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it was like a gun going off. low blood pressure kidney problems, or high blood potassium. and ooh, needless to say we ask your doctor about entresto. didn't sleep very well. >> reporter: the destruction was widespread throughout southern alabama and along the florida but as californians we'll get through this together. panhandle. >> everything destroyed. trees everywhere. if your income has been reduced >> reporter: the category-two or you've lost your job or your health insurance, hurricane sank boats or tossed covered california is here. them on to land. tipped over trucks, ripped the we can help you find the health insurance sides off buildings, and left you need to protect you and your loved ones. behind endless trails of debris. >> we heard the windows start to and, you may even get financial help to pay pop. part of the roof was coming off. for your health insurance. so, if you or someone you know is without coverage, siding was ripped. visit coveredca.com to learn more or enroll today. >> reporter: his home survived but the vietnam veteran's memorial in his back yard did not. >> it's under water. lost some of my friends in vietnam, but it's gone. >> reporter: heavy relentless rain has left roads like these impassable. officials in florida say it might be days before the floodwaters fully recede. >> be very, very careful. it is hazardous. >> reporter: governor desantis says there have been hundreds of search and rescue missions heard -- already.

>> it's a lot more water than i expected. i really didn't think we were going to get this much. >> reporter: some in panama city are tired of picking the pieces back up. >> everybody on this little corner is just about to their wits end. people are wanting to sell and our top stories this morning leave. >> reporter: after making -- at least one person in landfall, sally diminished to a alabama is dead after hurricane sally made landfall. with its heavy rainfall. the storm hit near the florida/alabama border yesterday packing 105 mile-per-hour winds and again, though sally is and torrential rain. weakening as it makes its way toward the carolinas, it still more than half a million people brings flash flood warnings are without power. throughout the area. anne-marie? sally is now a tropical depression and is drenching more >> nancy chen in ft. walton of the southeast with heavy rainfall. beach, florida. thank you so much. so covid-19 is taking center and president trump says a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine could be ready as early stage on the campaign trail again. as next month, contradicting more than 6.6 million cases in what the government's top health experts are saying. the u.s. the president is also disagreeing with r president trump and his democratic challenger joe biden wearinmasks.e director of the c are clashing over how to respond to the pandemic. this morning, the white house is trying to clear things up after but the pandemic is causing the president contradicted the quite a scare for the halloween industry. cdc chief over vaccines and naomi ruckham explains. masks. natalie brand reports. >> reporter: it's one of the

>> reporter: democratic largest halloween celebrations presidential nominee joe biden in the country. once again criticized the >> happy halloween. >> reporter: this year, salem, massachusetts, home of the 17th president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic after a virtual briefing from public health experts on developing and century witch trials, is canceling the annual halloween distributing a vaccine. parade and other festivities because of the coronavirus pandemic. >> i trust vaccines. i trust scientists, but i don't >> that's going to be a huge loss because so many people are looking forward to it. trust donald trump. >> reporter: the trump and the fact that it's a saturday, halloween, people have administration announced plans to make a covid vaccine free to all americans with plans for the been booking that for years. military to help with >> reporter: around the country, communities are shutting down large gatherings, and several distribution. >> we're on track to deliver and cities are deciding what to do distribute the vaccine in a about trick-or-treating. very, very safe and effective los angeles is recommending manner. against it but stopped short of >> reporter: president trump a ban. pushed back on testimony from cdc director dr. robert redfield in a new survey, three out of who said a vaccine would not be four people say covid is available for wide distribution changing their halloween plans. the national retail federation until next year. says fewer people are going to >> i think he made a mistake parties or taking the kids when he said that. it's incorrect information. trick-or-treating. >> reporter: the cdc director but millions still plan to celebrate in safe ways. also stressed the importance of wearing face masks during that hearing. 53% are decorating their homes. >> if i don't get an immune response, the vaccine's not going to protect me. this face mask will. 46% will carve a pumpkin, and >> as far as the mask is 17% will take part in virtual concerned, he made a mistake. gatherings.

younger adults are more likely >> reporter: during a town hall tuesday the president suggested the to buy a costume and continue virus could go away through herd with halloween plans. the report says people are immunity, though use of the shopping earlier this year. many have extra time on their term "herd mentality." hands because of the pandemic. >> i just love like dressing up. i love costumes. i love seeing what other people choose. now the white house press secretary is clarifying the >> reporter: halloween store comments. owner kevin poley says this >> herd immunity has never been year's shopping experience is a strategy at the white house. >> reporter: with less than 50 days to go, health care is front different. >> can't have them try it on in and center. the store. the president is promising to protect pre-existing conditions in a new health care plan. we're going to give them time to try it on at home and exchange >> more an executive action with in three days. a legislative component that is more visionary. >> reporter: new ads from the we'll try to avoid personal interaction with a lot of stuff biden campaign take aim at the -- especially wigs and masks trump administration's attempts where you're touching your face to kill the affordable care act. in june the trump administration or touching your head. >> reporter: overall consumer filed a legal brief with the supreme court. the case will be heard a week spending for the holiday is after the november election. the white house says the expected to be down this year with covid scaring many people away from halloween celebrations. president will unveil his health naomi ruckham, cbs news, new york. care plan before the election. natalie brand, cbs news, the white house. coming up on "cbs this morning," unemployment benefits late yesterday cdc director robert redfield tried to clarify fraud. his earlier comments by we'll show you how a government program to help americans during tweeting, "i 100% believe in the the pandemic is being targeted importance of vaccines and the by scammers. importance in particular of a plus, only on "cbs this morning," we'll speak with

covid-19 vaccine. a covid-19 vaccine is the thing former cdc director dr. tom that will get americans back to frieden on a potential coronavirus vaccine timeline. and in our series "a more normal everyday life." perfect union," how one college attorney general william barr is condemning the use of is helping students with food and housing after the campus stay-at-home orders to prevent shut down during the pandemic. the spread of covid-19. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. >> putting a national lockdown, thanks for watching. stay-at-home orders is like i'm anne-marie green. house arrest. it's -- you know, other than have a great day. slavery which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in american history. >> the crowd cheered as barr made those remarks at hillsdale college in michigan. during the event the attorney general also took aim at his own justice department. he called out prosecutors for behaving as, quote, head hunters the explosive wildfires now raging out west are showing no signs of letting up. this is what's left of a neighborhood in the city of detroit, oregon. more than 30 fires are burning across the state.

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latech including weekly jobless claims. meantime, stocks finished mixed yesterday after the fed signaled near zero interest rates are in place until at least 2023. the dow rose 36 points. the nasdaq dropped 139, and the s&p 500 was down 15. more than 163,000 businesses listed on yelp have closed since the pandemic broke out. the online review company says about 60% of those businesses indicated they have shut down permanently. the restaurant industry has been hit the hardest with more than 32,000 eateries listed on yelp closed for good in the past six months. in the report, yelp says three states with especially high jobless rates, hawaii, california, and nevada, had thea business closures. united airlines says it is spraying its planes with a solution to keep passengers safe from covid-19. right now the company is using it on seats, trays, bins, and

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