i'm michael holmes. you're watching "cnn newsroom." ♪ >>> with eight days remaining in the u.s. election season, the country is enduring its worst stretch of the coronavirus pandemic. for the 7th straight day, it has confirmed more than 58,000 new infections with a couple of days well over 80,000 thrown in the mix. and once again, the virus hitting the white house. cnn has learned at least five people close to the vice president have tested positive. among them mike pence's chief of staff and one of his closest aides. pence was in close contact with some of those staff members, but his office says he has so far tested negative and is so far refusing to quarantine. instead, he held a campaign rally in north carolina and plans to hold more up until election day. >> the world standing out here in the rain for one reason and one reason only. and that is in north carolina and america need four more years of president donald trump in the white house. >> and president trump was also on the campaign trail rallyi

i'm michael holmes, appreciate your company. we begin with breaking news of u.s. president donald trump's health, spending a third night now at the walter reed medical center. unlike other covid-19 patients who were kept in isolation, this president went on a joyride sunday evening. these images of mr. trump riding in an suv while infectious, raising doubts about how seriously he's taking this virus, even now, especially as he may be endangering the health of the secret service agents in the car with him. mr. trump tweeting this message before his ride. >> it's been a very interesting journey. i learned a lot about covid. i learned it by really going to school. this is the real school. this isn't the "let's read the book" school, and i get it and i understand it. and it's a very interesting thing, and i'm going to be letting you know about it. >> many medical professional say he didn't learn enough. here's what two doctors had to say to cnn about the president's outing. >> what is the purpose of this? and certainly if you're looking at the risks of the transmissio

i'm michael holmes, appreciate your company. the u.s. president's medical team is cautiously optimistic but warns he is not out of the woods yet. donald trump now spending a second night at walter reed military hospital as the virus that defines his presidency also potentially endangers his life. earlier, trump posted this video. >> i'm starting to feel good. you don't know over the next period of a few days. i guess that's the real test. we'll be seeing what happens over those next couple of days. >> now trump's doctor later said his patient made substantial progress since his diagnosis. the doctor adding that the president spent a lot of saturday conducting business. the white house releasing a couple of photographs depicting that. but a source told reporters earlier that the previous 24 hours were not so positive, that the president's vital signs were quote very concerning and that the next 48 hours will be critical. the "new york times" and associated press identifying that source as the white house chief of staff mark meadows. now l

i'm michael holmes. snoe♪ >>> welcome, everyone, the u.s.resident's medical team is cautiously optimistic but warns that he is not out of the woods just yet. donald trump now spending a second night at walter reed military hospital as the virus that is defining his presidency is also potentially endangering his life. earlier, trump posted this video. >> i am starting to feel good. you don't know over the next period of a few days. i guess that's the real test. so we'll be seeing what happens over the next couple of days. >> now, trump's doctor later said, his patient made substantial progress since his diagnosis, having completed a second dose of ramdesivir, losing his fever and being off supplemental oxygen. the doctor adding that the president spent a lot of saturday conducting business. the white house rae leasing some photographs of that. you can see there. but a source told reporters earlier, the previous 24 hours were not so positive, that the president's vital signs were quote very concerning, that the next 48 hours will be critical.

i'm michael holmes. >>> welcome everyone. as the u.s. enters the final week of the 2020 election season, it is also enduring its worst stretch of the coronavirus pandemic. the country now recording more than 225,000 deaths from covid-19. and for the 7th straight day it has confirmed more than 58,000 new infections with a couple of days well over 80,000. not a single state is currently trending in the right direction. and once again, the virus hitting the white house. cnn has learned at least five people close to the vice president have tested positive, including one of mike pence's closest aides and his chief of staff. pence was in close contact with some of those staff members. but so far he's refusing to quarantine. his office says he's tested negative and plans to hold more campaign rallies in the days ahead. >>> the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, defending the vice president's decision to continue campaigning, but admitting that the nationwide outbreak is out of hand. >> here's what we have to do. we're not going to contro

will be i think a political game putting sort of putting an emphasis the paradox of the question michael holmes decision to put the country under lockdown and therefore mobilize a certain number of police and security forces while some would argue they would be more useful to control or to assess or to assure the security officials of such a number of potential terrorists. the control areas of terrorist attacks. ok emmanuel joining us i do beg your pardon thank you so much indeed for joining us here on al-jazeera my name is helen more here dean and i'll be continuing this special coverage here on france $24.00 we are on al-jazeera id beg your pardon you are with al-jazeera just to see a quick recap for viewers joining us now we are following that breaking news where 3 people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the southern french city of nice several others have been injured in that attack the city's mayor has said this is a terrorist attack let's cross live now to al-jazeera bernard smith he joins us live now from paris bernard just give us a sense of the timeline how did this on

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i'm michael holmes, appreciate your company. we begin with breaking news of u.s.mp's health, spending a third night now at the walter reed medical center. unlike other covid-19 patients who were kept in isolation, this president went on a joyride sunday evening. these images of mr. trump riding in an suv while infectious, raising doubts about how seriously he's

michael. >>> we turn now to the world series. the dodgers finally taking home the title after more than 30 years. t.j. holmes with the highlights, as always. good morning. >> good morning. of course, the headline is that the dodgers won the world series, but there are two other things getting a lot of attention this morning. one is a positive covid test that got a player pulled in the middle of the game. the other thing is a controversial manager's decision that could come back to haunt these rays for years to come. >> strike three. dodgers have won it all in 2020! >> reporter: the dodgers are champions once again for the first time in 32 years bringing home the world series title after beating the tampa bay rays but even amid the celebration, a stark reminder, we're still in the midst of a pandemic. >> breaking news, justin turner received a positive covid test. that's why he was removed from the game. >> reporter: mlb was informed during the game that dodgers third baseman justin turner's covid test came back positive and he was pulled from the game. turner was later spotted on the field with and without a

michael. >>> first, we turn now to the world series and the dodgers taking game one last night, out-slugging the rays. t.j. holmess here with the highlights. >> reporter: it's kind of remarkable just to see that first pitch go out last night because you have to remember, this season was threatened, yes, by the pandemic but there was a labor dispute over salaries, remember that? once the season started two months late we had outbreaks on certain teams so just to get to the world series is worth celebrating. at the end of the night, however, it was only the dodgers doing the celebrating. >> and the ball game is over! >> reporter: a world series like no other finally under way. the first to ever take place at a neutral site and the los angeles dodgers took care of business in texas dominating the tampa bay rays for an 8-3 game one win. >> 1-2 pitch. there is another strikeout. >> reporter: all eyes were on l.a. starter clayton kershaw. the three-time cy young award winner has famously struggled in past postseasons but not on this night recording eight strikeouts and allowing only two hits. >> another strikeout for k

michael, turning now to the short form streaming service quibi. the start-up is shutting down after just six months in operation. t.j. holmeswhat went wrong for the platform that attracted some big celebrity names and nearly $2 billion in investments. t.j. >> reporter: you said it there, robach. big names, we're talking about dwayne johnson, j. lo, idris elba, kevin hart all contributed to quibi, and it didn't just have big names but buzz. this was the hot new thing in hollywood. a short form but now stunningly short-lived streaming service. it was the steaming service meant to change entertainment. quibi hoping to hook mobile users by offering five to ten-minute quick bites of content. the short-form clips backed by superstars like chrissy teigen who hosted "chrissy's court." >> this is chrissy's court. >> reporter: a "punk'd" reboot starring chance the rapper -- >> get out now. >> reporter: -- and dozens of award-winning famous faces. sophie turner, liam hemsworth and "the marvelous mrs. maisel's" rachel brosnahan. >> can you make it out of gold? >> reporter: some of that original content cost upwards of $100,000 per minu