christine. >> delia gallagher for us in rome.ascinating, thanks. >>> senate democrats on the judiciary committee expect to boycott a key hearing. they say they will fill the seats with people affected by obamacare distress, that judge barrett would be a threat to the law. the gop is accused of rushing to confirm an justice that hopes to sway the election should it end up in court. senate republicans are defending barrett against a report about her time on the board of a private christian school system. the school has anti-lgbtq policies. >>> perdue pharma agreeing to a corporate death penalty, the company made billions of dollars as the crisis worsened, will plead guilty, pay more than $8 billion, the company will shut down. the dea says the devastating ripple effect of perdue's actions left lives lost and others addicted. the assets will be used to have a nonprofit trust that will continue to make oxycontin. the earnings will be used to combat opioid addiction. >> rare to see a company face criminal charges there. >>> archaeolog

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cnn's delia gallagher is joining us from rome. good to see you, delia.is supporting same sex unions but this will of course anger some catholics. what are they saying? >> well, that's right, rosemary, because the pope's comments about legalizing same sex unions are a departure from the teaching of his predecessors, john paul ii, and pope benedict the xvi against the legalization of same sex unions. it was a film documentary that premiered yesterday in rome. let's see what he said in the film. the pope said homosexual people have the right to be in a family. they're children of god and have a right to a family. what we have to create is a civil union law. that way they are legally covered. and we should say, rosemary, that in interviews in the past, the pope has shown him to be open to the legalization of the same sex unions. this is the first time as pope he has directly come out in support of it. when he was arch bishop in b bueno, he has made distinction as marriage between a man and a woman but legal protections for gay and lesbian couples. this has b

. >> delia gallagher in rome.ghest increase in coronavirus cases in six months, while they haven't yet had to shut down or impose curfews on bars and restaurants like other european countries, they have imposed mandatory waring of face masks outdoors. there is a fine of up to 1,000 user for failure to comply euros. anybody coming to italy from the uk must undergo tests at entry. of the other country on the list. france, spain, greece, belgium and the netherlands. italy has extended its state of emergency until january 31st. >> melissa and delia, thank you so much. >>> all right with just 24 days now until the u.s. election and we're witnessing yet another crisis in washington. president trump is still recovering from covid. yet today he has invited thousands of his supporters to an event at the white house. and here you see a line. a very long line of people trying to get in. the world is watching. what appears to be a high risk undertaking from a seemingly desperate incumbent. this brings me to a new cnn special.

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. >> i'm delia gallagher in rome, starting today, italy has made it mandatory to wear face masks outdoorse country. there will be a fine of up to 1,000 euros for those who fail to comply. on wednesday, italy registered its highly daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than five months. it's still relatively low compared to other european countries. italy has also added the united kingdom to its list of high risk countries. those traveling from the united kingdom to italy must undergo swab tests at airports and other points of the entry. >> i'm fred pleitgen in berlin as germany has seen an increase in novel coronavirus infections. the centers for disease control said it recorded 4,000 new infections in the span of 24 hours. that's more than 1,200 more than the increase the day before. what's even more troubling for the germans is that the amount of people requiring treatment in icus has doubled in the past four weeks. now, the german government is saying they believe all of this is very troubling. they've put in place some measures to try and curb the increase in novel coronavirus in

delia gallagher, thank you so much for being with us.nues right now. >>> we are not going to tolerate foreign interference in our elections that threatens the sanctity of your vote. >> we have already seen iran sending spoofed e-mails designed to intimidate voters and damage president trump. >> just given the track record of dni ratcliffe, you have to address what he says with some skepticism. >>> we literally left this white house a pandemic playbook. they probably you'd it to, i don't know, problem up a wobbly table somewhere. >> look, it's all over the world. it came out of china. >> that was the most at-once blistering and most mocking assessment president obama has ever delivered on his successor. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." and we're just hours away from the final debate between president trump and former vice president joe biden. the last, best chance for either candidate to change the course of thi

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