and among those working to get out the vote, comedian and actor george lopez. night, abc's jim avila on why lopez is convinced the latino vote could decide the presidential race. >> first place i ever went on stage. first place i ever heard anybody say, if you worked hard you could achieve anything you wanted to do. >> reporter: george lopez is back at his los angeles elementary school where the auditorium he first performed in is named after him, a humble start for the man who would go on to lead his own abc sitcom also bearing his name. >> look, doctor, even if i did want to talk about and it my mom was driving me crazy, i'm chicano, we don't believe in therapy. >> reporter: now he's changing that father next door image. he's no longer the george hoe pez you thought you knew. his slicked-back dark hair, today pandemic white. now bringing a harder, more political edge, performing standup specials on hbo and netflix with titles like "the wall" and "we'll do it for half." >> as long as george lopez is alive, i promise you, i will never, ever let anyone disparage

n nbc aired this footage, and they didn't mention that george lopez was the reporter there.ortant piece of information. i have been traveling to trump events across the country. going to one tomorrow, and these videos are having an impact. people see the videos and it plays in the beliefs, the narratives the campaign is trying to push. this is something the trump campaign is trying to attack, biden's fitness for office, using false, misleading or totally fake videos. a few weeks ago, the white house posted a video that made it appear that biden was falling asleep in a tv interview. the tv interview never even happened. >> yeah, all right, well, thank you. i appreciate that. thank you. texas is surging in both early voting and coronavirus cases. how will it all play out on election day? leon castro is here next. plus, over 40,000 people hospitalized. the average number of new daily cases in the u.s. is at the high oes point in the pandemic. 165-p. or it isn't. it's either testing an array of advanced safety systems. or it isn't. it's either the peace of mind of a standard unl

. >> so, is it four more years of george bush or former years of joe's host george lopez? decide. one george is a really, really funny dude, the other is lopez, but if you were looking for a vanishing act, joe is your guide. there's nothing up his sleeve or anywhere else and unlike trump, he won't tell you what he thinks. his evasiveness on fracking reveals he's waiting for instructions. as for packing the court, he boldly states let's have a commission, which is like boldly stating i want a nap. but driving to pennsylvania this weekend i saw no signs of biden, but i did see biden signs. while joe heights, his voters don't, because voting for him, it's safe. not so with trump. he's out there but with the exception of rallies, his voters aren't. it's because for the first time, sadly, saying we'll vote for could get you hurt. but where there weren't any signs, there were indeed american flags. maybe those are signs too. a week, not a shout. as the laughter vows punishment for those they deem evil and cities erupt with riots -- sorry, peaceful protests, it sent a message to h

was the host and he was answering a question from george lopez. so no, he didn't. but gloria, what did you think about what the president said there and he kept it pretty short. >> he did keep it pretty short. i think the one actual interesting thing to me aside from all of the lies was what he said about getting a decision the night of the election. he said it would be proper and nice to get a decision on november 3rd. he said if we didn't, it would be inappropriate and he believes it's against the laws, but he wasn't, you know, the way he has been which is we can't certify this election, i can't guarantee a peaceful transfer of power. he kind of dialed that back just a touch to me saying it would be proper to get the result because he understands, i think, that it is state by state and a lot of states are allowing counting to go on and this may go to the courts, it may not. i think he kind of understands that now. another thing to me which was bizarre which is that he seemed to hold up roger ales as a p paragon of virtue, none of this showing th

enough gaffes and mistakes without having to create them but what happened here he was talking to george lopezcomedian. he was reading the teleprompter and couldn't follow. ut pei think he got bumbled up and snapped at jill when she tried to correct them. >> laura: that's good, robert. whatever your name is. >> thank you, susie. it's great being with you at the amy coney barrett event. >> laura: we were socially distant in masks, we had it down but it's a beautiful event. great to see you. ahead, what's it being a trump supporter on college campuses. rampant radicalism silencing students. next. ♪ if you have medicare, listen up. the medicare enrollment deadline is only weeks away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan is still the right fit? having the wrong plan may cost you thousands of dollars out of pocket. and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. with healthmarkets' fitscore, they compare thousands of plans from national insurance companies to find the right medicare plan that fits you. call or visit healthmarkets to find your fitscore today. in minutes, y

enough gaps and mistakes without having to create them but what happened here he was talking to george lopezcomedian. he was reading the teleprompter and couldn't follow. i think he got bubbled up and snapped at jill when she tried to correct them. >> laura: that's good, robert. whatever your name is. >> thank you, susie. it's great being with you at the amy coney barrett. >> laura: we were socially distant in masks, we had it down but it's a beautiful event. great to see you. i had to come on what's it being a trump supporter o on the colle campus. dinesh d'souza response. next. ♪ ♪ >> laura: if you're going to vote for president trump, i'm not going to ask how, but you drew bill you might be reluctant to share that? >> i went to a rally and when i came back i instantly took them off in the car before i came back on because i'm afraid of how people would react to me. >> laura: it's never being easy being a conservative on campus but the tolerance keeping from pro-trump students keep the max people speaking their mind is leaking into the rest of our society. dinesh desousa joining us now, bu

if you haven't checked out george lopez, that's a good one. we're reaching out to latino men across the country. >> we always seem to be fighting something in the latino community. mitch caesar, i want to bring you in. can you talk about what we're seeing as far as a president casting a ballot at a local community? talk a little bit about how even the security protocols, what people are expecting. i'm expecting he's not standing in line. but can you talk a little bit to this? >> yeah. i'm sure he's not. i'm sure people in alabama beach are not thrilled when he comes to town because he stops all traffic. i find it interesting, though. he's wearing a mask, if i'm looking correctly. that's because in south florida, there are a lot of county commissioners who have employed mask ordinances. >> there he is. >> there he is with a mask. i think what it also denotes -- >> mitch, i hate to interrupt you, but donald trump is now on screen. he is wearing a mask. he just took off his mask. he whipped that off. let's listen. >> much more secure than when yo

george lopez. you decide. >> there's a lot on the ballot this year.is the most consequential -- not because i'm running but because of one running against. most consequently election in a long, long, long time. the character of the country in my view is literally on the ballot. what kind of country we are going to be? four more years of george -- george. find ourselves in a position where if trump gets elected, we are going to be in a different world. >> sean: joe, come on man. you're running against donald trump, the president of the united states. his wife jill sitting there kind of an agony, trying to whisper trump's name under her breath. let's be clear, there's no great mystery as to why joe biden is barely campaigning at all. he's not, well, he seems weak and frail, not mentally or seemingly physically capable of the rigorous schedule as a candidate, never mind the hardest job in the world. he needed 5 out of 6 days off just to be able to do one 90-minute debate. at times he forgets what state he's in. he definitely mixes up numbers and dates al

they are now saying that it had to do with the fact that george lopez was also part of this zoom callgh it certainly sounds like -- it doesn't sound like that when i play that over. >> no, it doesn't. he had a senior moment. people his age do. i'm the same age he is, i have them sometimes. you're forgetful. you know, you can't call things to mind as quickly as he once did. some of his mistakes i think is a classic kind of gaps that biden has always made. for example, that comment he made, remember, he said if you can't figure out whether you're going to vote for me eric trump, you're not black, that was a classic biden gaffe, the kind he's made since he was a young man. he's always made a lot of those, but more recently though, he has these moments were a kind of forgets where he is. remember earlier this year he was in new hampshire and he said what's not to like about vermont and then at one point he couldn't remember that he had met with the parkland students, he said he had done it while he was in the white house. he wasn't, he was out of office by that time and had been for some

george lopez sharpening his image, championing his community. >> what changed, in your mind that changede who are in the fields or cleaning the hotels. >> could energizing the largest nonwhite voting group help decide the presidential race? >>> plus, bearing the brunt of covid-19. >> what we're seeing, really, is historic decimation among the hispanic community by this virus. >> latinos, some of the hardest hit. >> i

campaign is targeting latino men with a new ad campaign push with celebrities including comedian george lopezhat use of celebrities going to work? >> i don't know if it's necessarily the celebrity. so biden is doing this because he's slipping with hispanic men. hispanic men, you know, they're not -- hispanics in general are not unicorns. they want the same things as every other american wants. and so, you know, strong economy, they want less -- lower taxes, they're the most entrepreneurial demographic in america. so a lot of, a lot of the small business message has worked for hispanics. and they are the working class. so the working class trade policy, china messages work with hispanics just like they work with working class white americans as well. so while trump can be a little butt harsh for hispanic women, hispanic men seem to be a lot more tolerant of trump's style, and so it's working. and so what the biden campaign is doing is trying to craft an economic message using these comedians. what should worry trump is that the biden campaign has a lot of money, and the fact that their able to

george lopez. amy schumer. a number of others. cher as we know said that before. you have to have such an inflated sense of self-importance than anyone, if you want to leave, you can leave. just do it. why the need to announce it. make this a big thing. is this ego driven? >> yes. they really think they're that important. they really think we're walking around, wait, what, spring seen will leave and tommy lee? oh, i'm changing my vote! we should do a celebrity house. make them leave. bette midler, tommy lee, amy schumer, they have to live in a giant house in the middle of nowhere like the australian out back. one by one they're eliminated and have to get real jobs. the winner, we tell the winner they get to come back to america. no, we put them on a plane to venezuela because they suck. jedediah: you know, michael, you're describing a reality show that i would very much watch. >> me too. jedediah: that scares me a little bit. of course. it would be fascinating. but you have a great standup special that is coming up. it is for folks nation. it is taping october 21s