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The u. S. Government cannot find the parents of more than 500 immigrant children tonight, what we know about the kids left orphaned covid watch. Why we might have to start thinking of covid like flu, a yearly vaccine to stop seasonal waves. Announcer live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening again. 13 days until the election, and we have two president s hitting had the campaign trail in the final stretch. President Obama Holding a drivein rally for joe biden in philly and coming out strong against President Trump who is holding his own rally in battleground North Carolina. This president wants full credit for the economy he inherited and zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored eight months into this pandemic cases are rising again across this country donald trump isnt suddenly going to protect all of us he cant even take the basic steps to protect himself well, were seeing the two campaigns play very different offenses President Trump sticking with his playbook, firing up big crowds during this pandemic. This is his 13th rally over just the past two weeks im going to North Carolina, big crowd, really big crowd, and were going to have a good time. Were doing very well in the polls. I guess you noticed, its going up rapidly meantime, the Biden Campaign has focused on paid media and air attacks on the president , and the message we must do bet per. So far the biden camp has spent more than 120 million on ads, more than double what the Trump Campaign has spent Vice President biden himself has been off the trail this week three days in a row while his wife jill, dr. Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have been on the ground in the ground game joe bidens staffers say hes been busy preparing for tomorrow nights final debate Andrea Mitchell is live in fill to first to eamon javers tracking the Trump Campaign eamon . Thats right. In North Carolina our latest Cnbc Change Research Poll shows joe biden ahead with a slim margin of a 5747. That explains why the president is there tonight its a state they think they can make up some ground in the president also focusing some attention this week on the state of pennsylvania. Thats a state where our poll shows an even slimmer lead for joe biden. Now all of this is about the president s ground game, right i mean, hes out there on the ground with these large inperson rallies despite the virus threat in those battleground states. As you say, he continues to trail joe biden in the money race, ending last money with just 63. 1 million in the bank despite cancelling some planned tv ads now thats compared to 177. 3 million in cash on hand for the final stretch for joe biden. All that means that the Trump Campaign could be outspent in the air war on tv by as much as 21 in the coming weeks. Now the president has said, shep, that he might write a check to his campaign if he felt that they needed the money he hasnt done that so far hes been relying on those outside donors to raise money for the campaign one other asset the president hoped to have out on the campaign trail was melania trump, the first lady, but she has a lingering cough, they say, so she was unable to travel as planned this week. The president is barnstorming, attacking the debate moderator and debate rules one day before the event candidate biden off the trail, as i mentioned for the third day in it a row. Instead former president obama doing bidens bidding pushing for the africanamerican vote that didnt show four years ago for candidate clinton. Whats behind bidens outofsight strategy . Nbcs Andrea Mitchell live in philly andrea reporter shep, its so good to be on your show thank you for having me, and here in philadelphia this is the strategy the strategy is to use the surrogates, president obama and to be working on the debate prep and also to have socially distanced event, not big rallies, and thats what barack obama did here tonight he had 278 cars, were told, with four people max per car so they dont have a head count they have a car count, and here we are in the parking lot of the, you know, sports arena out in south philly, and that is the way they are having the largest events that they have. President obama giving his toughest speech yet against President Trump on the coronavirus, on the economy, on his reported comments that military veterans are sucker and losers and then making a real get out the vote appeal for joe biden and Kamala Harris. Take a listen. A president by himself cant solve every challenge in a global economy, but if weve got joe biden and Kamala Harris in the white house and a house and senate that are focused on working people, it can make a difference and get millions of people the help they need. Reporter and President Trump, you know barely won pennsylvania but it was enough combined with wisconsin and michigan to win the white house, so this is a mustwin state for him and a mustwin state for joe biden. Its where he was born in scranton, p. A. , but its very close. The polls actually dont show how close it is according to all the political operatives im talking to in both parties here in the state shep Andrea Mitchell live in philly, thanks so much. Secret Service Agents say a man in maryland threatened to kidnap and kill joe biden and senator Kamala Harris. Investigators say they arrested this suspect after he dropped off a threatening lacombestettler on the doorstep of a biden supporter who had biden harris signs in it the front yard in the letter the suspect reportedly wrote that he would not let biden and harris, quote, turn our country into a communist wasteland and would execute them on National Television to teach biden supporters, quote, what the Second Amendment is the all about, you be quote. This comes just weeks after the feds busted a suspected plot to kidnap the democratic governor of the state of michigan more than 42 million votes are already counted, or at least cast, not counted. Its almost a third of the entire turnout from 2016, so we note enthusiasm is there in fact, gallup reports 77 of voters say this election matters more than any previous the highest percentage since gallup first asked that question back in 86. Steve kornacki, is it everyone or is there more intensity on one side or the other . Yeah. Theres a lot of intensity out there and this is a bit of an inbalance. 77 overall and take a look among parties. Among democrats, thats where the sentiment is the stronger, 85 of democrats say this one matters more than the others, and then youve got republicans a tick behind them interestingly independents, you know, 10, 15 points less a lot of people feel tea ves the important, but its the partisan democrats and partisan republicans feeling that extra specially. Theres big money flowing to democratic challengers in close races. What the would the signal be that republican senators are trying to save themselves while not turning on their president who is polling poorly . What might the message sound like you need me to save you from from aoc and the crazy li bas taking over the entire government is there any of that the country is relying on us. This state will decide to send President Trump back for four more years this state will decide the Senate Majority in stopping the radical left in my race. Can you imagine what they would do to anybody that voted for barrett. Can you imagine what they do to President Biden if he didnt adopt their agenda this is a dangerous moment in american politics. The radical left is the a threat they are trying to take me over. Nobody is saying this is over before the vote but down ballot there are considerations to make steve, what do you see this is fascinating it. These are five republican senators running for reelection. What you see here, this is their support. When you take of poll of mcsale and her race in arizona, shes at 43 , gardner at 40 this is how they are polling in their race against the democrats. I want to compare this to how trump is polling in their states this is interesting. See mcsally is running at 43 in her race in arizona. Trump in arizona is at 45. What do you notice here . Hes at or above generally a couple points above where the Republican Senate candidates are running so these Republican Senate candidates are running behind trump in their states trump has more support in the polls in their states in a lot of cases than they do, so it affects their calculations in that they want to gain the extra voters that trump has that they dont, have and there seems to be a recognition with a lot of these republicans. They are kind of in it together with trump they want him to win their states and want to try to win it along with him on a coattail effect. Thats what it looks like in the data was it like that back in 16 or no yeah. Thats where a lot of reasoning comes from check this stat outzero. That is the number of states in 2016 that voted for a president ial candidate from one party and a Senate Candidate from the other party not a single state did that in 2016 that was the first time in history that ever happened, but i think that really to boat parties reinforce the idea that within their party they are all in it together. Steve, thanks on a Coronavirus Relief bill, they are talking again no action again. The House Speaker nancy pelosi, the treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin spoke. Pelosi says they are closer, so whats the holdup . Well, a spokesman for the House Speaker says its Health Priorities plus a compromise on nationwide testing it and Contact Trace plan he also said more work needs to be done on making schools safe pelosi and mnuchin plan to speak again tomorrow but action, thats another thing in theory theres a Supreme Court justice vote this weekend and then the senate goes home ahead of the election. Time is about up, and americans are waiting and suffering. The pope delivered a headline today a Seismic Shift from those who preceded him, announcing his support for samesex civil unions the pope says gay people, quoting, has at right to be in a family and are children of god he made similar remarks as an sborngs but this is the first time as the leader of the Catholic Church, a church whose doctrine reads homosexuals are objectively disordered and gay sex acts intrinsically so. Cnbcs Contessa Brewer with reaction from the faithful im convinced that we can make a difference. Reporter the documentary making headlines around the world. In it pope francis says there needs to be a Civil Union Law for homosexual people. That way they are legally covered. Im excited i think it represents a huge change in tone at the vatican. I think it will go a long ways to encourage catholics to think outside of traditional catholic teaching when it comes to samesex relationships. Reporter pope francis has approached many conversations in new ways, to Women Leaders in the church to learning from children with special needs. I see him as the man of prolife on a global scale because any issue that you see in this movie is specifically him caring about humanity. Reporter but the pontiffs approach has created controversies, confusion and resistance among conservative catholics. Providence Bishop Thomas tobin said today the popes statement clearly contradicts whats been the longstanding treatment of the church about samesex unions. We need clarity coming out of the holy sea on this issue but if this is another issue of treating homosexuals had as children of god, which we should, then i think all catholics should affirm that reporter gay catholics i smoke with today tell me they would like to see more talk and a whole lot more action. They say the fact that this is considered such a symbolic move forward shows how far the Catholic Church really has to go shep contessa, thanks. Lets turn to francis roca now who has been covering the vatican for 15 years, most recently with the wall street journal. Joins us live this late negotiate from rome. Sir, thank you so much is this a sea change from the holy c or is this an important or what is this . Well, it appears to be an incremental but very important change in that the pope has talked about in the past the possibility of tolerating a civil unions and so forth, and what we hear here which is a statement we havent heard before hes saying lets do itle hes saysing this a good thing to do. His other words in the passages thats getting a lot of attention about homosexuals having a family and being part of the family, those we have heard, but this particular bit is new. And what is the reaction been there . They have had, what, part of a day to digest this i think they are going back to figure out whats going on and its notunusual in this pontificate. Sometimes the statements come out. Hes given an interview or whatever, and then they have to play catchup. Theres no indication that the doctrine will change because its its quite specific. The doctrine about marriage between a man and a woman, no, and the pope spoke to this himself has been very clear about that in wright and in speaking, but certainly if this statement dont go qualified in the following days it by the pope or he doesnt walk it back in some way, then it will certainly sort of, you know, encourage any kind of Movement Towards that in countries where its not allowed and certainly bishops who are who have been opposing it might not do so quite as ardently. Francis rocca live from rome, thanks so much. Covid watch now. Weve seen what happens when covid outbreaks hit the nfl. Now were seeing it in College Football, but thats not stopping another major conference from getting back on the gridiron after months of uncertainty, big ten football set to kick off this weekend can the season play out without being covid cancelled . Tonight, the extreme Economic Hardship in iran made worse by the global pandemic. We are on the ground with iranian families struggling to survive. Today were setting aside those differences. Heres a switch two oppose candidates produce what might be the nicest campaign ad in america. We are both committed to american civility and a peaceful transition of power. The facts, the truth, the covid football is about to happen jonesing for it . Consider this. Over the past month covid cases jumped 46 the number of people in hospitals in intensive care units is way up. Thats from johns hopkins. The big ten is planning on kick on this weekend after delaying it for two months. Still a concern in College Towns around and about mayors of the big tens 11 cities just sent a letter to the conference urging the big ten to take more steps to protect those communities. They say they are worried about tailgating and the rest that go hand in hand with College Football, but were seeing whats happening in other conferences, the outbreaks and the cancelled games. We see cases in big ten states surging, new jersey, wisconsin, illinois, minnesota, ohio, michigan, nebraska, all covid rising and theres no wiggle room in the big tens football schedule. Very little room for error, so can they pull this off safely . Nbcs sam brock live tonight with the big tens plans to get back on the field. Sam . Reporter shep. Its good to be with you certainly the big ten does feel like they can pull this off safely if they have rigorous testing which is part of the plans and no fans in the stadiums the university of michigan plays in the big house its aptly name because you can host about 110,000 people there. The only people, shep, that will be in that stadium on game day are the teams and their family members and that is it, but what you can not control is what people are doing outside of the stadiums, be it at bars, restaurants, tailgating, you mentioned it a second ago, shepard. Thats why you see mayors from these College Towns affected reaching out to the big ten and saying, look, we understand its important that youre looking at Positivity Rates for your team and even on your School Compass us you need to be looking at the Bigger Picture we ask that you work with local health and county officials to help determine a population Positivity Rate where bringing the covid back into the community is no longer safe to do bottom line, create a metric not just within your orbit but within the larger communities that are surging right now with covid to make sure werenot playing Football Games when its dangerous to do so, and as we talk about whats going on on College Campuses right now the university of michigan has just ordered a 14day shelter in place order for undergraduate students living on campus, near campus, by campus. They are not supposed to be leaving campus unless medically necessary and heres where the perfect storm is coming into effect michigan will be hosting Michigan State in ann arbor on halloween day and those students are being asked, shep, to respect this order thats in place, to not congregate outside and to be careful with the spread of covid. This is going to be a major test for the big ten and College Football to see if they can pull it off. Lets hope. Sam brock, thanks so much. Report kids separated from their parents during border roundups like three years ago, 2017 well, we now know the government cant find the parents of 545 children thats the nbc news report from court files by the ashrew as part of a courtordered effort to reunite the kids with their parents. The problem here, the United States deported those parents before the judges could issue those orders and now lawyers and immigration groups say they cant track down hundreds of them so the kids have been apart from their parents for two to three years, and there is no resolution in sight. The white house claiming today interest wants those families back together weve contacted these families, and the sad truth is that many of them have declined to accept their children back. There may be a variety of reasons for that, but its its very said the administration wants the families to be reunited. The aclu saying no one has over located all of the parents so the administration cannot know whether they want to be reunited nbcs julia an israeli now who covers the department of justice and homeland security. Why the had these families so hard to track down did they not even write down names and addresses . Oh, thats disappoint okay we dont have connection with julia. Lets hope that we get that audio restored well give it a second and try again after a commercial break unless its fixed now. Could you let me know. Well be back to you julia, its too important to miss well try again in a minute. Surprise colawmakers passed the karen act banning 911 calls that target people on such things as race, sex yell orientation and gender and also lets victims of the call who the person knew made it. A recent example while women in new yorks central park calling police saying a black man was threatening her, remember, that the central park karen prosecutors later charged her with filing a false Police Report a couple separated by covid finally reunites and an office earl makes a fiery rescue with just minutes to spare on this cnbc trip coast to coast california, a burning car on the side of a road, and theres a woman trapped inside cops say the car flipped over on the 80 freeway in davis just outside sacramento. Maam, maam, come out this way. Come out this way. Reporter body cam video showing an officer grabbed the woman by the arms and dragged her out of the flaming wreckage. Police say the woman is now okay, but she is charged with dui. Oklahoma, married nurses helped throw out the first pitch in game one of the world series. The couple from tulsa moved to new york in april. They say they wanted to help out when the pandemic hit so hard. The league also recognized two nurses from texas. Massachusetts, this 2yearold Golden Doodle is running are for president , sort of his name, Oliver Winston churchill fennelly his owners say they just want to lightenth mood check out olivers official Unofficial Campaign sign. Florida, a man reunites with his first lady they have been married for 60 years and heres the moment when, surprise, joseph and eve loreth first laid eyes on each other after being separated all those months the assisted living facility near tampa showed the emotional reunion. Staff said with phone calls and a few window visits joseph and eves love persevered and warms us up on this cnbc trip coast to coast. Technical issue fixed. Julia an israeli back. Searching for the parents to put them back with the kids. What happened in the first place . Shep, thanks for bearing with me so in 2017 over 1,100 families were separated when the parents crossed the u. S. Border and the Justice Department began prosecuting all of those parents, something that had not been done under prior administrations is what happened though we didnt know those parents had been separated until this became a National Issue in 2018 when the numbers surged so for those separated in 2017 they were deported in large part before anyone even knew they were separated now lawyers have been appointed by the court to go track down families, are but for families of 545 inwhich, their parents, at least twothirds of them, have been deported, and the aclu cannot find them, to even give them the option of reuniting with their child, bringing them home or making sure they are safe in the United States. But the white house claims they dont want their kids back. That the could mean my kids are in a better place, ill make this sacrifice, with you does that add up . Well, first of all, we dont know what these parents want because 545 of them have not been contacted, and thats because when they separated them, they didnt keep track of them they didnt keep track of where these people were going or being able to pair children and adults together, so the decision that some parents who have made and have been reached say i would rather my child be staying in the United States rather than deporting them back to the place that we were fleeing in the first part, by and large Asylum Seekers so some people have made that decisions what the aclu is arguing in court is that the parents should have the right to reunite with their children and go through the asylum process together as a family. The reporter is great on nbcnews. Com and the rest of our platforms. Thanks, julia. Purdue pharma is pleading guilty to federal criminal charges for its role in the epidemic. Plus, covid infections raise rising around the world, especially in the middle east. Well explain how the people of iran are struggling with this pandemic bottom of the hour, top of the news just ahea quibby is skalg it quits after just six month thats whats topping cnbc on the money. The entertainment startup run by Jeffrey Katzenberg promised to revolutionize how we watched shows, shorter clips, on the go, on our phone downloads disappointed, covid, everything covid 1 billion invested in the venture. Assets are being sold off. Remaining funds will be returned to investors wow. That was fast. So where are people spending their screen time . Snapchat, it seems a blowout Second Quarter for the social Media Company that looked like it was dying not log ago. More time at home and new filth verse attracted lots of users. Ad dollars are flowing the stock is soaring 30 on the news snap now valued, get this, at more than 50 billion. And atm fees have fallen for the first time in 15 years average cost of use an outofnetwork machine 4. 64 good lord, down eight cents from last year but still horrible thats according to bank rank. The pandemic pushing banks to wave some of their charges but not now. The dow down 92, s p off 7 and nasdaq down 31 im Shepard Smith on cnbc. Its the bottom of the hour. Time for the top of the news. Long before covid another epidemic spread through the country, and its still not under control. The Opioid Crisis killing our children and brupgt our neighbor today oxycontin pled guilty to federal criminal charges for its role in the crisis it will also pay more than 8 billion in settlements its the top story at the bottom of the hour and cnbcs meg tirrell is on it meg, wow this is big. Explain why. Reporter yeah, shep. Well, this has been so closely watched because the Opioid Crisis has taken the lives of more than half a million americans over the last two decades, and its really an epidemic that began with prescription painkillers now their use then led to Overdose Deaths from heroin and fentanyl and of the prescription drugs none was better none than oxycontin, made by purdue pharma. People were suffering from opioid addictions and so many of those stories began with oxycontin. Reporter purdue has been the target of thousands it of lawsuits and even pleaded guilty once before for misleading the public about the addicttive risks of oxycontin its owned by the secretive billionaire Sackler Family whose name adorns museums and elite universities and while the family agreed to pay 225 billion in a civil settlement, several state attorneys general said their work isnt do the state attorney general said this allows billionaires to keep their billions and maura healey is not done with purdue and the sacklers some litigation is expected to continue and because purdue is going through bankruptcy proceedings the total settlement amount is not guaranteed and this does not close the door to potential criminal proceedings against individuals. Meg tirrell, thanks koifd watch now. The pandemic is rights across the nation, this we know in new york another milestone. 2,000 cases in one day for the first time in five long months, and the doctors tell us its about to get much worse. Everyone on earth is waiting for a vaccine to cure what ails everyone and return us to Something Like normal, but what if that never happens . Hear me now. Theres a british scientist who is now reporting covid is likely to become not a pandemic but an endemic. In other words, something that comes back every year for years and years and years, something well just have to deal with like the flu dr. Amish adulja is with us with john hopkins doctor, you raised this possibility of coronavirus as an endemic back in february are you now convinced . I am convinced that this is something well have to cope with for years to come it will be something we sort of defang and with a treatment that prevents you from getting severe disease but it is going to be something thats probably going to follow the pattern of the other four seasonal coronaviruss that cause 15 to 25 of our colds every year. And we just deal with it ad infinitium and continue with masks or move on in a different way. Does our economy figure out how to recover hi mean, theres a lot here. I do think whats going to happen over time is people is people will have a change of risk perception. Well have new treatments. Well have a vaccine that maybe doesnt prevent you from getting infected but prevents you from getting hospitalized, and i think that will get Public Health urgency off of this over time i think for first year to two years we are going to be aggressive and people will be advocating some degree of social distancing and face conversation but over time with the treatment it is going to be something that becomes more like influenza and people will get Second Generation vaccine, that will be more like measles vaccine and can drive it down to a low level but i think we have to look at pattern of coronaviruses and how they have established themselves in the human population and think of this and with the lower viral levels because we are Getting Better at treating this. We are Getting Better. Covid cases are rights around the globe spain crossing a million infections, first european country to reach that grim milestone and south america is home to the worlds 20 of the worlds covid case and brazil and argentina both over 19 million mark, colombia and peru are days away from the same all four countries are in the top 15 in deaths per 100,000 in the world. Another part where were seeing cases flare up is the middle east more than 31,000 people in iran have died of covid19. Thats the tenth most in all the planet its compounding the suffering in a nation with plenty of it. Nbc has this report from tehran where people are struggling with the pandemic. Reporter its an outbreak thats out of control. Iran hitting grim new milestones for covid deaths and infections. The virus also battering an already anemic economy crippled by u. S. Sanctions and a slump in the price of oil, irans main export, forcing many iranians to make a terrible choice, shelter at home and go hungry or risk infection and go to work its a dilemma faced by father of two vavad, a Civil Servant who took a second job as a cleaner to make ends meet. Along with the extra cash, only about 30 a month, he also picked up covid19 his main job was simply not enough to put food on the table, he says. At his local Grocery Store he shows us that basic foods have doubled in price in just two weeks. Iran is now suffering its third and biggest wave of coronavirus infection, even the Deputy Health minister says total deaths could be double the official count critics say the government has been too slow to make masks compulsory and close crowded religious sites and schools reopened last month despite warning from health officials. Adding to the countrys woes are fresh u. S. Sanctions on iranian banks, further weakening a local currency thats lost almost 60 of its value this year for vavad and other countless iranians the future is pliakas yet another winter of discontent sets in. The lack of everything here is astound okay some provinces havent had bread in ten days. You cant find drugs like insulin, making folks here angry and impatient with the government shep thanks very much. Unbelievably theres breaking news that involves iraq i want to set it up for you. Remember in recent weeks there were emails that went to voters in florida, particularly democratic voters warning them if you dont vote for donald trump, bad things are going to happen followed by a list of bad things well, at the time that was blamed on the proud boys, a group sort of fringe group with right wing tendencies, but now we know that wasnt the case at all. Behind these threatening emails and designed to disrupt our election was iran. We know because the fbi made the announcements just moments ago and its now crossing all over the news wire. This is a live picture lets listen in for just a moment. Additionally iran is distributing other content to include a video that implies that individuals could cast fraudulent ballots even from overseas this video and any claims about such allegedly fraudulent ballots are not true these actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries. Even if the adversaries pursue further attempt to intimidate or attempt to undermine voter confidence, know that our elections systems are resilient and you can be confident your votes are secure although we have not seen the same actions from russia, we are aware that they have obtained some voter information just as they did in 2016 rest assured that we are prepared for the possibility of actions by those hostile to democracy. The great women and men of the Intelligence Community caught this activity immediately and our colleagues at fbi and dhs acted swiftly in response to this threat. We are standing before you now to give you the confidence that we are on top of that and providing you with the most powerful weapon that we have to combat these efforts, the truth, information. We ask every american to do their part to defend against those who wish us harm the way you do that is quite simple do not allow these efforts to have their intended effect if you receive an intimidating or manipulative email in your in box, dont be alarmed and do not spread it. This is not a partisan issue ive had conversations today with members of congress from both sides of the aisle, and there is complete unanimity in the u. S. Government in our resolve to combat the enemies of freedom. The president has instructed me to keep the public informed as appropriate, and you have my commitment that i will continue to do exactly that with transparency and with candor we will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections, and we will continue to work with our many partners to disrupt and to impose costs and consequences on any adversary that attempts to interfere in our democratic processes the efforts of the president to empower us to put towards Elections Security over these last four years are working. Ill now turn it over to my colleague director wray of the fbi to address Law Enforcements activities. The director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe speaking from the fbi with breaking news, so heres what weve learned. Emails which purported to come from proud boys telling democrats and i quote you will vote for trump on election day or we will come after you was not american at all. It was another example of ongoing and current interference in our election by state enemies of the United States, in this case by the iranians, and in this case they were stopped and in this case they have been identified, but there are ongoing efforts according to u. S. Intelligence to interfere with our election process and to intimidate americans with the overall goal to divide us as we head through the democratic process. Cnbcs eamon javers is live in washington what a bombshell this is, eamon. The iranians are interfering at this moment in an an election thats 13 days away. Yeah, absolutely, shep, a bombshell is the way to describe it what they are saying here at this press conference is both the iranians ant russians have obtained Voter Registration information, and the iranians are sending these disinformation emails. Now, i have a source, friend in florida who sent me a copy of of this email that she received yesterday. It was purported to be from the proud boys saying were in possession of all your information. Youre currently registered as a democrat and we know this because weve gained access into the entire voting infrastructure you will vote for trump on election day or we will come auvers, so very intimidating and serious language here in this email. What we just heard from the director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe is he believes that this is being done to harm donald trump, that is to make it seem as if donald trump is benefiting in some way from the proud boys which is an extreme right Wing Organization intimidating voters here in the United States. He says we will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections. Not clear what exactly the russians have done with any of this information that they have obtained as well, but the Law Enforcement and intelligence communities of the United States tonight, shep, are singling out both countries, naming and shaming them and telling them to knock it off back over to you. Thanks very much. Where did they get this information . Much of it came from publicly available voter files. Theres much more coming on this the reporting is just beginning. Well keep you updated throughout the night on cnbc. Com the news continues after this. Announcer the facts, t President Trump has been linked to a newly discovered bank account in china. He paid taxes in china and for decades tried to land business in china thats the report from the New York Times from the trump tax documents in its new investigation. Mr. Trump also operated an office there during his first run for president and formed a partnership with a chineserun government a lawyer for the Trump Organization said he had opened an account with a chinese bank having offices in the United States in order to pay the local taxes. Since 23015, the office has remained inactive. The white house and Trump Organization have not responded to cnbc requests for comment. Votecounting news now yesterday we got word that pennsylvania will be counting ballots for days after the election it was a ruling against a Trump Administration request we now know North Carolina will keep count considering, too, and for even longer. A federal Appeals Court has upheld the states deadline extension. Absentee ballots can now be accepted until november 12th thats nine days it after the election again, this is North Carolina. Its usually three days in that state. But the ballots must be postmarked by election day, november the 3rd the reason for the change, a Record Number of voters requested absentee ballots this year so Election Officials said they need more time to count them all the Trump Campaign sued claiming the deadline extension violates state law. The Appeals Court disagreed. Of course, the Supreme Court could come next. The vote in utah appears to be more civil in our nation, a show of unity with rival candidates in a joint campaign ad look at this we can debate issues without degrading each others character. We can disagree without hating each other. And win or lose in utah we work together. Democrat Chris Peterson on the left there and the republican spencer cox was on right putting their differences aside, at least for that moment. They say they want americans to commit to a peaceful transfer of power no matter what the outcome on election day. Well, when it gets cold, lizards fall from the sky like out of the trees, you know, and they look dead like that its a tale as old as time, especially if youre from florida, but this year what if they dont why scientists are paying attention and what it means for have you ever seen liz regards fall from bushes and branches in florida . It happens when it gets cold 45 to 50 degrees, suddenly range lizards from the freeze. Funny as a kid real rebut an important Climate Change experiment for scientists. Can reptiles adapt maybe. Thats the headline from researchers in a study out of Washington University in st. Louis. They have been testing the same group of lizards in cold spells for quite a while. Same results over and over cold paralyzes lizards, but back in january it hit a florida frigid 42. Scientists geckos kept going the reptiles did not rain. This the surprised and amazed. Could lizards from south america survive south georgia or even eventually south jersey . Is there hope for species large and small as weather, well, gets whackier maybe, say the scientists. No conclusion, but a promise of more reptilian revelations to come Climate Change may wash out parts of d. C the park Service Reports large portions of the city of washington will be flooded in 20 years. The jefferson memorial, fdrs and mlks and all the iconic Cherry Blossom trees under water. The service says rising water levels are threatening all of it so a fix is in the planning statements so look here. The National Park service and a Preservation Group or series of them unveiling a layout today to remake the area. Some designs include elevated walkways embracing the rising tide that they say will surely turn the area into a marshy oasis. No timeline set for this design approval but Officials Say the problem is urgent. To hear it from them president jefferson could be standing in permanently four feet of water by 2030. A beast and a the first version of the hummer ev is finally revealed, but first weve launched people and even chimps into space. Now a Chicken Nugget i want to get away i want to fly away iceland food send one Chicken Nugget into the cosmos execs say its to celebrate the chains 50th anniversary and it reached an altitude of 110,000 feet thats more than 20 miles in the sky. One giant leap for chicken nuggs. Anto well, it used to be the ultimate gas guzzler, right, the hummer suv would routinely get gas mileage like almost nothing, but now the hummer is going green. Gm rolling out a new electric version of the hummer with all the bells and whistles, a range of 350 miles it will go zero to 60 in three seconds, seriously fully loaded a mere 112,000 so get a few while youre there the base model starts around 80 grand. Phil lebeau is our guy on vehicles that is big deal for gm, right well, it could be, shep it all depends on whether or not the hummer becomes a big seller when it finally rolls out. The first models will come out late next year 112,000 i mean, thats the starting price. Its pricey, but there are people as weve seen with tesla who are willing to pay that much for an electric vehicle. Hey, this is expensive. Why is it quite this much for an electric pickup . Well, they want to make money. I mean, they vow not to lose money and if youre going to make money because the Battery Electric Technology and the battery packs are so expensive youve got to start at a high price point. Were a long ways, shep, from seeing the days of, you know, 30 now electric vehicle just not happening any time soon. Just yesterday you were reporting that pickup trucks are hard to find, especially used ones, and everybody is looking for better gas mileage, and electric vehicles are popular so this makes sense in the flow of things, right . It do, and eventually electric vehicles will take off, but the question is how soon, and how much do you want to pay . Were a ways from electric vehicles really being everywhere out on the road, more than what were seeing right now with the tesla model. Ive got one. I have an electric vehicle i love text september for a long trip, i mean, if were really driving, youve got to you know, to fill up the car, its ten minutes to its not practical. But this is the neat thing about the hummer you can do a tenminute charge and get 100 miles on a super charge now thats going to get some attention from people who buy it. That just get attention from me phil lebeau in chicago, thank you, sir appreciate it you bet 55 seconds on a race to the finish a plea deal for big pharma over the Opioid Crisis. Purdue pharma agreeing to pay the feds more than 8 billion and plead guilty to federal criminal charges for its role in the epidemic it liquidates the company, purdue pharma. As covid surges across the nation, a troubling sign in one of the original hot spots. New york now reporting more than 2,000 cases in a single day, and that has not happened since the month of may overseas spain becomes the first european country to pass 1 million covid cases can as a second wave grips the continent, and breaking in the last hour, the fbi reports that iran was meddling in our election trying to intimidate voters along with russia. And now you know the news. Have a great n it is 5 00 a. M. At cnbc, 2 00 a. M. In hollywood and here is your top five at 5 00 futures, uncertainty around stimulus and the election starting to grow u. S. Intelligence agents out with a new warning over apparent election interference. Iran apparently sending mass emails to voters trying to scare them away from voting for trump. Tesla all revved up after crushing earnings expectations, but can the stock get back to its recent highs why are there so many oil mergers