this morning, thousands of residents are forced to plea their homes as the colorado wildfires explode in size. the race to election day heats up as the candidates crisscross crucial states and try to garner last-minute undecided voters with just 15 days to the election. one of the biggest voting blocks in the fight to the white house is the 32 million latino voters. the feared fall surge is in big swing. big increases in coronavirus cases as the country braces for a possible third peak.

the los angeles dodgers punch their ticket to the world series in dramatic fashion it's monday, october 19th. "early today" starts right now glad you're starting your week with us. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. >> the dangerous situation in colorado 3,000 more people were ordered to evacuate as another wildfire explodes out of control. there are reports of two dozen homes destroyed while many others are threatened. nbc's kathy park reports. >> reporter: fire emergencies in colorado >> this is the biggest wildfire in boulder history. >> reporter: it burned more than 8,000 acres in 24 hours forcing the entire community of jamestown to evacuate. >> i feel like i want to cry just really emotional. >> reporter: this time lapse

shows a thick plume of smoke growing on the horizon, consuming the sky and visible for miles. >> you just don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: to the north, crews are gaining ground fighting the cameron peak fire burning since mid august it's already scorched more than 2,000 acres. now the biggest wildfire in colorado's history fire season usually ends in the fall but extreme weather is fueling destruction raising the risk for those on the front lines. kathy park, nbc news. with 15 days leftuntil the election, white house response to covid-19 is facing more scrutiny twitter removed a post from the coronavirus expert dr. scott atlas falsely claimed that masks do not work to prevent the spread of the virus. in an interview with "60

minute minutes", anthony fauci said he was not surprised when the president was diagnosed with coronavirus. >> were you surprised president trump was diagnosed? >> absolutely not. i was concerned he was going to get sick when i saw him a precare ewes situation of a crowded, no separation between people and almost nobody wearing a mask. >> reporter: the president attended more packed events as the campaign zeroes in on key battleground states. here's nbc's jennifer johnson. >> reporter: lock her up, a familiar broughtle cry only this time the target is gretchen whitmer, not hillary clinton president trump attacking whitmer days after the fbi arrested 13 men in a plot to allegedly kidnap and possibly kill her. >> said she was threatened, right? she was threatened and she blamed me. >> reporter: for months the president has gone after whitmer for partially shutting down her

state to stop covid-19 whitmer says the president is inciting domestic terrorism. >> it's got to end it's dangerous, not just for me and my family but for public servants doing their jobs trying to protect their fellow americans. >> reporter: the president's senior campaign advisor downplaying the rhetoric. >> he was having fun. >> reporter: the president calling for reopenings as covid-19 is resurging and there is an all time high in hospitalizations questioning an indoor trump campaign event. >> i wish everybody would have worn face coverings and maintained distance. >> reporter: democratic joe biden staying on message saying the president is responsible for the pandemic. >> the president knew how dangerous this virus was all the way back in january and he hid it from the country. >> reporter: two candidates with very different views of the pandemic that has killed over 220,000 americans with the

election just over two weeks away jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington president trump and former vice president biden face off thursday night in a second and final debate live coverage at 8:30 p.m. eastern. covid cases are surging and many americans are still out of work as unemployment remains at record highs due to the paandemic. while talks have stalled, house speaker nancy pelosi has set a 48 hour deadline to reach a coronavirus stimulus deal before the election we turn to tracie potts live in washington good morning >> reporter: hi there, phillip good morning this only applies if they want to reach a deal before the election she is not cutting off talks, but she is criticizing a version she got back from the white house over the weekend that

pelosi claims waters down the language on testing and tracing and gets rid of some measures that would help communities of color hard hit and disproportionate disproportionately hit on the virus. pelosi and mnuchin were on the phone for an hour on saturday. the talks have continued since july when everything stalled they've been off they've been on. now it looks like they are yet again stalled just over two weeks before the election. the senate is planning to vote on a slimmed down version of coronavirus relief this week it would include paycheck protection program the small business loans and a number of other things it would not include the $1200 stimulus checks everyone is waiting on. >> they are waiting for that some relief, some help during this time around

tracie, thank you. the covid surge continues. the u.s. has had 8.1 million covid cases. the uptick is showing signs of slowing down 38 states and d.c. have reported 10% increases with 35 states surging and 25% more in the sunshine state, florida has reported 10,000 new cases since friday crossing 4,000 new infections for the day for the first time since august. it's not just cases that are up. there are record hospitalizations which are pushing medical staff to the brink. thousands of demonstrators filled the streets in france after a teacher is brutally beheaded the massive crowds paying tribute to samuel patten he led an open discussion on charactures of the prophet

muhammad his attacker killed by the police matt bradley has the latest on the gruesome attack. >> reporter: it looks like police have been fanning out across the country or arresting or controlling, is the word they're using, basically, interrogating, looking into various people who may or may not be somehow connected to this attack or somehow connected to radical political islam. any kind of disparaging remarks made against the french government that's one of the responses. one of the robust responses that emmanuel macron and his government have been trying to lead they're showing they're standing up against islamist terrorism. one of the reasons they're doing this so much is because this murder comes in the middle of a fraught discussion about the role of islam and the rather large muslim minority in this country. that's one of the things we're starting to see. that's why on wednesday we're

going to see another very large march in paris, an home maj to samuel patty, the slain teach jr., and how this has hit one of the central parts of the french consciousness and that is the education system and their sense of freedom of expression that's why a lot of people are saying this government in the response may be treating too harshly the political islamists who have been expressing themselves and not involved in this crime. >> every element of this story is disturbing, heartbreaking matt, thank you so much. let's take a turn and go to nbc miggs janessa web. good morning >> reporter: good morning. we have snow for the northern tier it will stick around until thursday afternoon delays, very slick conditions driving wise from chicago all the way into rapid city, wyoming.

that is going to continue as we kind of see two shifts in the weather pattern. first, let's talk about the snow 6 to 8 inch sz going into the mid week across the northern tier we have heavy rain going to fall across the mississippi to ohio valley that's a look at the big weather story. syracuse today, 57 and the heat, it's still building for the southwest i want to talk about that coming up. >> we'll look forward to hearing from you thank you, janessa. after a dramatic game 7, the dodgers are headed to the world series they traded the lead and bell

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here than voters who vote in spain. >> donnie schwarz in phoenix and nicole suarez from miami. >> if you took all latino votes. >> i'll win the latino vote. >> reporter: throughout the campaign we have heard it again and again, the myth of the monolith. >> when the truth is latinos have very different backgrounds and priorities. >> reporter: as we've seen in key battleground states like florida and arizona where they could win the election. >> reporter: will gomez's biggest concern is higher education. >> been way over priced to the price where we've had to take out mortgages or second mortgages to pay for school the president hasn't done enough for cool >> n no o water.

>> feeling forgotten. >> we're seeing biden and trump present plans for puerto rico. do you think this is specifically a political move? >> we haven't seen more from trump, only for the community. at least for now i have my hope biden/harris will do something different. >> gabby is running for local county supervisor. >> i am voting for trump and myself >> reporter: she came to the u.s. more than three decades ago from mexico. she said trump is more in line with her conservative values. >> i don't think trump's campaign is taking us for granted. i'm angered when the democrats tell me if i'm a latino i'm supposed to vote for them. >> reporter: so far in arizona,

polls show trump down significantly for latinos. >> reporter: here in florida the race is much tighter and could come down to other key groups like cuban and latino americans. a successful restaurateur, she believes trump's policies are best >> i think having an environment where we're not demonized as greedy capitalists is important. the over regulation, the constant fines, fees, regulatory difficulties we had to face in order to start a business i think is something that needs to be looked at. >> reporter: first-time voter left venezuela with her family 11 years ago she and her family worry biden will take the country too far to the left. >> venezuela was a rich country. this was a great rich country. that's why i worry

>> reporter: but in the time of a pandemic lucia sees safety acts like health care as a life line she lost her job and was forced to collect aluminum cans. >> i know there's a lot of families like me. >> reporter: she worries a lot about how polarized the country has become. >> reporter: are you scared? >> i'm scared if trump wins. >> reporter: what are you scared of >> that i'm not going to get my life back. >> reporter: now she's campai campaigning for biden. an important concern for many latinos. >> reporter: but only one defining the full diversity of the latino vot vot unlike other sleep aids, our extended release melatonin helps you sleep longer.

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