>> that is it for us in 5. >> we will see you back here at captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight, turf fight to the finish. >> hello, minnesota! >> hello, wisconsin. >> garrett: the candidates blitz battleground states as america suffers the worst week yet of the pandemic, the virus intensifying in 47 states. president trump rallies in pennsylvania, downplaying the uncontrolled threat. >> we're rounding the turn. >> garrett: joe biden in michigan takes a different path. >> we're going to beat this virus and we're going to get it under control. >> garrett: also tonight, americans surge to the poles, more than 90 million so far and counting. but there's concern about some mail-in ballots. new lockdowns loom in europe. in france, the city of lights goes dark. in turkey, a frantic search for earthquake survivors, plus our mireya villarreal has a border wall reality check.

>> the wall is here. >> rup. >> reporter: new and old. >> yes. >> reporter: and they're still here. >> they're still here, they're coming across. >> garrett: and later. >> bond, james bond. >> garrett: remembering sean connery, the actor who put the double "o" in cool. >> now, about that honeymoon. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> garrett: good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett in new york. happy halloween. the last weekend of a presidential campaign is typically a frenzied spectacle with candidates blitzing as many battleground states as possible, but this is hardly an ordinary election. americans are in the grip of a deadly pandemic. local hospitals across the country are straining to meet the moment. infections are spreading fast. friday smashed a daily record for new infections in the yut, more than 99,000 reported.

today, president trump makes four stops in pennsylvania, joe biden in two in michigan. on sunday, the president rallies in five states. mr. biden holds two rallies, both of them in pennsylvania. these two clashing campaigns and candidates insisting their styles are the right strategy for victory and dealing with covid-19. ben tracy at the white house leads us off. >> this doesn't seem like someone who is going to come in second, do you agree? ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: president trump making four stops today in the crucial swing state of pennsylvania, predicting a red wave will sweep him to victory. >> that great red wave is going to be very beautiful to watch. we're looking good. and if we win pennsylvania, it's over. ( cheers and applause ) it's over. >> reporter: both candidates are trying to lock up the keystone state's 20 electoral votes. the latest cbs news battleground

tracker poll shows president trump trails joe biden in pennsylvania by seven points. the president is holding 14 rallies in the final three days of the campaign, even as u.s. coronavirus cases surge to record highs. on friday alone, mor than 99,000 new cases were reported, and now a new analysis by a stanford university economist that is not yet peer reviewed claims that 18 trump rallies may have led to an estimated 30,000 covid cases and 700 deaths. the trump campaign responded by saying it offers rally-goers masks and hand sanitizers and they have a first-amendment right to gather. in michigan today, former president barack obama joined his vice president for the first time on the campaign trail. they both offered scathing reviews of president trump's handling of the virus. >> we have a president who has just given up. i will never raise the white flag of surrender. we're going to beat this virus, and we're going to get it under control. >> joe is not going to screw up

testing. joe is not going to call scientists idiots. he's not going to host super-spreader events around the country. what joe will do is get this pandemic under control. >> garrett: ben tracy joins us from the white house. there is news today about an american hostage in nigeria being rescued by seal team 6. ben, what you can tell us? >> his name is phillip walton. he is an american farmer kidnapped in neighboring niger earlier this week by a raval gang. heft rescued this morning by the navy seals who parachuted in. five of the captors were killed but none of the americans was injured. >> garrett: this has been the worst week for the u.s. since pandemic's start. infections now number more than nine million. this is just two weeks after hitting the number eight million. today, the death toll topped 230,000. michael george has the latest. >> reporter: the coronavirus crisis is intensifying.

infections, hospitalizations, and deaths up across the country. >> washington state has not given up in controlling this virus. >> reporter: on friday, for the first time since july, washington state declared more than 1,000 cases. >> the second wave that we've all been worried about is here. >> reporter: oregon governor kate brown's state reported 600 daily cases for the first time on friday. this, we a minneapolis e.r. physician reminded his community how covid patients can take weeks to recover. >> one patient with covid being admitted to the hospital in a way takes up as many places in the hospital as a few patients. >> reporter: wisconsin governor tony evers didn't mince words on friday: >> if we want to do this right and stop it in its tracks, people have to wear a freaking mask. >> reporter: north dakota's daily positivity rate shot to 12.1%. contact trace thrers are struggling to keep up. >> they're out in public and

they're spreading it to others, and oftentimes unknowingly. >> reporter: and new pain this week for disney employees. nearly 30,000 expected to get pink slips this weekend. the dow had its worst week since march. investors spooked by surging covid infections and the threat of new restrictions. while americans are being urged not to trick or treat this halloween, tonight we're seeing many families out, but wearing masks. another instance of what was once harmless fun now a potential risk. major. >> garrett: michael george, thank you. pandemic or not, americans are turning out to vote early and doing so in record numbers. as of today, more than 90 million ballots have been cast and that number will increase. that 90 million is more than 65% of the total votes cast by everyone in 2016. lilia luciano is in los angeles. >> reporter: early voting has reached historic records across america ahead of election day. >> come on over.

you ready to vote? >> yes. >> reporter: texas is on track to surpass its 2016 turnout by millions of votes. >> i just literally flew in town to vote, and i'm leaving back out on saturday. >> reporter: iowa, florida, and california have also shattered records, some casting their vote in costumes. >> we're excited to be here. wonder woman herself was born of the suffragist era, so this is about people's rights to vote and i'm exercising my rights today. >> reporter: but it has been an uphill battle to make every vote count. in contentious florida, a key swing state where the polls show the candidates effectively tied, the u.s. postal service is investigating stacks of mail, including ballots, stuck in a post office south of miami. hundreds of election-related lawsuitses have been filed this year, including the trump campaign pushing back on extended deadlines. the president tweeting, "the election should end on november 3, not weeks later." but with so much absentee and

mail-in voting this year, every ballot and voter must be validated, a process that takes time. here in los angeles, iconic landmarks from concert venues to sports arenas are opening to allow people to vote in person. hundreds are expected to vote here at dodger stadium, the home of the world series champion. major. >> garrett: lilia luciano, thank you. a desperate search is under way following a magnitude-7 earthquake that struck turkey and a greek island on friday. today, rescue workers pulled from the rubble a woman and three of her four children, all of them alive. they had been trapped for 18 hours. at least 30 people have died in the quake. that quake toppled buildings and triggered a tsunami. tonight, britain is confronting the reality of another national shutdown as covid infections surge out of control across europe. it's already happened in france. imtiaz tyab is in paris tonight. >> reporter: well, major, the city of light is very much a

ghost town. these streets, even during times of social distancing, would normally be full of people on their way home from work or going to restaurants, bars, cafes. now, it's earlily empty. this is all part of france's attempts to try to contain the coronavirus after recording over 40,000 new cases every single day. it joins lockdowns in places like belgium, ireland, spain, and europe's largest economy, germany. but this evening, we're hearing of yet another major national lockdown, this time it's england. prime minister boris johnson has announced that his government will be enacting stay-at-home orders starting next week, a stark reminder that europe is very much in the midst of this very global pandemic. major. >> garrett: imtiaz tyab, thank you. sean connery died today at his home in the bahamas. he was 90. connery was a proud scotsman, and to millions of people worldwide, the only james bond.

here is mark phillips 3. >> i admire your luck, mr.... >> bond, james bond. >> reporter: 1962's "dr. no" was connery's breakthrough. >> i have no objection. >> reporter: in who was the best james bond contest, here always places at or near the top. yet, he wasn't an obvious choice for the role, merely a cheap one. >> ian fleming wanting cary grant, and then he wanted trevor howard, you know. well, their salaries would have taken care of the budget. >> reporter: yet, connery became the standard against which alling bonds have been measured. he took an unlikely route to fame and fortune. born to a cleaning woman mother and truck driver father in a working class area of edinburgh in 1930. connery had joined the navy after leaving school with a sixth grade education. after a short stint, he moved to london, where, taking part in

the mr. universe contest, he learned auditions were being held for a production of "south pacific." he got a part in the chorus. the seven bond movies he did might have defined his career, but by the time he had resigned his 007 commission for good in 1983, he had moved on. he costarred with his friend michael cain in "the man who would be king." >> i'm hardly ashamed for getting you killed instead of going home rich like you deserve to. >> reporter: he was harrison ford's father in "indiana jones and the last crusade." >> junior. >> don't call me, that please. >> reporter: and for his tough-cop role in "untouchables" in 1987... >> who would claim to be that who was not? >> reporter: we won an academy award for best supporting actor. other awards followed, including a knighthood conferred by the queen, and a freedom of the city of edinburgh, not just for his fame, but for his promotion of

another of his passions, scottish independence. >> we have waited nearly 300 years. >> reporter: he was described by director stephen spielberg as one of only a few true global movie stars, but he was more than that. he was a national symbol, and a cultural icon. mark phillips cbs news, london. >> garrett: straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," it was a promise to build a border wall that mexico would pay for. where does that memorable promise stand today? also, united offers new test flights, hoping for a lifted off in international travel. and later, we head to japan for a real scare this halloween.

>> garrett: first as a candidate then as president, donald trump vowed to build a wall spanning the entire u.s. border with mexico, this to stop illegal immigration.

he also insisted mexico would pay for it. our mireya villarreal rode along with the u.s. border patrol to see what has actually happened. >> reporter: shift changes right around 6:30 in the morning for border patrol agents in south texas. >> they've been waiting for a while. they cross in the brush, and they've just been waiting for the right time. >> reporter: a vulnerable moment smugglers try to take advantage of. >> the bridge is there. >> yes. >> the wall is there. >> yes. >> new and old and they're still here. >> still coming across. >> reporter: in just four hours we watched agents capture several groups using drones, helicopters, k-9 dogs and a slew of agents. so we're coming through, two behind me right now, three in the brush. at this point, is it a matter of, like, you have to use all of these tools in order to make-- >> yeah, it's not a one-solution problem. you need everything. you need more agents. you need border infrastructure. and you need tools and technology to help us close up this gap. >> today, america's borders are

more secure than ever before. ( applause ). >> reporter: president trump has made it his mission since before his election to halt illegal immigration. that includes nearly $15 billion spent so far on defending the border. customs and border protection says that's led to nearly 400 miles of wall being built along our nearly 2,000-mile southern border. however, much of that amounts to replacing existing structures. when we were with the agents, we watched them apprehend several groups. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: most of them were across the border wall. >> right. >> reporter: so that gives people the impression that this wall doesn't work then. >> we designed for 415 strategic miles, but there's still a lot of area along the southwest border we need wall. >> reporter: did you get up there and paint this yourself? >> i sure did. >> reporter: nayda alvarez pushed back against the government when they first tried to take ther property in february 20 nerng shouting the message from her rooftop. more than a year and a half

later, her case is working its way through federal court. her fate, she says, most certainly hinges on the outcome of the election. >> i'm going to fight it until the end, even if they build the wall, i'm going to fight it to tear it down. >> reporter: mireya villarreal, cbs news, hidalgo, texas. >> garrett: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," a new pilot program for covid-safe air travel.

set to start test flights hoping to help international travel take off again. remember, the puns are free. the details are from kris van cleave. >> reporter: starting november 16, a united club at newark airport will become a covid testing center, where some flyers to london will be required to get a free rapid test before departure. the four-week trial program for passengers taking the medicine, wednesday, friday departures of flight 14 is the first of its kind. united hopes to convince the u.s. and u.k. governments an

airline can run a robust testing program in the hopes mandatory two-week quarantines can be relaxed or eliminated with proofave negative test. >> we firmly believe doing predeparture test signature best way to start to open up travel again, especially in these international markets. >> reporter: unite's aaron mcmillian: >> a predeparture testing program adds another level of safety. >> reporter: researchers are increasingly pointing to layers of safety as a key to reducing risk of covid spreading on an airplane. this week, a new harvard university study found flying to be low risk, noting the combination of the plane's air filtration and circulation systems with social distancing with boarding and dd deplaning d universal mask wearing makes the mechanical system alone is sufficient, but the combination of behavior-- wearing a mask,

minimizing that time the mask is off for any kind of eating or drinking, and then depending on the airflow of the airplane to minimize anything that escapes the mask. >> reporter: but as yofd cases soar, u.s. airlines lost more than $15 billion last quarter and the number of passengers remains down 63% compared to last year. boeing cut its forecast for new airplane demand by 11% by announcing its own staff reductions would double to more than 30,000 jobs by the end of 2021. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> garrett: next on the "cbs weekend news," we unmask a presidential prediction.

>> garrett: mask sales at a st. louis halloween store have correctly predicted every

presidential winner since 1984. this year, well, it's looking like a landslide. 66% of masks sold at johnnnie brock's dungeon's are of president trump. 34% are former vice president joe biden. mr. trump's rubbery image also won the sales race in 2016. of course, we won't know the winner until the candidates -- we apologize in advance-- face off on tuesday. when we return, forget the haunted house. this drive-through is scary must enough.

could not be more scary. it's halloween. there's a full moon, a pandemic, and a time change. wow. but as lucy craft shows us, it could be worse. >> reporter: it was just before halloween in an ordinary parking garage, somewhere in japan, things suddenly took a turn for the terrifying. ( screaming ) >> they're hanging out the

windows. they're rocking the car. the zombies have arrived, and they're coming for us. it's the latest in creepy entertainment for the covid era. for 10 blood-curdling minutes, they stalk parked cars. but it's all good, clean, and coronavirus-free fun. vehicles disinfected to protest monsters and victims alike. a group called kowaragestai, which means "i want to scare you," promises spine-chilling thrills from behind the wind she's, said producer kenta iwana. >> ( translated ): covid shut down our regular haunted house events, but we saw drive-in movie theaters open so why not drive-in horror shows." >> halloween is a recent popular american import to jeap, but these scenes from jers past seem a distant memory from with

revelers urged to stay home. they've customized their act for audiences stuck behind glaz. "eye contact is crucial" said company owner ayaka imaide. "it's like a lion attacking its pey with gaping jaws and bulging eyes." starved for amusement, japanese are ponying up as much as $40 to scream and occasionally sob to drive-in horror shows. this student said, "from the start, they got up so close to us, we freaked out." surely the safest zombie apocalypse ever. lucy craft, cbs news, japan. >> garrett: covid-sanitized zombies-- of course. and that's the cb "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i am major garrett in new york. happy halloween, everyone. and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh

access.wgb live from the cbs bay area studios that this is kpix 5 news .>> just three days away from election day, early voters lineup to cast their ballots.>> reporter: it is election time for this year, and saturday voting is something people are warming up to real fast.>> the budget battle happening here in redwood city is the first of many to come as many across the bay area and the impacts of reduced revenue from covid-19. >> it is the last weekend before election day, early voters are surging to the polls across the bay area to make their voices heard or read and it's already been a record-

breaking turnout. wilson walker reports from alameda county. >> reporter: polling stations opened across the bay area today, 100 here in alameda county. ny while driven by necessity, this might be something that sticks around for a while. >> something about the personal touch. i like to be there and participate. >> from livermore to the southland mall food court. >> i was surprised to see this amount of people. >> this halloween felt a lot more like election day as people took advantage of the election coming to them. >> i want to make sure my vote counts. >> some families down the san leandro polling site by sheer luck. >> i was on my way, i saw the sign and i jammed on my breaks.>> i was surprised when i passed by walking in they were accepting boats already.