andre didn't kill marie. >> nearly two decades after marie's murder, the case was finally before a jury. and just 2 1/2 hours later, there was a verdict. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant andre jackson guilty of the crime of first-degree murder. >> andre jackson was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. for marcus singleton, this victory was bittersweet. he still wants to hear the truth from andre himself. he knows he says that that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. >> i try to live my life to make her proud of me. i'm never going to give up. never going to give up on anything that i feel is important. and -- >> and that's her. >> and that's her. that's living for her. that's honoring her and honoring her name. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. ♪ >>> her name was sarah, a sweet single mom, the baby in a big-hearted family. >> tried to protect her any way that we could. a family turned army when she vanished. >> this is how many people we have right now.

what did you know about hunter biden, marie harf? why not manage this before it becomes an actual messaging crisis? >> i think joe biden will address this in the debate tomorrow night, and he will say, i think, that everything he did regarding ukraine or other foreign policy issues was obama-biden whole government foreign policy that he was acting on behalf of the administration and there is no evidence taanything different is the case. there is no evidence that that meeting in one of these alleged emails took place. joe biden, when it comes to ukraine has repeatedly said we were open about what our policies were at the time. i also think, harris, democrats will say, look, joe biden is willing to answer questions about this. there is no evidence of wrongdoing. but if he answers questions, donald trump should answer questions why he has a chinese bank account, why he paid more in taxes to the chinese communist party than he did to the american i.r. s., so if we want to talk about foreign entanglements, democrats are happy to have that

the opposite of what marie said, marie, if you listen i will read the quote "to be clear, this is not russian disinformation and has not been a set as much by the intelligent information. in his statement to fox news i will be briefing congress on the methods by which it was obtained in coming days. so martha, marie whole point is -- >> marie: he said something different and i'll letter to congress. melissa, he said something different in a letter to congress. >> harris: martha, go ahead. >> martha: there is a lot a lot, obviously that we don't know about these writings of john brennan. i also think that you can tell a lot from john brennan's outrage that this has surfaced. you know, there is a lot of frustration that the john durham report has not come forward at this point. it was supposed to be out last summer. so i think what we are seeing here is an effort to fill in some of the blanks and to share more with the american people. the more we learn about what has been found, so many memos and letters related to peter strzok and related to this memo is that we didn't get it all in t

mary? [laughter] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> confirmation hearings for amy coney barrett's nomination to the supreme court begin october 12th. senate leaders mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer spoke on the floor thursday about the nomination. here's a look. >> at this time last week, the nation did not know whom president trump would be nominating to the supreme court. but amazing wily, we did know whatse kinds of false attacks te far left would deploy against whoever it was.

that you're asking, marie. the change, bit of a nuance maybe or maybe it was always that way with the vice president. katie, i come to you. >> katie: listening to vice president mike pence go up against senator harris, i'm interested to see how he portrays his view of the country. mike pence has been on the campaign trail for months now. in the past week, he's taking up a number of campaign events on behalf of the president as he was diagnosed with covid-19. so we'll see what his perspective is in terms of the issues in terms of being able to say i've been in america. i have been in the swing states and thes this is what people are telling me. and the issues they care about. kamala harris hasn't been out there whole lot. she hasn't been speaking to the press. she hasn't answered serious questions about packing the court or justified her link to a bailout fund for rioters earlier in the summer. i think the vice president will press her on a number of those issues in the main question for her as my to be what doe

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ann marie? >> all right. nancy chen in washington, thank you search, nancy. >>> so now to the latest on the coronavirus. had the number of people diagnosed with the illness worldwide wilill likely surpass0 million today. yesterday the u.s. reported more than 48,000 new cases. the number of total cases in the u.s. hit eight million on friday. nearly 220,000 people have died from the virus. as we report, 38 states are seeing a rise in the number of covid-19 cases. >> covid-19's latest surge relentless hitting almost all of america. in new york, a coronavirus crackdown. officials break up an illegal gathering at a banquet hall and health officials ban a wed wrg 10,000 were expected. >> we have to move fast and jump on top of that viral spread. >> michigan abreaks its record for the biggest weekly jump in cases. >> there is no relief in sight. our numbers keep getting worse. >> ohio also set a pandemic record for the most infections in a single day. >> this thing is lured back. >> 26 states in the red zone for ne

marie. >> marie: it was for science according to the commission. they have a responsibility to protect the moderator and the other candidates and all of the workers that are there. and we know from the first debate that president trump did not follow the rules or test for covid like he was supposed to. his family and staff did not wear masks like they were supposed to. and because they couldn't, the commission says that they can't get answers out of the trump campaign about the president's health status and his positive or negative covid tests, they have a responsibility. gillian is right, the president may have a lot of twitter followers, but that is his base. he needs the five or 6% of swing voters who are still undecided somehow, and the way to do that is debate. it's not through a rally or twitter, he should take that opportunity not keep saying different things every different hour about what he is going to do. >> harris: all right, we will move on. president trump going after the governor of michigan for suggesting that he was complicit in ex

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ann marie: the p.m.i.'s we're set to get on friday are going to be very important in this narrative. christine lagarde talked about it the other day. services that make up so much of the european economy is what the worry is. if you were going to buy a car in march and didn't buy it, you can buy it in october or november. if you were going to take a veaks in march or april, you're not going to take that vacation in october or november. are you not worried about the services side of the u.s. economy that many consumers spend on? >> europe is in a different situation than the u.s. therefore the manufacturing area in europe is the one that -- and one of the reasons we prefer germany other areas of the european economy. think the industrials in the u.s. are better than the services and consumer side. you're going to have more headline risk. at the same time, obviously, people want to diversify. one of the things we have been talking a lot to about to investors is people have technology stocks because they see t

i'm ann marie green. we're going to begin this morning with a preview of the final debate between president trump and joe biden. they'll be at belmont university in nashville tonight making the closing arguments to the public with just 12 days to go until the election. meantime, top intelligence officials held a rare last minute news conference yesterday saying russia and iran used voter registration information to influence the election. so natalie brand is in nashville. natalie, is there any impact at all on election security? this was quite a stunning press conference. >> it was. and national security officials stress that integrity of the election is intact. they say the goal by adversaries was to sew chaos and distrust. all of this coming in the final critical days of election season and ahead of this final face-off of the candidates who have taken different approaches to prepping for tonight former president barack obama held an event for him yesterday and biden took a break to prepare. >> with joe

mary trump, donald trump's niece. she has personal insights into what the president of the united states was doing last night none of the rest of us have. caroline randle williams will join us. as i watched the debate last night i thought the most important things about the debate won't be said by the pundits. they will be said by the poets. the poets take time. caroline randle williams only had 24 hours. she is a poet, author, essayist, brilliant and a very big thinker. we will get her first draft reaction to what america experienced last night and we will be joined by a woman that grew up in the heartland, oklahoma, worked in texas where she began raising her family and now is the senior senator from massachusetts. elizabeth warren will help us keep our eye on what the debate distracted us from and what was barely mentioned in the debate, the president of the united states does not pay income taxes. elizabeth warren has a plan for that. elizabeth warren is not just plaining about how outrageous it is that donald tru

host: mary ellen klas? guest: all i can tell you is where the polls are going. -- as i mentioned, florida has a very diverse population. the last several months, biden has narrowly led donald trump. most interesting thing is what this looks like. trump won with a coalition in florida that looked like a lot of older voters enormousg him in numbers. he had an advantage in 2016 among voters it overage 65. and those were primarily white voters. that has changed in a significant way this cycle. while his lead in the most recent poll is closer to one point or three points, trump's lead, in that age group, he has lost. advantage, the dominant advantage she has had -- advantage he has had. what posters are saying is they are unhappy with some of these points that your viewer has raised. they do not like how he handles things. his personality and style is something they can't support. the other thing significant among this age group is that they are very concerned about the way he has handled the covid pandemic. ,s

let's go to mary lee with more on the high fire danger. mary. >>> this is such a big problem because we have gusty offshore winds now through the work week and then likely a third round of offshore winds. that will be a stronger offshore wind event as we head into the weekend. really this is a prolonged offshore wind flow for us in the bay area. a red flag warning in effect for areas high lied in red now until 8:00 a.m. friday for bay area hills and mountains. diablo range, santa cruz mountains, san mateo county coast under the red flag warning, watching winds 30 to 35 miles per hour this morning and we will continue to watch wind ramp up through our morning and early afternoon. temperatures will be cooler compared to yesterday by about five degrees cooler. 72 san francisco, 77 oakland, 82 in san jose, 84 concord. we are still above average for this time of year. we will continue to cool down through the week but again watching northerly and northeasterly winds, very dry air with relative humidity values plummeting. we'll have more on extr

mary . >>> it is for sure, michelle. you can see the tower camera shaking in the window this morning. we are looking at strong winds in the highest elevations and down in the low elevations, you are likely hearing that as well. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s to about 60 degrees as you start the day. current sustained wind at concord at 22. in the mountain peaks, gust at 80-90 miles per hour so far during the overnight hours and this morning. we are tracking about the extreme fire danger which is a big concern. you can see sustained winds out of the north and wind gusts at 37 miles per hour out of the north in fairfield. 24 at napa. 26 mile-per-hour wind gusts in compher concord and 29 at sfo. the peak whens at 50-70 and again to near 90 miles per hour in the highest elevations. the timing through the overnight hours and into this morning with extreme fire danger as well as record dry vegetation. that is why it is a concern for us. a red flag warning for the entire bay area due to the strong offshore winds and low r

good morning to you, anne-marie. justice barrett was confirmed last night by a 52-48 vote with all democrats and only one republican voting against her. now today will be her first day of work. amy coney barrett is now a supreme court justice. >> i, amy coney barrett -- >> reporter: the 48-year-old was sworn in last night during a ceremony at the white house. >> it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. it would be a dereliction of duty for her to give in to them. >> reporter: barrett is the third associate justice appointed by president trump. >> our country owes a great debt of thanks to senate majority leader mitch mccome. we appreciate it very much, mitch, thank you. >> reporter: the republican led senate approved barrett over unanimous opposition of democrats. she replaces ruth bader ginsberg who died last month. >> donald trump, mitch mccome and their republican buddies are shoving aside the wishes of the american people in order to steal this supreme court seat. >> reporter: justice barrett wi

let's go to mary lee for more on the hot weather. mary, i am over it. when you see these 90s in the city, it's just sweaty. >> it is, anne. i think a lot of us feel that way, especially if you don't have a/c. really dealing with that extreme heat with the heat advisory in effect. it's already a warm start to our day. we are not really watching temperatures drop all too much this morning. as we go through afternoon, it will get even hotter compared to yesterday. here is a live look with our sales force tower camera with clear skies as we look east. 50 in santa rosa but 60s for liver more and san jose, 70s for concord, oakland, san francisco at the moment. we do have a red flag warning that has been extended until 6:00 p.m. today for the north bay and east bay mountains, inland valleys, santa cruz mountains due to gusty conditions, checking wind speeds especially in the higher elevations, mountain peaks gusts up to 30 to 50 miles per hour this morning and low relative humidity values. dangerous fire weather conditions and also dangerous heat. the heat adv

"anne-marie? >> all right, danya bacchus in salt lake city, thank you so much, danya. >>> president trump remained active on twitter during the vice presidential debate attacking harris and joe biden, just hours before he posted a new video praising the doctors and treatments he's received after testing positive for covid-19. he's returned to the oval office for the first time in nearly a week. >> reporter: in a taped twitter message, the president praised the experimental regeneron antibody cocktail used to treat his coronavirus. >> they gave me regeneron and it was like unbelievable. i felt good immediately. i want to get for you what i got and i'm going to make it free. you're not going to pay for it. >> reporter: president trump returned to the oval office wednesday for briefings. his doctors released a memo stating that labs are showing detectable levels of antibodies. also that's been symptom free for the past 24 hours and his vitals continue to be stable. >> these are great professionals. t

anne-marie? >> got to scratch that travel itch, put you in your dining rooms, right next to each other, watch a movie on your tablet and get up after two or three hours. >> right. i think this is a better idea than when people were going to the airport to sit in a plane for that restaurant pop-up. this is better. >> yes. i agree. a lot safer. diane king hall, diane, you're in new york, diane, have a great weekend. >> you too. >>> so up next, a record-breaking flight, hundreds of cats and dogs go on a long journey in search of a permanent home. non-small cell lung cancer can take away so much. but today there's a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pd-l1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. it's the first and only approved chemo-free combination of two immunotherapies that works together in differe

mary. >> good morning. tracking the heat as well as our very high fire danger with those off shore winds returning. a red flag warning that kicks in to effect at 5:00 a.m. today until 11:00 a.m. friday for the areas highlighted in red. that is the north bay mountains, the east bay mountains as well as the inland valleys and the santa cruz mountains will all be under this red flag warning due to gusty off shore winds. gusts as high as 35 to 55 miles an hour, especially up in the higher elevations above a thousand feet. the big focus will be the north bay mountains as well as the

it is tuesday, october 13. >>> let's get right over to mary lee to talk about this warm up. mary? >>> good morning. we are looking at temperatures a little bit warmer compared to yesterday and we will continue to watch those temperatures climb as we head into the rest of the week. also tracking offshore winds that will make the return beginning tomorrow. so here is a live look with our treasure island camera

i'm anne-marie green. we are going to begin this morning with a change in the final presidential debate. the president and joe biden will face off in nashville in two days. a new rule aimed to prevent interruptions. nancy chen is in washington. what's changing and how are the candidates reacting to the change? >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning to you. the first and only presidential debate was characterized by chaos and frequent disruptions by president trump. debate organizers are hoping for more order as we head into thursday night's debate. after a combative first match-up, the commission is making a change for this thursday's event. >> the radical left. >> will you shut up, man. >> reporter: at the start of each segment, both candidates can talk for two minutes while the others' microphone is shut off. for the remainder no one will be muted. last night president trump attacked moderator kristin welker. >> when i found hershey's been screaming questions at me for a long time and she's no good. >> re

mary, we all remember the constant interruptions in the first debate. the commission taking steps to try and prevent that from happening tonight. >> reporter: david, this is a first. here tonight, the candidates microphones will be muted at points, when their rival is answering a question. as you can see here behind me, the candidates will be standing more than 12 feet apart. there will be no opening statements, no handshakes. and the president's chief of staff says that unlike at the first debate, tonight, the entire trump team will be wearing masks. david? >> all right, mary bruce, thank you, leading us off tonight. >>> president trump looking to change the polls, the trajectory, as you heard mary report there, with 12 days to go. joe biden has said he expects personal attacks. so, what is the president's strategy going into tonight's debate? let's get right to our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. what are your sources telling you tonight? what can we expect from the president? >> reporter: well, david, i expect the president to hit bide

>> mary, you'll be right here with us. but as mary just said, laegs night, florida, north carolina, we could know, per happens in the evening. michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, they start counting the day of, so, stick with us here. thanks, mary. abc news will carry every step of the campaign, live coverage on election night. join george, me, the entire team, 7:00 p.m. eastern, november 3rd. you don't need med to tell you, it's a week from tomorrow. i know many of you want it over already. >>> but in the meantime, as we've been reporting, the coronavirus in this country, front and center in this election. the virus tonight pushing hospitals in some places in this country to the brink. the average of new cases now approaching 70,000 a day in the u.s., that's the highest yet. and this graph tonight showing cases over time. we're now at a third peak, moving even higher. friday and saturday set a record 48 hours. more than 165,000 new cases in those two days alone. this evening, more than 225,000 lives have lost. el paso, tex

mary trump, welcome back to democracy now! >> it is great to be here again. amy: let's begin with getting you to elaborate on your tweet on friday in respononse to learning that your uncle, prpresident trump, t tested pose for covid-19. he wrote -- joint "i reserve my sympathy, empathy, and despair for those who are sick and for those who have died because they were misled, like to, or ignored. an effing mask." you said that illness was seen as "display of unforgivable weakness, , whether it was themselves or others." can you talk about with the president, your uncle, has done this weekend after getting released from the hospital and enduring, now drugged up, , r remdisiveroids and an unusual investigational drug cocktail. we are seeing massive numbers of tweets, big switch around from saying he is canceling stim to maybe he was supportive. can n you talk as a clinical psychologist and a person with deep knowledge of your family? >> sure. first of a all, i think it is vy important to remember that this man who is directly at this point responsible for the dea

>> mary bruce with us every step of the way on this campaign. mary, thank you. and tomorrow, with that key second debate canceled, the abc news townhall with joe biden instead. george stephanopoulos with questions from voters tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. eastern, right here. >>> we continue with the news tonight, and the supreme court showdown, day three of the he hearing for judge amy coney barrett, president trump's pick to replace justice ruth bader ginsburg. democrats have been grilling her about the affordable care act, with a case before the court just days after the election. but today, republicans signaling that they know americans are watching this particular issue closely, questioning the judge on the affordable care act, as well. abc's terry moran has covered the supreme court for years for us. >> reporter: it was a day republicans sensed victory, a triumph decades in the making. >> this is the first time in american history that we've nominated a woman who is unashamed lly pro-life and embraces her faith without apology and she's going to the court, a s

other significant changes include a more sympathetic portrait of mary's parents and the introduction of a ghostly climax which seemed to me to draw inspiration from the amazing mr blunden, one of my favourite movies of all time. cleaving closely to mary's subjective point of view, marc munden‘s update combines real locations like trebah in cornwall with cg visuals to evoke a magical garden that may be more a product of its heroine‘s imagination than reality. but we also lose a central theme of the novel, that it's only by toiling away in the garden that mary can unlock its restorative power. here the relationship is much more one—sided, with the garden just magically healing those who enter. the result is a peculiar mix of ambiable enchantment and missed opportunities, a likeable film, but not one that has the classic status of its source novel or indeed of holland's adaptation, which for me remains definitive. off you go. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll see you next week. when? when did you sleep together? i don't know the exac

anne-marie? >> laura podesta in washington, thank you so much, laura. >>> advocates have fought a lawsuit in virginia where the voter registration website went down yesterday. the final day for people in the state to register ahead of election day. crews rushed to fix a fiber that was accidentally cut outside of richmond impacting connectivity for multiple state agencies. outraged voters want a 48-hour extension. governor ralph northam supports an extension but says it's out of his control. >> we have been exploring all of our options to extend the voter registration deadline. that deadline is set in our code and it does not appear that i have the authority to change it. that is up to the courts. >> the site was running again by around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. while it was down, voters were directed to fill out and print a paper application. >>> with 20 days left until the election, millions of people nationwide have already cast a ballot. texas has traditionally been a red state but according t

mary trump. just wrote a best seller on how the trump family created, quote, the world's most dangerous man. too much and never enough. the author joins us now. welcome back to "primetime" mary. >> hi chris. thanks for having me back. >> so help us. you are also a psychologist. people should know that. so he has a pattern. david duke, never heard of him. okay. now that we just told you who he is which is almost impossible to believe that you didn't know what do you think of him supporting you? >> oh, i don't know. i don't -- what kind of answer is that? an easy one. a lay-up in politics. david duke? hate him. don't want anything to do with him. get away from me. charlottesville. >> both sides good people. you know it. you know it. no we didn't know it. now the proud boys. well, yeah. i tell them, stand back. stand by. you better talk about antifa. why? why this reluctance? what do you think is going on with how he sees it? >> well, first of all, i see a progression. he used to hedge his bets and

>> mary, you'll be right here with us. but as mary just said, election night, florida, north carolina, we could know, perhaps, in the evening. michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, they start counting the day of, so, stick with us here. thanks, mary. abc news will carry every step of the campaign, live coverage on election night. join george, me, the entire powerhouse political team, 7:00 p.m. eastern, november 3rd. you don't need me to tell you, it's a week from tomorrow. i know many of you want it over already. >>> but in the meantime, as we've been reporting, the coronavirus in this country, front and center in this election. the virus tonight pushing hospitals in some places in this country to the brink. the average of new cases now approaching 70,000 a day in the u.s., that's the highest yet. and this graph tonight showing cases over time. we're now at a third peak, moving even higher. friday and saturday set a record 48 hours. more than 165,000 new cases in those two days alone. this evening, more than 225,000 lives hav

>> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, this debate, as you mentioned, looked vastly different from the first presidential debate with far fewer interruptions. but the candidates still clashed and challenged each other over six policy areas. and as you said, they presented very different visions for the country. the final presidential debate of 2020 started off with the coronavirus. >> we're learning to live with it. >> people are learning to die with it. >> reporter: as the virus killed more than 220,000 americans, former vice president joe biden made the pandemic the central focus of his campaign against president trump. >> anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the united states of america. >> we closed up the greatest economy in the world in order to fight this horrible disease that came from china. >> reporter: later the candidates clashed over healthcare. >> what i'm going to do is pass obamacare with a public option. become bidencare. >> i'd like to terminate obamacare,

other significant changes include a more sympathetic portrait of mary's parents and the introduction of a ghostly climax which seemed to me to draw inspiration from the amazing mr blunden, one of my favourite movies of all time. cleaving closely to mary's subjective point of view, marc munden's update combines real locations like trebah in cornwall with cg visuals to evoke a magical garden that may be more a product of its heroine's imagination than reality. but we also lose a central theme of the novel, that it's only by toiling away in the garden that mary can unlock its restorative power. here the relationship is much more one—sided, with the garden just magically healing those who enter. the result is a peculiar mix of ambiable enchantment and missed opportunities, a likeable film, but not one that has the classic status of its source novel or indeed of holland's adaptation, which for me remains definitive. off you go. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll see you next week. when? when did you sleep together? i don't know the exact da

mary, i want you to stay with me. we went right to you as nick coal wa -- ni nicole wall lanace mentioned. president trump has not done a public appearance since he was seen once live returning from the hospital monday. instead, he has been working with aides to release the stage crafted videos, government produced so the public doesn't know how many takes they involved, whether they reflect trump's state of health or low energy. trump himself said he's been very sick at one point during this period, doctors stressing, doctors stressing that he is still in the window of recovery. take a look. >> i went into the hospital a week ago. i was very sick. and i took this medicine and it was incredible. it was incredible. i could have walked out the following day. sooner. >> now let be clear for viewers, medically that's a self-assessment like using twitter or a diary but it is the doctors who, of course, have the final word. they believe based on what we know he would remain contagious with the virus and decline to provide a

we turn to mary trump, president trump's niece. the author of "too much and never enough: how my family created the world's most dangerous man." great to have you back. what are you seeing in that much-hyped moment. >> turtle gonna turtle, donald gonna donald. he can dish it out. he can never, ever take it. and, you know, it was just -- an endless series of examples of his cowardice, his bullying, his disrespect. that was so breathtakingly disrespectful. you know, it's kind of stunning that he thought it was a good idea to release his recording of that debacle before "60 minutes" did. >> yeah, and as you say, there is something deeper here as voters go to the polls and they look at policy, but they also look at the constitution of the person. and there are so many individuals around trump, led by him, who as you just pointed out, talk tough and then can't take it at all. and viewers of "the beat" know that we make a point of inviting everyone. so people can hear and make up their own minds. you have been critical of the president.

mary bruce. >> reporter: just one week after he was hospitalized, and with questions swirling about whether he could still be contagious, president trump tonight is planning to resume in-person events. >> i feel better now than i did two weeks ago. it's crazy, and i recovered immediately, almost immediately. >> reporter: though the president insists he's no longer taking medication, doctors tonight haven't answered questions about his condition and that powerful steroid he was taking that could mask symptoms of the virus. the president, back in the west wing today, at first said he would travel to florida saturday for a rally. but now planning to speak from the balcony to supporters on the south lawn of the white house. it was just today dr. anthony fauci labeled one of trump's last big white house events a superspreader. >> we had a superspreader event in the white house. and it was in a situation where people were crowded together and not wearing masks. so the data speaks for themselves. >> rep

anne-marie? >> all right, laura podesta in washington, thank you. >>> so about those competing town halls, nbc news is facing backlash for hosting a town hall meeting tonight with the president at the very same time abc is hosting one with joe biden. critics say that the move will disenfranchise viewers who want to watch both events. some people on social media are calling for a boycott of nbc. the network scheduled its town hall with the president after abc had already booked biden. right now what it appears is nbc is sticking to its plan. >>> today is the deadline for the california republican party to remove unofficial ballot boxes placed in several counties with competitive u.s. house races. democratic state leaders call the boxes misleading and illegal. gop officials say that they're acting within the state's ballot harvesting law that allows people to collect ballots from voters and turn them in. a spokesperson for the california republican party said that they will not remove the boxes. >>

mary tells us where you can cool off. >>> the rage over a hug. moment of bipartisan backlash ahead of the big vote before the supreme court. good morning. it's friday. it's a hot one. >> the weekend is almost here. it's only going to get hotter in some parts of the bay area. let's go to mary lee with a look at the hot weather and high fire danger. >>> this is not the best news, still tracking extreme heat and dangerous fire weather conditions with the red flag warning extended until 6:00 p.m. today for north bay and east bay mountains, inland valleys, santa cruz mountains. we are tracking wind gusts up to 30 to 50 miles per hour. gusty offshore winds, low relative humidity values, extreme fire danger conditions. a heat advisory is in effect for today, likely record breaking high temperatures as we head through the afternoon. mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat inland. around the bay heating to the low 90s and even along the coast in the low to mid 80s. because of this extreme heat, santa clara cooling centers will be open today starting at 10:0

i have heard you say, marie harf, that would be huge. why? >> marie: would be huge because the saudis have a long history of anti-semitism and hostility towards israel. we know there's been quiet conversations between the saudis and israelis for two reasons. economic opportunities as these two countries need to diversify their economies. also their shared hatred of iran, harris. they've decided, both of them, that iran is really the biggest threat and if they can work together to counter it might be helpful. the biggest question for me about that list that you mentioned is whether the palestinians are anywhere on it. there are people living under occupation. they have not been part of these discussions. they do not have voting rights. they do not have the ability to live in a state of their own under their own government. that for me is the biggest? if the palestinians are anywhere in this process and if any of the arab states are pushing for them to be, like they did for so many years. >> harris: you know, as you mentioned, saudi arabia, the

>> mary bruce with us every step of the way. mary, thank you. >>> and as i mentioned, records are being set across this country with early voting in this pandemic. and so many americans on both sides who want to make sure their vote counts this year. tonight, this number. more than 90 million americans have requested mail-in ballots. and only about half of them have sent them back in. and so, authorities in several states tonight with a warning, to fill them out and get them in the mail immediately. and our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tonight explaining why. >> reporter: if you're going to vote by mail, it's time to get your ballot in the mailbox right now. >> please, if you haven't returned it, do it this week. now's the time. >> regardless of what state you're in, get your ballots in by your state's deadline. >> reporter: driven in part by concerns over the pandemic, a record-high 90 million voters have requested mail-in ballots nationwide. but so far, only about half have returned them. in all 50 states, tho

mary trump, donald trump's niece, will join us. she has personal insights into what the president of the united states was doing last night that none of the rest of us have. caroline randal williams will join us because, as i watched the debate last night, i thought the most important things about this debate will not be said by the pundits. they will be said by the poets. but the poets take time. caroline randal williams has had only 24 hours. she is a brilliant and very big thinker. we will get her first draft reaction to what america experienced last night. and we'll be joined by a woman who grew up in the heart land, oklahoma, worked in texas where she began raising her family and now is the senior senator from massachusetts. elizabeth warren will help us keep our eye on what the debate distracted us from last night and was barely mentioned in the debate the president of the united states does not pay income taxes and elizabeth warren has a plan for that. elizabeth warren is not just complaining about how outrageous it is that

mary, we all remember the constant interruptions in the first debate. the commission taking steps to try and prevent that from happening tonight. >> reporter: david, this is a first. here tonight, the candidates microphones will be muted at points, when their rival is answering a question. as you can see here behind me, the candidates will be standing more than 12 feet apart. there will be no opening statements, no handshakes. and the president's chief of staff says that unlike at the first debate, tonight, the entire trump team will be wearing masks. david? >> all right, mary bruce, thank you, leading us off tonight. >>> president trump looking to change the polls, the trajectory, as you heard mary report there, with 12 days to go. joe biden has said he expects personal attacks. so, what is the president's strategy going into tonight's debate? let's get right to our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. what are yourght? what can we expect from the president? >> reporter: well, david, i expect the president to hit biden with all of the fury th

anne-marie? >> thank you so much. >>> a shutdown was averted. president trump signed a funding bill overnight to keep the government open through december 11th. he signed the bipartisan agreement following his rally in minnesota. and he actually missed the midnight deadline. but federal agencies did not stop working. the law ensures the government does not close during the pandemic and before the election. >>> house democrats are expected to vote today on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill. yesterday's vote was postponed after house speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steve mnuchin met on capitol hill for the first in-person negotiations since august. the democrats' deal would permit another round of $1,200 direct stimulus payments and restore jobless benefits. it's expected to pass in the house but will face opposition in the senate. >>> meantime, american airlines and united airlines are set to furlough 32,000 workers. the action comes as washington tries to agree on a pandemic r

mary, thank you. we'll see you right here, mary, just a short time from now. i hope you'll join the entire political team, 8:00 p.m. eastern, followed by the debate at 9:00, right here on abc. >>> in the meantime, the news continues tonight, and yet another new hurricane u.s. there are states of emergency along the gulf at this hour and mandatory evacuations under way as hurricane delta now targets the gulf coast. let's get to rob marciano, live in lafayette, louisiana, tonight, for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: good afternoon, david. can cue and the yucatan taking a little bit of a hit out of away fro louisiana. now. plenty of gulf water to strengthen and that's what we think is going to happen. watches are up. we expect delta to get back to 2 or 3 status and grow in size by friday morning, making landfall is friday afternoon. something around the louisiana coastline. all hazards in play, including storm surge. we could see over a foot of rain. but the full fury of its winds could hit here in lafayette or down the road in lake chrlts where they are still trying

>> all right, mary bruce tonight, mary, thank you. the abc news town hall with joe biden just a short time from now. george stephanopoulos with biden and voters and their questions, that's tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern, right here. >>> certainly, the questions tonight will include handling of the coronavirus, especially with this country now seeing a spike in cases in 38 states now. with the colder weather and more people indoors. and tonight, news coming in, a third person in the u.s. now confirmed to have been reinfected with the virus. and tonight, you can see the red on the map right there, those are the states where cases are rising, as we approach 60,000 cases daily nationwide. dr. fauci has said, we need to be around 10,000 cases a day heading into fall to help prevent a second wave. again, we're nearing 60,000 a day. and tonight, news here on your blood type an the virus. abc's marcus moore from oklahoma city tonight. >> reporter: researchers say a man in seattle tonight is the third known person in the u.s. to have been infected

ann marie? >> at least something is happening in vegas and we can breathe new life into that old saying. nothing's been happening in vegas. but you know what? as social distancing, wear that mask, and if people maintain those recommendations, vegas will be able to come back to life. >> right. exactly. i agree. >> dianne king-hall in new york, thank you. >>> up next, the newest edition at a boston zoo. an adorable baby gorilla is welcomed into the world. how cute. ♪ here's to the duers. to all the people who realize they can du more with less asthma thanks to dupixent, the add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems. it can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 weeks and help prevent severe asthma attacks. it's not a steroid but can help reduce or eliminate oral steroids. dupixent can cause serious allergic reactions including anaphylaxis. get help right away if you have rash, shortness of breath, chest pa