reporting from los angeles. it's monday october 26, 2020. this is the cbs morning news. eight days to go as president trump and joe biden hit the home stretch, the virvus hits again. coming out in record numbers. still a surge of covid-19 cases and one expert says we are at a dangerous tipping point. dangerous encounters. swimmers in an australian beach not knowing a shark is just feet away in the middle of a feeding frenzy. good morning. good to be with you.

i'm anne marie green. of course we are going to start this morning on the campaign trail with just eight days left. the coronavirus remains the biggest issue. over the weekend, over 228,000 cases were reported in the u.s. according to johns hopkins university. records were set on friday and saturday with 83,000 each day. five aids to vice president mike pence tested positive for the virus including his chief of staff and political advisor. pence, who has tested negative, plans to campaign for president trump this week. nancy, how are the candidates spending these final days on the trail? >> good morning. president trump will head to pennsylvania and joe biden will stay in delaware before traveling to georgia as we enter the final full week until election day. >> with with a week and a day to go, neither side is taking

anything for granted. >> it is not over until the bell rings. we feel good about where we are. i don't understand how he plays. >> president trump spent the weekend in battleground states like wisconsin and new hampshire. >> this is not the crowd that comes in second. >> vice president joe biden attended mass on sunday morning. he later addressed an online get out and vote event. >> everything is important now. >> polls show things tightening. so far more than 59 million ballots have been cast. already more than the 2016 total. >> we have a situation where they have their ballots and they have a long time to count the ballots. a lot of bad things will happen during that time. terrible things will happen. on capitol hill, the senate

is pulling an all nighter as vote on the nomination of amy coney barrett republicans are working to elect her. >> much of what we've done over the last four years will be undone. not much they can do about this. >> the senate is expected to confirm judge barrett. >> she is expected to be sworn in almost immediately. >> if confirmed. barrett would solidify a 6-3 conservative majority on the court. >> nancy chen in washington, ahead, we'll talk with white house chief of staff mark meadows who said the u.s. is not going to control the pandemic as cases rise across the nation. now to that 60 minutes interview that president trump abruptly ended. he accused the correspondent of asking him tougher questions than joe biden.

before he ended the one-on-one, he talked about not down playing covid. >> we are doing well. we are understanding the disease. we are doing a great job. what we haven't done a good job is convincing people like you because you are really quite impossible to convince,s that okay and the economy is coming back and coming back strongly and people see that, leslie. >> the president also said details of his health care plan would be announced very soon. 60 minutes also sat down with joe biden and nora o'donnell asked him about the biggest issues facing americans. >> right now, covid. the way he's handling covid is just totally irresponsible. he's telling people we've turned the bend in one of his recent rallies. like my grand pop would say he's gone round the build. we are in real trouble. >> biden said he would spend up to $200 billion to make sure

schools have all the resources they need to reopen safely. >> a record number of people are turning out the vote. as we mentioned, about 59 million ballots have been cast already despite the pandemic and record covid infections. we have more. >> reporter: america is showing up in full force to vote early and in person in all 50 states despite an alarming fall covid surge. from long lines in louisiana. >> i'm coming out to vote. my life depends on it. >> to california, where patricia williams cast her ballot. >> i have e my mask on and glov, so i feel safe. >> nationwide, coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are setting new records. on saturday, 83,718 new infections, just shy of friday's pandemic record. 31 states are in the red zone for new cases. former fda commissioner scott

gottlieb said the next few weeks are critical. >> we are entering the steve slope of the curve. >> the risky fall travel season is here. >> delta is taking guidelines seriously. it has added 500 people to its no-fly list for refusing to wear a mask in flights. according to an internal memo. this surge isn't stopping 109-year-old from texas from casting her ballot. she was born before women even had the right to vote and has marked the presidential ballot nearly two dozen times. >> we think one little vote might not make a difference but it makes a lot of difference. >> in california, they are counting their ballot in person. while public health officials are urging people to wear a mask. if you don't, you'll be escorted

to an outdoor area where you can still fulfill your civic duty and vote. reporting from los angeles. the fbi is investigating what appears to be a deliberate fire set in a boston ballot drop box. massachusetts election officials say the fire was started early yesterday morning in a drop box outside the boston public library downtown. there were 122 ballots inside the box when it was emptied. 87 were still legible and able to be processed. police release images of the person near the box at the time. people can either vote in person or by a replacement ballot that will be mailed to them. a snowstorm is slowing the spread of a colorado fire fire. officials say it won't be enough to put the fire out. the east trouble some fire has destroyed some 300 scare miles.

that's an area about the size of new york city. the fire has burned part of rocky mountain national park and caused thousands to evacuate. officials say it is still not safe for some to return to their homes >> until we can get this fire where it is safe for re-entry, that's our goal. we need to work on the structure that have not been lost. and continue to protect those areas. it is time intensive. >> the east trouble sm fire is the second largest fire in state history. coming up, the first nest so-called murder hornets have been found in washington state what crews did with it. >> and contestants get ready, "the price is right" returns but without a live audience. this is the cbs morning news. right" returns but without a live audience. this is the cbs morning news. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com

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our top stories this our top stories this morning, with only eight days left before the election. polls show the race tightening as a record number of people are voting early. coronavirus remains the biggest issue. record numbers of new cases were set friday and saturday. five aids for vice president mike pence have tested positive for the virus. pence has tested negative. the republican-led senate is expected to confirm judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court today. the senate advanced with a vote of 51 to 48. lisa murkowaski and susan collins voted with the democrats but lisa murkowaski said she will vote today to confirm her for the final vote.

it is that time for ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night but it is 2020, so trick or treating is uniquely scarey this year. >> in a town famous for witch trials and halloween celebrations, the scariest thing this year is tourists the mayor is telling sight seers to stay home. >> this is not the year to come to salem and not the year to visit. but people are showing up anyway. >> it has been crazy. there are as many crowds as usual. >> halloween won't be about door to door trick or treating. displays like this one can be enjoyed safely from a distance. >> how do you dispense treats, from a distance? in this washington, d.c. neighborhood, one family came up with a solution.

>> because of the covid, the candy slide. >> the slide made from pvc pipe. >> trick or treat. >> keeping socially dant. the mayo clinic urging people to avoid. costume parties, haunted houses and especially trick or treating. >> having people from different households mixing is a high-risk activity. >> instead, alternative low-risk celebrations. >> in case you are wondering, the candy on this slide is disinfected first. halloween isn't canceled, just different. >> everything is different we can give them a little bit of normalcy. they deserve it. >> cbs news, new york. so coming up this morning, we'll take you to georgia, one of the three battleground states in the south where presidential candidates are tied. more on the rising cases of coronavirus and more with chief of staff mark meadows.

and bill nye, the science guy, tells us about his new book aimed at inspiring the next generation of scientists. s that cbs morning news this monday. i'm anne marie green. have a great day.

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