking at the idg antibody, which is only one of the many antibodies you need to help fight off the virus or to get immunity. immunity is not only due to one antibody but multiple antibodies and t-cells as well, which this study did not examine. >> dr. ali, researchers found that some covid survivors' immune systems may end up turning on them, actually hurting the body. what do you know about that? >> we do know that the immune system gets activated in covid infection, and it's not only the virus that causes the damage, but it's an overactive immune system causing inflammation, inflammation of the lungs and of the heart especially. >> lastly, dr. ali, there's some interesting news on vitamin d and the role it might play in possibly fighting covid. what's your take?

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quarantine. the cluster of coronavirus cases reported at the medical center. just six days until election day, president trump and joe biden making a key push in battleground states. the latest on the campaigns coming up. massive fires continue to burn in southern california. one woman in the path talks about the moment she started smelling smoke. and also this morning, some serious sparkle in golden state park. the massive light display opening up soon. good morning. it is wednesday, october 28th. >> that is actually something to look forward to. we'll get to that in a minute. first we'll check in with your accuweather forecast and mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. that was gorgeous. can't wait to hear more about that. let's look at the winds. overnight look at this, still a little gusty on st. helena, everyone else is less than 15 miles per hour. the hu