dueling town hall meetings, the president questioned while joe biden took heat for the prime bill we've investigate a breakdown. kamela harris sidened as a top aide tested positive for covid, forcing a halt to her campaign travel. plus the u.s. surpasses 8 million cases. a phgrandfather charged over

the death of his granddaughter. fire and ice the scene that might describe 2020 right in front of your eyes "early today" starts right now ♪ glad you're with us to end the week i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. president trump and joe biden are battling through states at breakneck speeds the president is in florida while biden is in michigan they stood in stark contrast in one of the more intense exchanges the president refused to denounce the qanon conspiracy. >> i know very little. >> i just told you. >> but what you told me doesn't make it fact i know nothing about it. i know they're very much against

pedophilia they fight it very hard. but i know nothing about it. >> it's a satanic cult run by the doc. republican ben sasse said, quote, qanon is nuts and they call conspiracy theories conspiracy theories. >> he may be right i just doan know about qanon. >> as for biden, he acknowledged mistakes on the crime bill and impact on black americans and he hasn't said yet whether he's going to add seats to if supreme court if effected. >> it's not what's going on now. >> don't they have a right to know where they stand? >> they do, and i have a right to know where they stand. >> you'll come out with a clear answer come election day >> yes, dpebldi rk, depending o

handle this. >> tracie potts has more it's less than a week away. >> it's going to be in the south and that's where the president is today, to florida and georgia where he's trailed joe biden down in the south. the president will be talking to residents there and voters there while biden heads to michigan, a state that democrats desperately want to take back this time around he's talking health care today, and, of course, that came up tonight with both town halls focusing on coronavirus. and both candidates addressing whether americans, all americans, should be wearing a mask >> i'm good with masks i'm okay with masks. but just the other day they came out with a statement that said 85% who wore masks came out with the virus. >> i know that study that's not -- >> that's what they said. >> it's estimated by every major

study done from indiana to washington, we can say now between the end of the year, if we wore masks, we could save 100,000 lives. the words of a president matter. >> absolutely. >> if the president doesn't wear a mask or makes fun of people like me who wear one for a long time, then people say, well, it must not be important. >> he backed off the mandate and said it's probably not enforceable, but he said he would bring in governors and mayors to main da s tto mandate. also president trump talked about his own testing, whether he had a test the day of the last debate. the final debate is happening next week in nashville. >> lots to take in there all right. thank you so much. the campaigns continue to

push through this stretch. now kamela harris has been temporarily sidelined. she's canceling some of her convenience after people close to her contracted the virus. >> reporter: a pandemic pause for half the democratic ticket with vice presidential nominee senator kamela harris grounded after two people connected to her campaign tested positive for the coronavirus, one, a flight crew member, the other, her communications director. an aviation company administrator who traveled on joe biden's plane also tested positive, but the campaign says t the pilot never came within 50 feet of kamela harris. but her campaign scrapped out of an abundance of caution. >> we extend our best, which is not what they did for me. >> reporter: that's not

accurate people in north carolina voted early enthusiastically traveling with the president hope hicks and ronna mcdaniel now, the daughter of rudy giuliani t president's attorney, and ally said she will endorse biden. she said, i may not be able to change my father's mind, but we need to vote this toxic person out of office. >> he was always the guy in every meeting who asked, how is this helping regular folks. u.s. coronavirus cases have hit a new milestone. as of today, there have been over 8 million confirmed cases of covid-19 and more than 218,000 have died.

missouri and kentucky are reporting record highs north dakota has more than any other state and oklahoma and kansas are recording a record number of hospitalizations and deaths. meanwhile a new survey finds covid financial stress is hits blacks and hispanics disproportionately 65% of hispanics and 58% of blacks are worried how to pay their bills compared to 44% whites. chris chris tell had spent 17 days in the icu and says to take this seriously. he said, i was wrong not to wear a mask at the amy coney barrett meeting. the virus has set a record

and is now europe's fifth leading cause of death this could be a ticking time bomb for some of these countries. >> reporter: good morning, frances, that's right. the facts and figures are not encouraging, and it looks like europe is gearing up with a winter of discontent with lockups, restrictions, and fierce becoming a part of daily life once again. italy, ground zero for covid-19 is seeing an alarming speak in cases, prompting authorities to consider new lockdown measures milan and others in northern italy are seeing a surge in new cases. at the vatican city, 11 swiss guards, the elite korns who protect the pope have tested positive and are protecting the vatican to make sure it doesn't spread any further france has reached 30,000 cases in a single day, and as the

virus spreads its tentacles across europe, it's troubling. over in russia, they reported 286 mortalities. that's the highest since the beginning on testify outbreak. >> what's happening there is the fear on this side of the globe thank you. back here at home, the covid crisis is cascading through college football there's a growing number of games being postponed and training facilities close as coaches and players test positive morgan chesky has more. >> reporter: players, coaches in both college and pros suddenly sidelined by coronavirus. >> at this point, i'm completely asim mat to matic. >> we're doing everything possible to get ready for the

georgia game >> reporter: 21 athletes on the football team testing positive. >> we don't think it's appropriate to try to play the game this weekend. >> when is the breaking point for entire conferences. >> out wwithout complete total bubbling for these football teams, there's a chance every game scheduled will not find a place to play before the schedule is done. >> reporter: both the ncaa and nfl have failed to follow suit atlanta nfl has found another case the same day cam newton was cleared to play. >> we'll have to see how things go here. >> reporter: this morning despite the new cases, the nfl says there's no evidence the virus has been spread from one team to another over the koufcoe

of an actual game. a minister has been arrested at the los angeles airport the general was detained for drug and laundering charges. he's the highest military official to be taken into u.s. custody on drug-related corruption charges. the notorious santa ana winds are causing fires. as a precaution, power was shut around the bay area. hopefully the lights will be back on for most later on tonight. and the cameron peak fire has surpassed 167,000 acres. residents have been forced to evacuate. let's see what janessa webb is watching as we end our workweek janessa, good morning. >> good morning. good morning, everyone we already have a strong cold front that's making its way into

the east coast that's going change the game from the sunny weather we've seen early this morning. you're going to notice the raindrops, and it's going to be a washout friday unfortunately this rain will not stop until midday tomorrow, and then bright sunny skies behind chilly, upper 40s. 71 for dallas and we're seeing humid air in place across florida. the winter outlook, it is available. i'll show you that coming up. >> wow already talking winter thank you, janessa. a happy ending for a 21-year-old lemur that went missing from the san francisco zoo wednesday after somebody broke into its enclosure. the lemur was spotted in a

church playground in a nearby city and captured. police say an investigation is ongoing to see how that happened. >> maki looked very surprised. >> that's standard. what comes next for supreme rrt.t nominee amy coney baet and the grandfather charged after his granddaughter fell to her death on a cruise ship enters his plea. tonight... i'll be eating four cheese tortellini with extra tomatoes. [full emphasis on the soft a] so its come to this? [doorbell chimes] thank you. [doorbell chimes] bravo. careful, hamill. daddy's not here to save you. oh i am my daddy. wait, what? what are you talking about? joe biden will not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000. biden will get rid of trump's tax giveaways

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pled guilty to negligent homicide. >> when his granddaughter fell 11 stories to her death through a window on a cruise ship, her grandfather told investigators it was a horrible accident but in puerto rico where the ship had been docked, he pled guilt to negligent homicide. >> i'm not sure why they charged him with that. >> reporter: the plea deal allow os s him to servpro bags at home. the parents were against charges being filed. >> there's no way you ever get over it. i think it's a matter of finding how to get through the day you're never going to forget or get over it. >> reporter: the family is suing

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in today's top stories a security guard is charged in the shooting death of lee kel ter. according to police he pepper spraying dolloff and dolloff fired off one shot from his handgun. he was not licensed. it carries the mandatory sentence of between 15 and 23 years if charged.

twilliam brockman was chargd in a tax fraud scheme. he hid the money over 20 years through complicated schemes including filing false returns and setting up secret accounts all over the world to hide the money. brockman who has pleetd pleaded guilty and is released on a 1 million dollar bond. now on the art of getting out the vote art is showing up in polling places for some chicago communities. >> reporter: marking your x has never been more colorful or perhaps more meaningful. >> i think it represents hope, chaink, equity. >> reporter: a summer of sometimes angry protests left many chicago storefronts boarded up, a discouraging message. >> we want to heal the city through art. >> reporter: these local artists started painting them. >> 50 or 60 boards that have

been done by 50 artists. >> reporter: now those plywood murals taken down and transformed into voting booths, encouraging minorities in communities to register. >> oftentimes we feel unheard. >> just one more person volts, we did a good job. >> reporter: a cellphone linke in each booth assists with registering. phillip shoemaker and mccarthy check it out in a booth from a mural on their store. >> i'm glad it continues to live on in a positive matter. >> reporter: a masterpiece kevin dibls, nbc news, chicago. >> that's something that will change our country within the next few days, 18 days. >> well done, well done. it was fire and ice at one new york skating rink after a zamboni caught on fire

it started liking hydraulic fluid after hockey practice and caught on fire the driver extinguished the flames >> thanks for starting you

right now at 4:30, thousands are still without power in the bay area as high fire danger continues. next, how people are coping, plus, when relief is coming. as california grapples with one of the worst fire seasons in history, financial help from the government isn't coming up for the fire zones that are impacted. and buckle up because there's no driver in the driver's seat. come up for you the driverless taxi about to hit the streets of one bay area city. "today in the bay" starts right now. and here we go on this friday mornin