good morning, america. race to the finish. with just six days until the final votes, the candidates are making their final push. joe biden working to flip red states blue. >> something's happening here in georgia and across america. >> president trump defending his turf. >> we're going to have a great red wave. people that want to go out and vote. >> and still defying scientists and insisting the country is rounding the corner on the pandemic. plus, our brand-new poll from two crucial battlegrounds with a record of over 70 million americans already casting their ballots. dire warning. covid hospitalizations reaching record highs in at least 11 states. in wisconsin, the governor warning people to stay home, calling it an urgent crisis.

chicago cracking down again, banning indoor dining as overwhelmed hospitals buckle under the pressure. bearing down. hurricane zeta strengthening overnight, barreling towards the already battered gulf coast. millions bracing for the storm to make landfall tonight. ginger is live on the ground this morning. tensions rising. overnight, growing unrest in philadelphia over the fatal police shooting of walter wallace jr. officers firing 14 shots at the man allegedly armed with a knife. the national guard deployed, looters ransacking businesses. this morning, his family speaking out for the first time. sentenced. the leader of the sex cult nxivm keith raniere given 120 years in prison. this morning, "dynasty" star catherine oxenberg, the mother of one of his victims, reacts to the news. >> he's a vile monster. >> what she's saying about her daughter only on "gma."

♪ finally and the city of champions. >> dodgers have won it all in 2020! >> the dodgers transforming l.a. into title town after winning their first world series in more than 30 years. mookie betts striking again. >> high fly ball, left center. back at the wall. it is gone! >> the dodgers overcoming the bizarre moment the team had to pull one of their star players in the middle of the game after a positive covid test. and this morning, we're hearing from their star pitcher. that's right. clayton kershaw joins us live, first on "gma." ♪ finally it has happened to me right in front of my face ♪ yes, finally it has happened for the dodgers after more than 30 years. i'm telling you, it is a great time to be a sports fan in l.a. >> yeah, a few weeks ago celebrating the lakers and now

they're celebrating the dodgers with a world series victory and celebrating all night long. take a look at the fans at this drive-in honking their horns. much more on that big win coming up. we'll hear from superstar clayton kershaw live. >> many are happy for him in particular. but we'll get right to the latest, the race for the white house. look at people lining up at polling places all around the country. some 71 million, 71 million americans have already voted early in person or by mail. that is more than half the total vote from four years ago. >> we're going to break all kinds of records this year. all playing out as the country is in the grip of a new covid wave, cases spiking and the rate of positive tests increasing in 11 of 13 battleground states. setting a record in wisconsin, where president trump defied social distancing at a rally last night. joe biden in georgia hoping to turn it blue for the first time since 1992. mary bruce starts us off from atlanta. good morning, mary. >> reporter: george, good morning.

the biden team is optimistic that may be able to turn some of these trump states. it's why they are spending time in places like here in georgia. out pitching voters promising that he can help heal the country from the tumultuous trump term. while the president is out trying to make up for lost ground in the midwest. this morning, with 71 million ballots now cast, more than half of all votes in 2016, joe biden is hoping those early votes can help him flip red states blue. ♪ hey ya >> reporter: biden on offense in georgia, a state trump won by five points in 2016 making his closing argument. >> with our voices and our votes, we must free ourselves from the forces of darkness and the forces of division and the forces of yesterday and the forces that pull us apart, hold us down and hold us back. >> reporter: biden this week is also hitting traditional backgrounds like florida, wisconsin and michigan, states trump won four years ago but is now scrambling to hold on to. >> i'm working my [ muted ] off.

>> reporter: trump tuesday sprinting through three states, michigan, wisconsin and nebraska. covid cases are spiking in all three states but trump is adamant that the country is rounding the corner. >> we're in great shape. and in the one area of the midwest, the little areas in the midwest, certain areas that are heated up right now, they'll go down. >> reporter: painting a rosy picture has become a standard part of his stump speech. >> here's the story -- it's covid, covid, covid. you can't watch anything else. they're doing heavy covid because they want to scare people. >> what's his closing argument? that people are too focused on covid. he said this at one of his rallies. covid, covid, covid, he's complaining. he's jealous of covid's media coverage. >> reporter: campaigning for biden in florida tuesday former president obama relishing the chance to lay into his successor. >> last week when trump was asked if he'd do anything differently, you know what he said? he said, not much. not much. really? like maybe you shouldn't have

gone on tv and suggested we might inject bleach to cure covid? >> reporter: the president is also sending out his top surrogate. in her first and only campaign appearance first lady melania trump hitting the trail in must-win pennsylvania trying to appeal to critical suburban women, speaking to a packed crowd about her own experience with covid. >> like many of you, i have experienced the firsthand effects of covid-19, not only as a patient but as a worried mother and wife. this administration chooses to keep moving forward during this pandemic, not backward. >> reporter: now the president is continuing to hold these rallies at a breakneck pace. today he'll be in arizona before heading down to florida and while these packed rallies may be getting out his supporters they're not good at curving the spread. in minnesota, health officials they can link 22 cases to outbreaks at trump rallies.

joe biden, of course, the optics could not be more different. he is holding far fewer events with much more social biden is off the trail today but will be in florida tomorrow also. >> mary, we have a couple of new polls out including michigan shows joe biden, a solid lead, right there, about seven points. about where it's been for the last several weeks and widening his lead in the state of wisconsin, 57-40. that's pretty far outside what other polls have been but has been improving his position in that state in the other polls, as well. >> reporter: and, george, this these numbers appears to be a reflection of the toll that trump is taking wisconsin now has -- is the third in the nation in covid cases per capita with a 53% increase in average daily cases in the last two weeks. michigan has also seen record daily case counts. and how women are responding. biden leads trump by 30 points with likely female voters.

he's up 24 points in michigan, george. >> we're seeing serious early voting in both those states. thanks very much. robin. george, now to two new reports on president trump's finances claiming he failed to repay millions in loans as a businessman, and that while in office, he funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to his properties like his private florida club like mar-a-lago. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has those details for us. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hi, robin. good morning. the president calls mar-a-lago his winter white house but this morning the new report suggesting that american taxpayers may have been footing a very hefty bill for all his trips there. since taking office president trump has made 300 trips to his own hotels and clubs like mar-a-lago and this morning, "the washington post" says those trips have given his private businesses a big boost to their bottom line. according to "the post," the businesses charge for everything from ballroom and golf cart rentals to candelabras, decorative palm trees and pricey bottles of booze all to the tune of more than $8 million. "the post" says taxpayers ended

up footing the bill for at least $2.5 million. also this morning, "the new york times" reporting that while president trump used his reputation as a billionaire businessman to help propel him to the white house, as a businessman he failed to repay some $287 million in loans. the vast majority for a massive skyscraper project in chicago. "the times" says mr. trump borrowed more than 700 million to fund the construction. he highlighted it on his show "the apprentice." >> i intend to erect a modern masterpiece of steel and glass. >> reporter: but no matter how hard he tried to hype it in the midst of the 2008 crisis, condos didn't sell, storefronts remained vacant and according to "the times," the "art of the deal" author walked away from his debt. but rather than stay in the red, "the times" says mr. trump got a series of loan extensions even suing his bank, ultimately ending in a private settlement. the bank largely letting him off the hook. "the times" writing, rather than warring with a notoriously

litigious and headline-seeking client lenders cut him slack, exactly what he seemed to have been counting on. now, new york's attorney general reportedly investigating whether this and other maneuvers aimed at skirting taxes broke the law. this after "the times" reported president trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes for at least two years since winning the white house. president trump famously refusing to release those tax returns. >> first of all, i called my accountants. under audit. i'm going to release them as soon as we can. i want to do it. >> reporter: but an audit does not prohibit him from releasing the returns. he could if he wanted to. president trump just tweeted, he says that he made an appropriately great deal with numerous lenders on the chicago tower, asking, doesn't that make me a smart guy rather than a bad guy? also a white house spokesman calls those claims about the president's personal businesses benefitting from all his travel since taking office at the expense of taxpayers, robin, a quote, absolute disgrace and a

lie. george will anchor our live coverage of election night with our powerhouse political team at election headquarters in new york, d.c. and delaware, that of course, tuesday, november 3rd, starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. michael. >> all right,s robin. now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. cases surging with 45 states reporting an increase in at least 11 states setting records for current hospital admissions. alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, cases on the rise across the country, 11 states reporting record high covid-19 hospitalizations with nearly 43,000 patients in need of care. wisconsin crossing the 200,000-case threshold hitting a new daily record of 5,200 new cases a day and 64 deaths. >> this is an urgent crisis. we need folks to forget it won't happen to me. while it took us a little over seven months to reach our first 100,000 cases, it took us just a fraction of that time to reach our second 100,000.

this time it only took 36 days. >> reporter: hospitals overwhelmed with the increased patient load forced to create makeshift facilities to accommodate the need. 34-year-old amanda best has been battling covid for a month requiring oxygen to help her lungs recover. she says she was asked to move to a field hospital because she was younger than other patients. >> my reaction was panic. i thought this looks like i'm in the middle of a war zone, tents set up, beds, cots. am i going to get the care i need? >> reporter: despite the lack of manpower and resources, one member of the white house covid-19 task force telling the "washington post" live that rationing care is not an option. >> there is no concept of rationing care at this point in time. we have plenty of resources and we actually have leeway in the system to absorb the care. >> reporter: but doctors on the front lines warn thaht if the numbers keep growing there won't be enough manpower to meet demand. >> beds don't care for people.

people take care of people and that's our biggest resource limitation right now is the care givers. we're not seeing a change in the amount of masks people are wearing or limitations of large public gatherings, so that's making us very nervous and in some cases pretty scared. >> reporter: as new cases rise, throughout the midwest, illinois governor j.b. pritzker is cracking down banning indoor dining in chicago restaurants and bars later this week, another blow to an already hard-hit industry and setting up a fight with city leaders. >> we're going to continue our engagement with the governor and his team, but it's not looking good, and if we can't convince him that some other metrics should apply, then the shutdown unfortunately is going to take effect starting friday by state order. >> reporter: and health officials here in wisconsin are pleading with people to stay home and only go out if absolutely necessary. robin? >> thank you so much, alex.

now to hurricane zeta barreling towards the gulf coast this morning expected to hit tonight as a category 2. ginger is in my hometown with the latest on zeta's path. good morning, ginger. >> robin, we're concerned in this spot for 6 to 9 feet of storm surge. i'm also worried about new orleans getting the wind damage with 75 to 100-mile-per-hour gusts. if it makes landfall and it will later this event. but that's what it did in cozumel. it's strengthening as it approaches the coast. you see that on the satellite image, still about 300-miles plus away. but it's cooking. this thing is going to race through tonight and new orleans is on hurricane warning, we're concerned not only about the

surge but those winds taking out power lines. when you move it this fast, you're waking up in birmingham it may wake up overnight tonight. a big part of the reason it's busy is the big high pushing them right into the gulf. robin. >> i know that you'll have much more for us from the pass coming up. thank you so much, ginger. michael. we turn now to the world series. the dodgers finally taking home the title after more than 30 years. t.j. holmes is here with the highlights, as always. good morning. >> good morning. of course, the headline is that the dodgers won the world series, but there are two other things getting a lot of attention this morning. one is a positive covid test that got a player pulled in the middle of the game. the other thing is a controversial manager's decision that could come back to haunt these rays for years to come. >> strike three. dodgers have won it all in 2020!

>> reporter: the dodgers are champions once again for the first time in 32 years bringing home the world series title after beating the tampa bay rays but even amid the celebration, a stark reminder, we're still in the midst of a pandemic. >> breaking news, justin turner received a positive covid test. that's why he was removed from the game. >> reporter: mlb was informed during the game that dodgers third baseman justin turner's covid test came back positive and he was pulled from the game. turner was later spotted on the field with and without a mask celebrating with his teammates. the game itself was a pitcher's duel for most of the night. >> here's one. >> reporter: tampa bay jumped out to an early 1-0 lead but rays manager kevin cash made a controversial and questionable decision to pull his starting pitcher blake snell who had struck out nine and only allowed two hits. >> snell can't believe it. we'll see how it works out. >> reporter: the move immediately cost them. the dodgers scored on a wild

pitch. >> this one gets by zunino. tie game. >> reporter: and then world series mvp corey seager drove in dodgers newcomer mookie betts to take a 2-1 lead in the sixth and they never looked back. >> and just like that the dodgers are on top by one in the sixth. >> he's been in the postseason so many times. i just came to be part of it. i'm just happy i could contribute. >> reporter: players on the field afterwards celebrating the seventh title in dodgers' franchise history. and it didn't work out. all right, guys, blake snell was pulled as a controversial decision. why would you pull your ace? because the numbers tell you it's the right call. historically, it tells you he shouldn't go past that inning so he made a decision that might have been the right one, but it just didn't work out on this stage. as a-rod said, these guys have been treated like chess players. >> my man is in the zone. let him be in the zone.

you don't pull him out. >> it didn't work out. >> it sure didn't. only had to win that one to keep it going. >> we know how michael feels. >> all right, congratulations to the dodgers. we'll have much more on this coming up. we also have dodgers superstar pitcher clayton kershaw. he is going to join us live. that's in our next hour. >> how happy are you for him? >> very. >> goodness. we are looking forward to that. following a lot of headlines including protests in philadelphia over the fatal police shooting of walter wallace jr. his family speaking out this morning. tand he leader of the so-called sex cult nxivm sentenced to 120 years in prison. this morning, we hear exclusively from actress, catherine oxenberg, the mother of one of his victims. but first let's go back to ginger in mississippi. >> and now the rainy cities sponsored by capital one.

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the covid crisis is also getting worse overseas. in europe, the world health organization reports deaths are up 40% compared to last week. russian president vladimir putin has now issued a nationwide mask mandate and french president emmanuel macron likely to announce a nationwide lockdown that would begin later this week. and the already hard hit gulf coast is bracing for yet another hurricane. zeta strengthening right now. the storm expected to make landfall tonight as a powerful category 2 hurricane. winds up to 100 miles per hour. ginger will have much more on the path for us this morning, michael. but first, the sentence that will likely keep keith raniere, that leader of that so-called sex cult, behind bars for the rest of his life. this morning, we're hearing exclusively from "dynasty" star catherine oxenberg, the mother of one of his victims. amy is here with that this morning. good morning, amy. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, michael. raniere who described himself as a self-help guru was sentenced in a federal court in brooklyn

to 120 years behind bars. at the sentencing his victims told their tales of terror and now catherine oxenberg is opening up about getting closure for her daughter and her family. this morning, vindication for victims of so-called sex cult leader keith raniere. >> keith raniere will not be able to victimize people anymore after today's sentence and we're very grateful for that. >> reporter: tuesday, the founder of the self-help group nxivm sentenced to 120 years behind bars for charges including racketeering, sex trafficking and forced labor. several former members of his organization sharing their relief outside of court. >> this is the finale for him. his victimization of people, his terrorizing people really is over. >> 120 years, right? so when i got over my shock i was like, yeah, yeah, he can't come for me now. >> one would say authenticity is being as you are. >> reporter: prosecutors say

raniere, known as vanguard to his followers, was a con man and predator who exploited women blackmailing them to be his slaves and having sexual relationships with him, as well as having them branded with his initials. >> it was the most inhumane, horrific way to treat anybody. >> reporter: in court tuesday, raniere maintaining his innocence calling his victims free thinking adults. more than a dozen former members confronting him in court delivering impact statements including india oxenberg who joined the group when she was 19 years old. emotional at times telling the judge raniere stole seven years of her life calling him a sexual predator adding, i will be a victim of keith raniere for the rest of my life, but i don't need to live as one. india's mother, "dynasty" star catherine oxenberg, spent years publicly fighting to free indiana from the group. >> how is your daughter doing? have you spoken to her? >> my daughter is still on the inside. she's not back yet. >> reporter: this morning,

catherine speaking out exclusively to "gma." >> i did everything that i could in my power to stop this man from abusing and exploiting women, and today that has happened, and people have seen him for who he is. not this mild-mannered guru self-help leader. he is a vile monster and he deserves to be behind bars. >> and raniere's attorneys maintain his innocence saying he is proud of his life's work and determined to fight in this case. his latest bid however for a new trial was rejected by a judge just last week, robin. >> all right, amy, thank you. we're going to turn now to that unrest in philadelphia and the new details on the fatal police shooting of walter wallace jr. this morning, we are hearing from his family for the first time. eva pilgrim is there in philadelphia for us. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, robin. his family revealing that they called for help not once but

twice that day because wallace was in the midst of a mental health crisis. this morning, they are calling for peace as the national guard has now been mobilized to help maintain order here in philadelphia. overnight, turmoil in philadelphia. demonstrators arrested, others wrestled to the ground as anger spilled into the streets following the death of walter wallace jr., a man allegedly armed with a knife and shot by police earlier this week. the unrest sparking a second night of looting. walmart and other local businesses ransacked throughout the night. wallace's family now demanding an end to the violence. >> i hope people show my family and the city some kind of respect because like me i ain't got time to loot and burn up and destroy where i live. it's uncalled for. it's not helping me and my family. >> reporter: wallace's family said they called for help monday telling the officers when they

arrived that he was having a manic episode and was bipolar. >> i was telling the police to stop, don't shoot my son. please don't shoot my son. >> reporter: the video shows two officers on the scene. they repeatedly ask wallace to put down a knife. >> put the knife down. >> reporter: wallace continues moving toward the officers. they fire roughly 14 shots. >> every time i close my eyes, i get flashbacks about multiple shots. >> reporter: the philadelphia police commissioner arriving to the scene shortly after the shooting. >> i'm here to listen. i don't have answers for what happened today. it just happened. >> reporter: now saying the department needs to change its training. >> the types of calls that we're required to respond to in today's climate, we have to adapt our training along with that. >> reporter: and one of the questions a lot of people are asking is why these officers didn't use tasers. well, the commissioner says that while some officers on the department's force do have tasers, these officers did not. robin.

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we are back with travel trouble in hawaii. officials have eased quarantine restrictions for visitors with negative covid-19 tests but many tourists are now arriving with unapproved test results and kaylee hartung has the story. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george. this is a cautionary tale for you. officials in hawaii are eager to welcome tourists back, but they want to do it safely so, if you don't follow the strict rules they have in place, you could find trouble in paradise. it was supposed to be a dream vacation. rob and pam alexander celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary in hawaii just after the state made a big push to welcome visitors back to its islands. >> we had three generations going. >> reporter: earlier this month hawaii revising its rules allowing visitors in without a mandatory 14-day quarantine as long as they had a recent negative covid test from a list of approved testing sites. but when they landed on friday after taking three flights, they weren't allowed to enter without

quarantining. their negative tests weren't recognized by the state after getting tested at an unapproved clinic. frustrated and disappointed they returned home. >> don't assume anything. double-check, triple check. make sure that you are doing it exactly the way the state of the country is asking when you go there. it's a very expensive lesson to learn. >> reporter: elijah took an approved test before heading to maui before a seven-day trip, but never received the results. he's been stuck in his hotel the whole time. >> this will be day number six. there's got to be some help, you know, some remedy for folks like me. >> reporter: hawaiian authorities say since the pre-travel testing program began two weeks ago, nearly 90% of visitors have arrived without trouble including me. i got tested at this cvs, one of the state's nationwide options. officials urge all travelers to check hawaii's website for travel guidelines and say more help in testing and coordination

is needed. and in the coming weeks hawaiian officials tell us they plan to add more testing partners to that trusted list and some airlines like hawaiian airlines, they're even offering to test their customers, some the same day as the flight. the key is planning. if you want to get that trip on the books, george. >> kaylee, and you just got back from hawaii. what was it like there? >> reporter: george, i'll tell you the truth, i was a little anxious in the planning hoping i did everything right but once we got there, the arrivals process ran pretty smoothly and on the island, man, the locals were so warm in their welcome to us. they are excited to have tour -- tourists back but they want you to do it with respect. wear mask, social distance and then when you can, enjoying a place like waikiki beach without the crowds is pretty special. >> i'll bet it is. kaylee, thanks very much. michael. george, coming up later, our exclusive first look at the life-changing new technology that can help people with paralysis use their brains for

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pass christian here, biloxi and mobile seeing some of those gusts. watch how quickly the storm moves into central alabama, birmingham, heavy rains, that could take out power. all the way into alabama, even north georgia could see a slide of this since it's moving so fast. could see a 60-mile-per-hour gusts. it goes 3 to 5 feet alongalongag portchartrain. then i want to give you an update for california, remember that blue ridge fire, now more than 15,000 acres burned, really better conditions coming at them. but so close to the house there is. the winds have subsided there. i also just want to show you, you could see gusts up to 40 locally.

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i'm kumasi aaron. happening right now, three of silicon valleys biggest names in tech are being grilled on capitol hill. so here is a live look now from inside congressional chambers. so facebook's mark zuckerberg, twitter's jack dorsey, and google's sundar pachai are ans, questions remotely from lawmakers. republicans are accusing them of anti-conservative bias and election interference. here's mike with a look at our forecast. >> thank you, kumasi. good morning. let's jump in your activity planner. this is going to be a great day to be outside with warm sunshine, light breezes, fairly dry air. it is kind of chilly this morning, though. 30s and 40s for most of us. highs, 70s to near 80, even in mid to upper 60s along the

coast. temperatures will stay this way through saturday. a little warmer sunday. >> all right, thank you, mike. coming up on "gma," ready to relaunch, expert advice to help moms get back to work after putting their career on hold for the pandemic. "gma" continues now.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. race to the finish. just six days until the final votes, the candidates are making their final push. joe biden making his case in georgia, a state where president trump won in 2016. >> something's happening here in georgia and across america. >> as the president insists the country is rounding the corner on the pandemic, the first lady also on the trail, campaigning in must-win pennsylvania. >> this administration chooses to keep moving forward, not backward. >> the latest this morning. also this morning, covid hospital admissions reach record highs in 11 states. the wisconsin governor warning people to stay home and chicago set to ban indoor dining as overwhelmed hospitals start to buckle under the pressure. new this morning, chrissy teigen opening up in a raw and

heart-wrenching post about the loss of her baby boy jack. the moment she was told she had to say good-bye. the story behind taking these powerful photos and her powerful message of resilience. first on "gma." the groundbreaking new technology that could help people with paralysis use their brains for tasks like texting and emailing. how it's already changing lives this morning. ♪ larger than life and the dodgers did it. winning their first world series in more than 30 years, their ace pitcher clayton kershaw joins us live as we say, good morning, america. ♪ go on with your bad self michael strahan, rocking your head. good morning, america. we are really looking forward to talking to clayton kershaw. michael, you're going to bring us something that's very close to your heart.

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country from the tumultuous trump term while the president is out hitting the midwest trying to make up lost ground. this morning, with 71 million ballots now cast, more than half of all votes in 2016, joe biden is hoping those early votes can help him flip red states blue. ♪ hey ya >> reporter: biden on offense in georgia, a state trump won by five points in 2016 making his closing argument. >> with our voices and our votes, we must free ourselves from the forces of darkness, from the forces of division. >> reporter: trump tuesday sprinting through three states, michigan, wisconsin and nebraska, covid cases are spiking in all three states but trump is adamant that the country is rounding the corner. >> we're in great shape. and in the one area of the midwest, little areas in the midwest, certain areas that are heated up right now, they'll go down. >> reporter: campaigning for biden in florida tuesday former president obama relishing the chance to lay into his

successor. >> when trump was asked if he'd do anything differently, you know what he said? he said, not much. not much. really? like maybe you shouldn't have gone on tv and suggested we might inject bleach to cure covid? >> reporter: in her first and only campaign appearance first lady melania trump hitting the trail in must-win pennsylvania trying to appeal to critical suburban women, speaking to a packed crowd about her own experience with covid. >> i have experienced the firsthand effects of covid-19, not only as a patient, but as a worried mother and wife. this administration chooses to keep moving forward during this pandemic, not backward. >> reporter: now, the president's handling of this pandemic continues to take a toll. our new abc news/"washington post" poll shows joe biden with a seven-point lead in michigan and up by 17 points in wisconsin. now, that is a little bit more bullish than some of the other

public polling, but that also shows biden improving his position in that key state, george. >> he has been doing that. mary bruce, thanks very much. i'll anchor our live coverage of election night with the political team tuesday, november 3rd, starting at 7:00 eastern. >> a lot of people are going to be watching that night. we turn to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. cases surging across the country, 45 states reporting an increase. dr. fauci saying, quote, we are getting worse and worse and it might be 2022 before we start having some semblance of normality. alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, cases on the rise across the country, 11 states reporting record high covid-19 hospitalizations with nearly 43,000 patients in need of care. wisconsin crossing the 200,000-case threshold hitting a new daily record of 5,200 new cases a day and 64 deaths. >> this is an urgent crisis. we need folks to forget it won't happen to me. while it took us a little over seven months to reach our first

100,000 cases, it took us just a fraction of that time to reach our second 100,000. this time it only took 36 days. >> reporter: hospitals overwhelmed with the increased patient load forced to create makeshift facilities to accommodate the need. 34-year-old amanda best has been battling covid for a month requiring oxygen to help her lungs recover. she says she was asked to move to a field hospital because she was younger than other patients. >> my reaction was panicked. i thought, this looks like the middle of a war zone, tents set up, beds, cots, and am i going to get the care that i need? >> reporter: but doctors on the front lines warn that if the numbers keep growing there won't be enough manpower to meet demand. >> beds don't care for people. people take care of people and that's our biggest resource limitation right now is the care givers. we're not seeing a change in the amount of masks people are wearing or limitations of large public gatherings so that's

making us very nervous and in some cases pretty scared. >> reporter: and there are problems across the midwest. in illinois, the governor there has brought new restrictions to the chicago area this week including a ban on indoor dining. robin. >> all right, alex, thank you. please, let's keep our care givers in mind. coming up, chrissy teigen's powerful essay about her pregnancy loss. also this morning, gwen stefani and blake shelton are engaged. all the details just ahead in "pop news." plus, the new mask up challenge. governor andrew cuomo's daughter is making face coverings. she joins us live. all that and more when we come back. ♪ ♪ erist has 4x more hydrating power than the $400 cream. for skin results you'll see, or your money back. olay. face anything. for even more hydration, try olay serums.

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♪ good morning, good morning a little wet here in new york on this wednesday morning. we hope your wednesday's off to a good start. >> tomorrow on "gma," jamie lynn spears joins us live and she's bringing us a special performance. we are looking forward to that. we are looking forward to "pop news" right now with lara. good morning, lara. >> hi, good morning, you guys. great to see you on this rainy day, but i have some really nice warm news to share with you. listen to this song. can you guys play it. ♪ i don't want to live without you ♪ >> yeah, it's gwen stefani/blake shelton singing "nobody but you." that is definitely the case for these lovebirds who announced overnight they're engaged. so happy for them. gwen sharing the good news and this adorable picture writing, yes, please, blake shared the same shot. he writes, hey, gwen stefani, thanks for saving 2020 and the rest of my life. i love you.

just a few weeks ago she thought it was cute when people referred to blake has her husband and says it happens all the time. which makes sense. they've been together for over five years after meeting on "the voice." and their harmony is undeniable. the two have already made beautiful music together collaborating on several duets including that one, "nobody but you" and another one we love called "happy anywhere." both perfect titles for this great occasion. congratulations to the happy couple. and this one is for you, bachelor nation. wow, what a night. after months of speculation we might finally have some confirmation on who is taking the reins during the season. after months of rumors that clare will exit the show early we might know what's next. chris tweeting during the show, chris harrison, that is, he tweets, i'm warning you, the last nine seconds of tonight's "the bachelorette" will shake you to your core. what were those nine seconds? take a look. >> we have never dealt with anything like this in the history of our show. >> i'm confused as all hell.

>> what is next? >> oh, my. seeming to confirm the midseason replacement as well with that shot and a post on instagram, this picture that you're about to see with the caption, you rang? we'll have to tune in to find out what the most dramatic season ever turns out to be when "the bachelorette" returns next thursday, november 5th, at 8:00 p.m. i know we will all be watching. and finally, i love this story. a north carolina man has struck gold or should i say copper on a recent trip to maine. shane houston was using a metal detector when he uncovered this, check that out, you guys, an old penny found at a local church. turns out it was made in 1798,

that's 220 years ago and it's worth $200. shane feels like he struck gold. he is keeping the exact location of the church where he found the penny a secret so he can make a return trip. he's going to go see if he can find some more of those lucky pennies. right now, though, i shall send it back to you all in the studio. >> we're still trying to recover from those nine seconds of "the bachelorette." okay. >> thank you so much. now we're going to go to our "gma" cover story. chrissy teigen opening up about the tragic loss of her son at 20 weeks pregnant. the model and author writing an emotional essay about what happened and why she and husband john legend chose to share their story. adrienne bankert has more. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you, too, michael. yes, chrissy is sharing her first post from home since their loss. she says that writing this blog helps her try and return to real life. this morning, model and author chrissy teigen is opening up in a raw and heart-wrenching blog post about her recent stillbirth

at just 20 weeks saying she needed to speak out about her pregnancy having chronicled the complications and the loss of her baby on instagram. teigen says she was about to fully deliver what was supposed to be the fifth member of our beautiful family, a son, only to say good-bye moments later. the 34-year-old who has two young children luna and miles with husband singer john legend -- ♪ all of me ♪ loves all of you >> reporter: -- sharing for the first time about her decision to post these hospital photos on social media at a time she calls "utter and complete sadness." saying, i had asked my mom and john to take pictures no matter how uncomfortable it was. it didn't make sense to him at the time but i knew i needed to know of this moment forever the same way i needed to remember us kissing at the end of the aisle, the same way i needed to remember our tears of joy after luna and miles, and i absolutely knew i needed to share this story. addressing critics saying, quote, i cannot express how little i care that you hate the

photos, how little i care that it's something you wouldn't have done. i lived it. i chose to do it and more than anything, these photos aren't for anyone but the people who have lived this or are curious enough to wonder what something like this is like. legend on stage at the billboard music awards a few weeks later. ♪ we will never break ♪ build our foundation strong enough to stay ♪ >> reporter: dedicated his song "never break" to his wife. >> this is for chrissy. >> reporter: teigen says she's now trying to heal writing, i am surrounded in a human therapy blanket of love. i am grateful and healing and feel so incredibly lucky to witness such love. a lot of empathy going to them from all around the world and teigen also wrote that people say that with an experience like this there's a hole created in your heart. she says there certainly is a hole, but that it's filled with love and she is so thankful to the friends, fans and strangers who sent her kindness and supportive notes. michael?

>> our hearts are with them. adrienne, thank you so much for that. now we're going to go to ginger. hey, ginger. >> hey, michael. new orleans going to see tree damage, power outages likely as we see landfall tonight. but i'm here in coastal mississippi, where storm surge is the primary threat, six to nine feet combined with winds that will even impact central alabama. so as it scoots north very fast overnight tonight we'll have rain, but the heaviest rain may actually squeeze together with a front in northern california and west car good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. good news, the stress of high fire danger is behind us. a gorgeous day to be outside with warm sunshine and dry air. sunday will be one of our warmest days in the forecast, and it's november 1st. wild temperature swings next week. for today, 60s along the coast. 70s around the bay. a few 80s inland. tonight will be a chilly one. 30s in the deepest valleys, most of us in the 40s except for 50

now we have that medical miracle first here on "gma" this morning. the groundbreaking new technology helping people with paralysis to email and text not with their hands but with their minds. will reeve has those details for us. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, robin. beyond the physical struggle of paralysis, it's the loss of independence that can be the hardest to bear mentally and emotionally, but this morning, new hope for people living with paralysis, an attempt to regain that independence, take back control of their world using direct thought. it's like science fiction come to life. this man is working on a computer, but he's not using a mouse or a touch screen. he's using his mind. in a study released this morning, scientists have implanted two patients with a brain computer interface that

allows people with paralysis to resume tasks like texting, emailing and even banking online. >> i think it's best described like a bluetooth out of the brain. >> reporter: this flexible metal coil is the key. placed in a blood vessel in the brain, it takes electrical impulses from the motor cortex, which controls the muscles in our body, and in combination with a computer eye tracker, it wirelessly transmits the desired action to a computer. >> so our patients have been able to learn to text message, to email, to use a word processor, to use the internet and then to do critical tasks like shopping and banking. >> reporter: 60-year-old australian philip o'keefe is one of the first people to have the device implanted in his head. the father of two diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease als in 2015 now has trouble controlling his fingers and elbows. >> i can't write with the pain anymore. if i try to type on the keyboard it's one hand, one finger. a slower pace. >> reporter: computer work was becoming difficult for him. but a few months after he received the implant in april he

sent his first email. >> absolutely mind-blowing and to stare at a screen and think about hitting the send button and sending an email was just -- it was -- i really can't describe the sensation. >> reporter: since then he's felt much more independent. >> we're so excited about his mental well-being and his connection to the outside world. >> reporter: while the device needs more study and is not fda approved the results are promising. >> this is exciting because it's a minimally invasive way to record signals from the brain with very high fidelity and very high signal to noise and that's holding a lot of promise. >> reporter: as with any successful trial this is a key first step enrolling patients in a u.s. trial will be among the next steps towards what researchers believe could be an innovation that will help

millions of people with paralysis around the world. george. >> boy, fascinating and encouraging. okay, will, thanks very much. now with covid cases spiking across the country new york governor andrew cuomo and his daughter mariah are challenging the country to mask up making face coverings you'll want to wear. she joins us live in a moment. but first, here's a look at what they're doing. >> reporter: mariah kennedy-cuomo is asking americans everywhere to mask up. >> it's absolutely critical to wear a mask in public. >> reporter: helping spread the word about wearing a mask during the pandemic to stay safe. >> i don't understand why this wearing a mask is so hard. mariah suggested that i'm not effectively communicated. this is a common refrain from my daughters. >> reporter: she teamed up with the luxury consignment seller the realreal. >> we were thrilled to participate to expose people to the value of wearing a mask and then the amazing work of new york designers. >> reporter: working with over a dozen new york fashion designers to create masks that make a

statement. the funds will go to charities that help communities impacted by covid-19. and mariah joins us along with melissa derosa secretary to new york state governor andrew cuomo. thank you both for joining us today. we see you're socially distanced there. proper form this morning. mariah, tell us how you came up with this idea. >> well, thank you so much for having us on this morning. we know that in new york there's a feeling of covid fatigue and around the country in parts of our country there's a hesitation around wearing masks so we were thinking of innovative ways to remind people of the importance of wearing masks and with the mask up campaign we're harnessing the power of the new york fashion community to do just that. and with mask up, new york is partnering with the real real and dozens of new york fashion designers to motivate people to wear masks and also while raising funds for covid-19

relief efforts and so for the next five weeks we'll be unveiling new masks really to help spread the word to mask up. >> it's so important, melissa, you've been on the front lines of this fight. the science is so clear. we know the difference masks can make. >> absolutely. as you know new york was ground zero of this fight going back in march and in april and we were at a point early on in this where we were losing 800, 900 deaths a day and those aren't numbers. those are mothers and fathers. those were nurses and doctors and early on the science was a little bit fuzzy. we weren't sure what we could do in order to fight back and i know as new yorkers who are neurotic, type a we're always looking for a control factor and at the beginning of april the science clearly showed that mask usage could cut down on deaths across this country. and so we leaned in very heavily, governor cuomo was the

first governor in the country to mandate universal masks beginning on april 15th and we've seen the difference in new york. we've got 99% of the economy is open and our deaths daily have dropped to between 2 and 12 versus where we were back in april and so this is something we know that we can do. the science is clear. according to ihme, 163,000 lives in this country could be saved between now and the beginning of february if everyone were to take that advice from dr. fauci and other doctors and scientists and mask up. >> mariah, tell us about the challenge. you're asking everyone to take a part in. >> yep. as a part of the mask up campaign we launched the mask up challenge on instagram and all are invited to join and help encourage people to wear a mask and you can join in by posting a mask selfie sharing why you mask up and challenging five friends to do the same and it's been great already to see the

personal reasons why people are masking up, whether that's for their grandmother or local health care workers and the excitement has just been incredible and i'm sitting next to our best mask up challenge ambassador, melissa derosa, so we're excited about it. >> we are all going to take part. mariah, melissa, thank you both. great to have you. clayton kershaw is going to join us live next.

good morning. i'm reggie aqui. we're keeping our eye on a new covid-19 outbreak. the san francisco chronicle reports at least five people, two patients ad three healthcare workers tested positive at ucsf's helen diller center last week. more than 40 other close contacts are quarantining right now. all have so far tested negative. turning now to meteorologist mike nicco with a look at our day ahead. hi, mike. >> hi, everybody. without those winds the fire threat and that stress is over, but look at the chill, grab a coat. we're up to 22 degrees cooler in places like half moon bay. double digits in san francisco and oakland, 54 and 49. few 30s up in the north bay right now. so your commute, really,

weatherwise, nothing to worry about. let's look at the seven day forecast. temperature study through saturday, november 1st, sunday, and november 2nd, monday, our warmest days.

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another update coming up in about 30 minutes. you can always find us at abc 7news.com. and now here' ♪ it didn't rain on the dodgers' parade. welcome back to "gma." the city of los angeles, i know, they're still celebrating. the doj crodgers crowned world champions in a thrilling s six-game series and joining us now, one of the superstars who came up big in order to bring that trophy back home to l.a. after more than 30 year, first time world series champ clayton kershaw. good morning. it is wonderful to be with you and have you with us and i have to say, there are so many people who are happy for you. you are considered in many ways the heart and soul of dodger blue. have you gotten used to the phrase world series champ?

has it sunk in. >> no, it sounds so good to hear that. every time somebody says that it just keeps sinking in a little more and more. thank you guys for having me today and it's a crazy feeling to think that after 32 years, you know, the los angeles dodgers have won a world series and i got to be a part of it and for those fans back home we're just so excited that y'all have waited a long time for this and we're just so happy to get to do this. it's incredible. >> well, we're happy that you're joins us. i doubt you even went to sleep last night. still out -- >> no sleep, no, no sleep. >> it is great to see you again, clayton. 13 seasons in the major, multiple cy young awards and now your first world series championship so take us back to that moment. what were your feelings and how was it to have your family there with you? >> yeah, it was amazing. you know, during this season especially with everything that's going on with the pandemic, you know, i'm from dallas so to get to have family and friends in the stands for this game is -- what a blessing

it was for them to be a part of it. like you said there's so many people out there that i've had so much support over the years so to have a small faction of it there and i was sitting in the bullpen and to be a world series champion, that's what you work for. all those accolades mean nothing unless you win that big trophy at the end, so to get to have that, to get to celebrate with your teammates, that's what it's all about. >> we could see it all in your smile last night. what a different kind of season. weird season it was, though, fans not in the stands for most of the season. you guys were in the bubble. what was the hardest part about that and how did it impact your game? >> well, you know, i think with everything going on in the world and being able to have a baseball season in general, you know, i don't think there's anything to complain about. yeah, we've been in a bubble for almost four weeks now and, you know, it's been the bubble in the stadium and back every day

but you know what, it was worth it. we won and we got to have a baseball season. you know, if you told me in april and may we were going to get to have a baseball season and i would get to win a world series i would have stayed in a bubble the whole time so it's incredible. we're excited to get out of here and go home but it's just an incredible feeling right now. >> and beyond your family we heard you were able to have friends join new the bubble for some time and your lifelong friends, you had a group text, dedicated group text called best friends so after the win what did you text each other last night? >> man, they were so excited. they probably haven't slept either. they're so happy to be there and be a part of it and