seasoned curly fries, with triple cheese and bacon or chili cheese. try my sauced and loaded fries. it's pretty delicious. 90,456 positive new cases reported in just the united states on thursday, shattering wednesday's record by 10,000 as hospitals are seeing a run on ppe supplies and people are starting to stock up again. the economy is on the minds of millions of americans on election day who can lead us out of the coronavirus crisis faster. not one but two of the

elusive homes of the murder hornets nest. nearby homes and schools evacuate and it's all caught on camera. and can yeah's hologram for kim of his late father robert kardashian for her birthday present. "early today" starts right now. >> i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. it's the final fight to win over voters with four days left until the election president trump and joe biden will hold dueling rallies today. early voting continues to shatter records. nearly 80 million americans have already made their minds up and cast their ballots our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts good morning we're now in the home stretch. >> down the home stretch and that's why we're seeing the

candidates so busy today they're each doing a trio of american and plain states. they're headed out to the middle of the country today, crisscrossing in both minnesota and wisconsin. wisconsin is interesting the latest polling numbers there show joe bide within a significant lead, and we will see president trump try to cut down on that today the big issue in wisconsin and elsewhere is the coronavirus there's been an explosion of cases in wisconsin, and we're seeing both candidates deal with that, talk about that on the campaign trail >> we know the disease we social distance we do all of the things you have to do. if you get close, wear a mask. >> thank you for wearing your mask and thank you for the social distancing. >> president trump's superspreader events, he's also spreading division in addition. >> joe biden's plan is to brick

about punishing lockdowns. there will be no school, no kbrad ya graduations, no thanksgivings, no christmases, no fourth of july there will be nothing. there's not going to be anything. >> i'm not going to shut down the economy, i'm not go doing shut down the country, but i'll shut down the virus. i'll put a plan in place to act responsibly. >> we're taking a look at polls. bide handsn has a lead in michit not as big a lead in wisconsin what seems to be driving the lead in the midwest is support from women and people who are concerned about coronavirus. significant majorities in the midwest in support of wearing masks in addition to the explosion of new kalgscases. there's no denying the coronavirus has had a devastating effect on the u.s.

economy, and while the number of first-time claims fell to 751,000 last week, the lowest level in the pandemic, experts say it's still historically high here's nbc's jo ling kent. >> reporter: with just five days left to vote, the number one concern is the economy. >> i basically have enough money to pay for my food and mortgage. >> reporter: we first met in april when he had a longtime bartender job. now he's scraping by as a bus boy. his unemployment set to run out in december. >> i'll be relying on $400 a week. >> reporter: and on the campaign trail. >> we left donald trump a strong economy and just like everything else he inherited, he blew it. >> did you see the number today? the biggest in the history of the country by almost triple. >> reporter: gdp did grow a record 33% from july to

september. however, the u.s. economy still has not bounced back in full from the huge hit it took during the peak of the shutdowns, and while unemployment claims have come down from record highs, they're still nearly triple what they were pre-pandemic currently over 22 million people are unemployed that is the equivalent of nearly 300 of these stadiums full of people looking for a job. >> i'm treading water, but there's definitely a sense of impending doom. >> reporter: a final check on the report card of the economy it will be interesting to see how these numbers play out for those who haven't voted already. so many unemployed workers telling me they've already cast their votes while others are saying they're undecide and trying to make that final decision in this final stretch frances? >> critical time, jo thank you. a man accused of running a hate camp in michigan has been

taken into custody federal authorities arrested the white supremacist leader and one of his associates in part because of this photo taken in december police said a family was terrorized when the men showed up in the middle of the night. the suspects mistakenly thought someone they wanted to intimidate lived there they have been charged with multiple felonies including gang membership. france is on a high security alert after an attack. it comes after the republication of carrick ka ters of the prophet muhammad >> reporter: frances, tensions have been mounting in france for the last several weeks and once again it all goes back to a cartoon of the muslim prophet muhammad in nice, police move in to stop a suspected terrorist in the city's basilica.

the assail yanlt shouted as he slit the throats of a man and woman in the church nearly beheading one. another escaped but was hunted down and killed. nbc's matt bradley is in paris. >> reporter: prosecutors say he was a young tunisian who arrived just weeks ago now president macron is activating thousands of troops to protect places of worship and schools. >> reporter: just a mile from a place four years ago when isis attacked 80people with a truck a teacher showed his class a cartoon of the muslim prophet mao ham muhammad the class was about about free speech the student lay in wait and beheaded him two weeks ago some muslims took defense of the

teacher by the president as an insult to islam, an extremist attack with a knife in nice. president macron said france is under attack and in comes just as the country is beginning a new near total covid lockdown. frances. >> richard, thank you. in just 15 days this country crossed a new threshold. over 9 mililion americans have been infected with covid there's the equivalent of more than one new case every second meanwhile dr. anthony fauci announced a new timeline for vaccines. >> we will no sometime in december whether or not we have a safe and effective vaccine, and when we will be able to deploy the vaccine and get it to those individuals who need it the most. >> this as icus across the

nation hit critical capacity but now experts are sounding the alarm against a critical piece of ppe our stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: 10:30 sunday night in coral gables, florida, a million dollar heist is under way. the cargo, surgical gloves shipped from malaysia, critical for health care workers fighting covid, and there are fears of a looming shortage across the country. in south dakota where the virus is surging, gloves are now five times more expensive. >> are there places where we could see people run out of gloves in the next few months? >> i think we will, especially in the smaller rural communities where the critical access hospitals are strapped for cash. they can't afford to buy a shipping container. >> reporter: non-latex medical gloves are manufactured almost entirely in asia the only u.s.-owned factory is here in northern new hampshire. >> how difficult is it to make

this glove. >> it requires a lot of materials. >> reporter: a man who said he represented the chinese government offered to buy his whole supply. >> i called my friend's associates at the department of defense and said, hey, these guys are trying to buy all these gloves i would ship product everywhere, but i want to have supplies for the u.s. because we do everything right. >> reporter: he eventually received $22 million but didn't get the money until september. >> we knew there was going to be massive spikes in demand. >> reporter: the expansion won't be up and running until next summer hhs tells nbc news they hope to buy 4.5 billion gloves by february the agency said it's expected to announce a big investment in the production of ppe. >> why is it so important to

bring it back to the u.s.? >> its ee life and death if we don't have these products, people die. >> reporter: a tough lesson to learn in the middle of a pandemic now to the gulf coast that's been hammered this year by historic hurricane season. zeta left a path of destruction across the south in mississippi the winds were powerful enough to litter roads and parking lots with boats. over a million homes and businesses in the southeast are still without power. and at least six deaths are being linked to the storm including three people killed in georgia because of fallen trees. zeta marks the sixth hurricane to make land fall this year, tying the record for most in a single season. all right. it's friday. let's take a look at the weather outside with meteorologist janessa webb hey, janessa, good morning good to see you. >> good morning. good morning, everyone we're finally moving on from zeta we're still dealing with a batch of precipitation that's going to linger around the northeast.

right now you're seeing that wintry mix this will be the first measurable snow fall into northern new england if you're in new england to boston, you could see a flu flakes around 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. hour and then alightly ware plains from denver to kansas city, mid-50s. it's the weekend, and it's halloween weekend. we'll take a look at that forecast coming up. >> a lot going on, time changing all right. we'll have to check with you later. the land of falcons, they look to avoid another fourth quarter collapse, this time against their division rival, the carolina panthers.

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the news. more things to watch you've got to look up. for the first time since 1944, there will be a full blue moon on hallow's've it won't appear on halloween again until 2077 so something to watch out for there. also don't forget going into sunday roll back the clocks one hour for daylight saving time. first our dr. john torres has some trips to stay safe if you plan on trick-or-treating tomorrow. >> this saturday we're sure to see plenty of little ghouls, goblins, and superheroes for trick-or-treating, but before you put the costumes on, make sure you and your children have a plan in place on how to celebrate halloween this year. that means social distancing, good hand hygiene, and you can make your cloth mask part of your costume remember you need to have your mask on when out and about you can have a trick or treat

scavenger hunt in your own house or virtual costume contest in your own house you can put out trick or treat goody bags at the end of your driveway without interacting door to door is risky, so it's best not to have the little ones come to your door. instead they can pick up trick or treats in your yard keep it as small as possible with only people from your own household and make sure everyone in your group is wearing a mask and avoiding large crowds. make sure the whole family thoroughly washes their hands before touching any of it. and if you need even more recommendations, you can always check out the cdc website where they have a list of low, moderate, and high risk activities for halloween fun. >> it comes down to costumes and candy. >> very important this year. don't forget to change those

clocks i always forget. it always sneaks up on me. >> now we have the reminder. have a great, great weekend. thanks for watching "early today. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. coming up later on "today," it's their halloween show.

this year with covid not having the big party, unfortunately. >> right now at 4:30, getting ready for halloween weekend. we are live this morning with what you need to know to make your celebration safe rather than scary. plus, decision 2020. new fallout from the south bay organization political ads some call racist. and the new action being taken by south bay leaders. >> world lemur day. how perhaps the world's most famous lemur is celebrating in san francisco.