president donald trump has his third supreme court justice. the late-night white house swearing-in as the democrats vow to make some changes depending on the outcome of the elections. >> covid, covid, covid that's all they talk about on the fake news. what progress we've made on it too. >> he suggested that doctors were inflating the numbers, catch this, because doctors get more money what in the hell is the matter with this man? >> seven days to the election, and coronavirus numbers are

growing nationwide as hospitals are seeing more and more patients the pandemic's impact on voters. >> hurricane zeta crosses mexico janessa is projecting the pagent. santa ana gusts at almost 100 miles an hour forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. voters across the world and how they're being impacted by the economy after the pandemic it's tuesday "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. after a heated debate and a 52-48 vote, the republican-led senate narrowly confirmed amy coney barrett, and later today chief justice john roberts will lead a private ceremony where she'll officially become justice

amy coney barrett. >> reporter: she celebrated as the newest member of the u.s. supreme court. the ceremonyial oath administered by the court's most senior and perhaps most conservative member, justice clarence thomas. >> the oath that i take tonight means at its core i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. >> reporter: president trump celebrating a milestone, seethe his third justice on the nine-person court. >> the american people put their trust in you and their faith in you. >> reporter: republicans rushing to seat barrett ahead of a critical challenge to obama

care she could play a key force in ruling on gun laws, abortion, and lgbtq rights. >> the american people will suffer the consequences of justice barrett's far right out of the mainstream views for generations. >> reporter: amy coney barrett poised to take her place on the supreme court and in history the watch is exactly one week away, and whether amy coney barrett's confirmation will affect the voting remains to be seen meanwhile the candidates are racing along the campaign trail. president trump will hold a trio of valleys today while bind stays with his stronghold. tracie potts has more. seven days left. >> hey, frances.

yeah, we don't have a lot of time left. president trump picked up 50% of the vote last time around in georgia. not the bigger majority republicans we've seen in the past and now they're thinking they can make a bid for this very red state so biden today is headed to take a look at getting votes in georgia, rural votes, urban votes. he's headed to atlanta for a drive-in rally meantime president trump has yet again three rallies on his schedule today in wisconsin and in michigan. he's sweeping the midwest, which he won unexpectedly last time around he's trying to hold onto those states and coronavirus continues to be the big issue on the campaign trail. how the administration has dealt with it and whether or not they can get rid of this pandemic. >> we're rounding the turn

what progress we've made on it too. we understand it we have the best testing in the world. that's why we show so many cases. we do more testing than anybody else we're doing great. ooh. excuse me. here i am. i'm here too what progress we've made on it too. we understand it. >> the white house chief of staff mark meadows went on television to admit to the country that the administration wasn't even trying anymore to deal with the pandemic no caveats, just a deadly admission. i've been saying for months as you well know that he waved the white flag all the way back then >> and this as cases around the country and in most states, frances, continue to soar. >> it's going to be a crucial next seven days. tracie, thank you. the supreme court has issued a last-minute voting change in wisconsin seven days before the

election on monday the justices issued a 5-3 ruling that the state cannot count mail blallots that arrive well after the polls closed. it comes after a judge said they would accept them six days after the election they had sued to extend the dead looirn krooigt absentee ballots and coronavirus. >> dueling rallies aired in westside michigan and both sides showed up armed. each blamed each other for stirring divisions nbc's dasha burns is there in michigan good morning. >> reporter: hey, frances, what we saw over the weekend is the example of how these deep divisions are actually manifesting on the ground in this politically critical area where tensions and stakes are incredibly high. i want to play for our viewers just an example of what we saw

and heard. listen. >> look. as a person of color, it's a fact that we often are intimidated just exercising our constitutional rights, and i think it takes a strong person -- another of color, to empower another person and they feel weak. >> just the fact there is millions more votes in a way that this state has never dealt with before. so as a citizen, i want to be involved in the process, and that's part of my constitutional rights by getting involved versus being kind of a bystander and, oh, it will just work out. >> reporter: and, of course, not far from anyone's mind was election day on the right i heard a lot of concern about protecting the vote on the left, a lot of concern about protecting the voters. the american patriots council rally, they were recruiting volunteers to work as poll challengers and watchers, and on the left at the justice for black lives rally, people were

signing up people to be poll buddies to escort people to the polls who were concerned about voter intimidation interestingly both leading to similar actions, people looking to be at the polls on election day and do more than just vote frances. >> we're seeing that in other communities as well. dasha, thanks. tens of thousands of people in southern california have been forced to flee their homes as fast-moving wildfires tear through orange county. the two fires are being driven by santa ana winds at 100 miles an hour and caused two firefighters to suffer critical injuries nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: it's not just the size and power, these wildfires blowing out of control, but the epic winds fanning them, creating the perfect recipe for disaster, fighting flames in southern california's notorious santa ana winds, the critical

air force was grounded the power of a category 2 hurricane. this was the race to escape as at least 60,000 were forced to escape irvine, even firefighters struggling to stand their ground, two in critical condition. braced for an unprecedented wind event across the state, more than a million have had their power cut to prevent the very kind of disaster that could unfold >> our thanks to miguel for that report. well, the president says we are rounding the corner with the coronavirus. it is exploding in many parts of the country. infections have surpassed 8.7 million people, and the death toll continues to climb, nearing 227,000. hospitalizations are up 40% in the last month our meagan fitzgerald is in salt lake city with the latest. >> reporter: fran circumstances health officials here are calling the cases dire

cases are surging. just like on friday, they saw a record number of cases in just one day, nearly 2,000. hospitals are overrun across the state. icus at or approaching capacity. doctors even going to the governor last week letting him know if the state continues on this trajectory and cases continue to rise, they're going to have to start prioritizing care what this means, for example f you have a younger patient and older patient with equal level of illness, the health care workers would have to prioritize the health of the younger person the state's not there yet, but they say they could be weeks away, which is why health officials, doctors, nurses, the governor are pleading with the public to try do their part to stop the spread of the virus. we've got fire, ice, and, yeah, a hurricane all getting tracked by janessa webb this morning. that's a lot on your plate this

morning, janessa good morning. >> good morning. we have a lot going on hurricane zeta is the focal point this morning it continues to gain steam we saw landfall in yucatan peninsula and it's going to race to the gulf. by tomorrow morning we'll see sustained winds picking up right now they're at 75 miles afternoon hour, the national hurricane weather center turnings this back into a cat 1 tonight and then returns to the gulf coast right now southeast louisiana, you are on our radar i do want to put the coastal areas of mississippi as well into the mix of this, where we couls this afternoon still that heat is building from

t tampa to the carolina this day that's storm is going to cause some disruptions today we should talk than coming up. >> trouble there all right, janessa thank you. still ahead, our lester holt is crisscrossing america to hear > . voters about the election >>an iconic song hits new records.

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city it's a different story. perhaps no battleground state is still reeling from the covid shutdown like nevada with a 12.6% unemployment rate, the second worst in the country, and so it's where my journey begins, talking to people about jobs, the economy, who they think is best positioned to lead us in a path to recovery my first stop, a failing business we meet mrna donato at a used bookstore she's owned for more than 40 years. you're calling it quits. >> i'm calling it quits. our wonderful governor shut it down for two months and a small business cannot survive being shut down for two months. >> your customers must be -- >> they're devastated as i am because some of my customers go back 39 years. >> reporter: murtaugh told us she's voting for president trump. >> i really believe that he has

america's best interest at heart and he wants to keep the small businesses going he knows what it's like to meet payroll. >> reporter: across town we meameet yvonne and his wife. they have an 8-year-old daughter with special needs and jovan's unemployment benefits recently ran out. >> are you making hard choices on a daily basis >> we lost our vehicle. >> reporter: the andersons are both democrats leaning, they say, toward joe biden. >> i'm like his professionalism. i like that he's had experience in the white house as vice president. >> if you're sitting here talking to joe biden and president trump, what would you want to tell them right now? >> consider our family think of it on a personal level as if it was happening to you or

your son, daughter, sister, or brother, and how would it make you feel if they were struggling day to day. >> reporter: a major flashpoint for both candidates, those continuing covid restrictions. >> i will end this i will make sure we have a plan. >> all he talks about is shutdowns. no, we're not going to shut down. >> reporter: citing improving covid number, last months bars were allowed to reopen in nevada at 50% capacity. so how long were you actually closed >> so we actually were closed twice. >> reporter: we spoke to bar owner derek stonebarger. >> i was living my american dream and it was literally taken away. >> reporter: who says he's slowly bouncing back. >> we took a loan, which i expected we would never be able to do. we're going to crawl back. i'm optimistic about the future. >> reporter: derek is voting for biden and regrets his vote for

trump in 2016. >> i know now that's a mistake we need somebody with a clear plan and leadership. >> reporter: then there's stuart sowback who runs an annual car show it was supposed to be this weekend, but like so many big events here, he was forced to cancel it. >> it was a huge letdown for everybody involved. >> reporter: he believes president trump will help bring his business and the jobs back. >> reporter: before covid, the economy was great. i want to see the economy come back and las vegas come back i think he's the man to do it. >> reporter: and, phillip, tourists have found their way back to las vegas. most hotels are open, most shows still closed, and many thinking it's still a long road to recovery here. we'll send it back to you. > ill ahead, a dallas defensive coordinator finds a way to turn up the heat off the field. maybe it's a memory of you alone.

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in today's news by the numbers, whitney houston's grammy winning hit "i will always love you" is the fourth song from the '90s and a solo track to reach 1 billion views it's averaged 1,000 views per day this year. a person jumped from the helicopter without a parachute into the sea guinness has yet to verify the stunt. mark zuckerberg's voter

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they have to do what they have to do. it's better than a fire. >> right now at 4:30, left in the dark. thousands across the bay area remain without power due to high fire danger. the impact on families and businesses. and the countdown to election day is on. with just one week to go we're breaking down the number registered in the south bay. plus, ready to reopen. the san francisco businesses that are now getting a small amount of relief starting today as indoor operations are allowed to resume. "today in the bay" starts right now for you.