what'd i miss? but you can't sleep through my breakfast. because it's served all day, every day! thanks, jack. try my $4.99 french toast sticks jumbo breakfast platter. part of my all day, everyday breakfast. i get that this president wants full credit for the economy he inherited and zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. but you know what? the job doesn't work that way. tweeting at the television doesn't fix things. >> pennsylvania, you've got to get out and vote if we win pennsylvania, we win the whole thing. >> turning up the heat tonight the candidates go head to head for the last time as each seeks to seal the deal with the american people. a massive $8 billion settlement, the maker of

oxycontin pleading guilty to fueling the opioid crisis, but will the families see any of that money. senate democrats are planning to derail a vote. a tidal wave sweeps across 39 states and impacts black patients as hospitals begin to swell. the young women racing to help us. "early today" starts right now. good morning i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking overnight, echoes of the 2016 election as the nation's top intelligence officials warn that iran and russia are trying to meddle in the 2020 race. john ratcliffe claims iran is behind the threatening campaign emails sent to democratic voters in florida and other states.

nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: what seems to come from the right group proud boys were actually from iran. they started showing up in inboxes to democrats in florida. it says, quote, you will vote for president trump on election day or we will come after you. the proud bays claim they know information about the voter and acted in a threatening nature and told the parties to switch to republicans the proud boys say they had nothing to do with the emails. the director of national intelligence john ratcliffe said they with to intimidate voters. >> they were designed to incite voters and damage president trump. >> both iran and russia have obtained some voter registration

information but so far russia has not appeared to have done anything with it it did something four years ago too. ratcliffe and the fbi director in an unusual late evening television statement said iranian and russian activity was detected quickly by the intelligence community and voters should continue to have confidence in the security of the u.s. election system the white house says it's directed law enforcement, defense, and intelligence agencies to monitor any attempts to interfere with the election, and it says those efforts are working. >> a pivotal day ahead in the supreme court showdown on capitol hill the senate judiciary committee will vote to send judge amy coney barrett's position >> it will not stop the nomination process we've got a new statement from

the senate minority leader chuck schumer and the democrats on that judiciary committee objecting to all this. they're calling it a sham saying it is not a legitimate vote and that's why they don't want to participate. they believe that judge barrett would put health care and other issues at risk and that she brings a republican agenda now, the rules are that at least two members of the minority, in this case democrats have to be present for business to happen, but the chair of this committee, senator lindsey graham, says the vote is on today whether or not democrats show up. >> leader mcconnell, lindsey graham have defiled the senate so that it may never return to what it was. it wasn't starting off in such a good place, but the bottom line is very simple we do not want to participate in an illegitimate illicit hearing. >> democrats have objected to the timing of this vote happening really in the middle of an election when millions of

people have already voted. they think whoever wins, joe biden or president trump, should be the one to nominate the next supreme court justice. two republicans agree and will object to her nomination, but that's not enough. they need four to stop it. >> so much to watch today with the supreme court and the final presidential debates tracie, thank you. with less than two weeks until election day, former president obama is making a rousing return to the campaign trail. this time he's not holding back, launching a blistering tout to his successor. andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: former president obama back on the trail for joe biden. >> i'm back here tonight to ask you to deliver the white house for joe biden and kamala harris. >> reporter: polls show biden slightly ahead in a state that

has not voted for a republican present until 1988 president obama appealing to black men, a voting block that did not give hillary clinton the turnout she needed. >> the easiest thing to do is say, well, i quit, but we can't afford to quit our ancestors, our fathers, our grandfathers, our -- they had a much better excuse to quit than we did. >> reporter: in contrast to president trump, biden is off the trail preparing for tonight's big debate, telling the wisconsin station he likes the new measure, at times cutting off their mics. >> i think it's a good idea. i think there should be more steps taken to stop us from interrupting each other. >> it's a last-ditch effort to smear me and my family. >> reporter: biden is trying to

strike a closing message of unity. >> there's only one america. >> reporter: there are warning signs for democrats in pennsylvania since june republicans have outregistered democrats and new voters by more than 2-1. former president obama tells voters in pennsylvania voting doesn't make things perfect. it makes things better both need to win. >> join us for the final presidential debate moderated by nbc's kristen welker at 8:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. pacific. the pope is endorsing civil unions for same-sex couples. matt bradley joins us. what else did pope francis say about these unions >> francis, he said that this would provide legal cover for the church when it comes to observing homosexuals in marriage outside of the church

so all of that needs to be said. what the pope said leave as lot to be answered for, and a lot of the critic of the pope and his supporters are all waiting on tender hooks for the pope to clarify what exactly he meant by this remember, this was said in a documentary, but still as you mentioned it's a monumental shift. this is the pope, the pontiff, the vicar of christ saying he supported a same-sex union it's not a change in the church doctrine it wasn't something he said in a sermon in front of st. peter's square it's an opinion he stated to an interviewer. this doesn't diminish how it will change church attitudes but for those following the vatican very closely, this comes not as a surprise.

guys >> so many members of the church feeling excluded for so many years, this now might change that, matt thank you. in arlington, it was a hitter's ballpark. the bats came to life in game two of the world series. tampa's mike lowell homering twice and the rays hitting forced the dodgers to pull their starting pitcher in just a second inning. they tried a late game comeback but tampa would close them out in the ninth evening up the series, a 6-4 win. game six tomorrow night. frigid weather out there for millions let's check in with nbc's janessa webb janessa, good morning. >> good morning. this is a double dose where we're seeing cold and snow moving in. it's going to be moving into the southern planes by tomorrow and spends into the area all the way until next week. first let's talk about snow. we have banding that's currently happening in the upper midwest

but the brunt of this storm comes this afternoon you're going to see an accumulation pretty widespread across the country that's why weather alerts are impacting 5 million people accumulation totals right now, the forecast icalling s fot ther overnight lows that's going to continue for tonight, but balmy weather this is mild air from the south all the way to the northeast it will be a fantastic day, thou though, for some secondses of t the country. life after death a new track from the rapeg lend notorious big. and a new race for a

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for more, here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: some suburban businesses are facing new covid restrictions by the end of the week in the midwest, the region's second surge is spreading rapidly. >> in my 34 years as a physician, i have never seen so much suffering from a single disease over such a short period of time. >> i'm tired know others are tired. not just our bodies and our minds, but our spirits our fatigue just went up. >> our patients coming are are incredibly sick. >> reporter: a few weeks ago this testing site in chicago was dealing with no more than 600. as day now it's up to more than 1,000 in ohio hospitalizations are at a record high. at a nursing home outbreak in indiana, 44 have died 30r, 37 ae

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actually running to the locations in new york. >> every single mask has meant something to someone's life. >> reporter: now joya is going a step further though the new york city marathon was canceled this year, she's running the virt eulogy marathon like 25,000 around the world. with each mile, joya is fund-raising to buy more ppe. >> this one is the highest stakes race i'm ever going to run. it's honestly the race of my life. >> it also might be the race to save other lives. >> it is. >> reporter: if 26.2 miles isn't enough, she's adding another mile for every donation over $250. >> why wouldn't i do it if i knew i had a chance to make a difference somewhere. >> reporter: for joya, racing to a finish line that's really just the start. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> i continue to be impressed by all the people we've seen stepping up in this time of need it's a tough time for everybody,

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