Why he says hes not the predat predator they say he is. The shopping scams on the rise. How to protect yourself. Caught on camera on video, explosive evidence of just how dangerous batteries could be after you throw them out. Later, a reallife game of pacman. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. Aim andrew dymburt. Kenneth is off. We begin with the historic white house event last night to swear in the new Supreme Court justice, Amy Coney Barrett. A large crowd gathered but this time most people were wearing a mask and were socially distanced. It comes as the president ial campaign enters the final stretch. Both candidates announcing more trips to swing states. Joe biden is defending his smaller events saying hes being responsible in the age of covid. But the Trump Campaign claims biden could never get the crowds the president gets. A record shattering 64 million votes have been cast and Melania Trump hits the campaign trail today. We begin with history at the white house last night. This morning, a political win for President Trump one week before the election. Judge Amy Coney Barrett will replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court after taking the constitutional oath from Justice Clarence thomas during a rare evening ceremony at the white house. So help me god. [ applause ] reporter with most other people at the event wearing a mask, barrett tried to distance herself from the politics swirling around the nomination. 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 the ceremony comes hours after the republican led Senate Confirmed barrett cementing a 63 conservative majority on the bench. At 48 years old barrett will be the youngest member of the court and will likely be there for generations. What weve done over the last four years would be your honor done sooner or later by the next election. They wont be able to do much about this. For a long time to come. Reporter democrats argue barretts confirmation is too close to the election and they claim it threatens the future of obamacare as well as civil and abortion rights. The American People will suffer the consequences of judge barretts far right out of the mainstream views for generations. Reporter some democrats taking to social media overnight with three words, expand the court. Joe biden has been pressed on whether he would increase the number of justices on the court if hes elected. Biden has only said he would appoint a commission to study judicial reform. I think we may now have the most conservative Supreme Court in maybe 100 years and if the democrats arent in a position to actually implement or at least consider structural reform and potential court expansion, we may see really dramatic changes to the kind of body of american law constitutional and statutory. Reporter in the meantime, this morning, twitter is flagging another post from President Trump as misleading after he claimed there were, quote, problems and discrepancies with mailin ballots all over the usa, must have final total on november 3rd. It comes as both candidates announce an aggressive final push in battleground states. First lady Melania Trump heading to pennsylvania today, her first Solo Campaign event this cycle and President Trump visits three states today alone, michigan, wisconsin and nebraska. Overnight bidens team announcing stops this week in six states and now the white house is defending Senior AdviserJared Kushner after kushner said this about black americans. Again, one thing weve seen in a lot of the black community which is mostly democrat is that President Trumps policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that theyre complaining about but he cant want them to be successful more than they want to be successful. Reporter congresswoman barbara lee saying he doesnt want to change a racist broken system because he benefits from it. Kaleigh mcenany writing that its, quote, disgusting to see internet trolls taking Senior AdviserJared Kushner out of context as they try to distract from President Trumps undeniable record of accomplishments for the black community. And now appears the president is planning to host an Election Night party at his washington hotel. His campaign has invited donors to, quote, join team trump at the Election Night party in my favorite hotel. A new decision from the Supreme Court affecting the battleground state of wisconsin. The court will not allow their deadline for mailin ballots to be extended. It is a win for republicans. The justices rejected a Lower Court Ruling that would have allowed them to be counted six days after as long as they were postmarked election day. Hospitalizations have risen. El paso continues to break records with hospitals at capacity. Some patients have been airlifted to other cities. Hospitals in utah also reaching capacity. The mayor of Salt Lake City says theyve never been this vulnerable and this morning, idaho is rolling back its reopening plan because of a surge in patients. Meanwhile in the northeast, newark, new jersey, is ordering n nonessential businesses to close at 8 00 p. M. Beginning tonight and in ohio friends are remembering michael lang, a freshman at the university of dayton who died from covid complications. His mom says he was a healthy 18yearold. He had no preexisting conditions. He had never even been to the hospital. He had his yearly physical, sports physicals. Hug your kid, tell your kid every day how much you love them and i have to say that was something i was happy i did as a parent with mine. A new study emphasizes the importance of wearing a mask. The university of kansas found counties in their state that required them had half the number of those that didnt. The World Health Organization says europe is the epicenter of covid cases. Officials in belgium says their system is near collapse. Health workers are urged to keep working it asymptomatic. Protests erupted in italy after restrictions were imposed. Demonstrators set fires and vandalized stores. We turn to the major fires burning in southern california. Fueled by the worst wind emergency of the season, one fire has doubled in size overnight. Thousands of people have evacuated. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has more. Reporter this morning, multiple fires ravaging parts of southern california. Howling winds and dry conditions fanning this rapidly growing blaze in orange county. The socalled silverardo fire exploding monday growing more than 7,000 acres in hours with 0 containment but fueled by powerful santa ana winds gusting up to 70 miles per hour, firefighters say theyre helpless to stop the spread until the wind dies down. The best thing we can do is try to forecast where its going. Reporter abcs Kaylee Hartung bass on the front lines when conditions quickly worsened. These tropical stormforce winds are making the flames here uncontrollable. Right here on the 133 freeway this roadway is the only thing separating these hot flames from thousands of homes. Reporter the chaotic conditions proving dangerous late monday. Two firefighters were critically burned on the front lines. So far more than 150,000 people across the region have been forced to flee their homes. Please leave your homes immediately. Reporter families grabbing what they can. Our priority is getting people evacuated and out of the path of the fire. Reporter the nearby blue ridge fire also rapidly spreading. The fire gutting this home and getting dangerously close to others. Overnight californias governor securing assistance from fema for more resources in hopes of gaining the upper hand in the coming days. A power line may be to blame for causing the silverardo fire. The Power Company says its investigating. Andrew, mona. Megan, thank you. Lets take a look at your Tuesday Morning forecast. Hurricane zeta made landfall along the yucatan peninsula with 80mileperhour winds. Louisiana has declared a state of emergency ahead of stazetas expected arrival. Elsewhere looking at the radar, an ice storm in oklahoma and northern texas is causing widespread power outages. Dallas only gets to 43 today. 50s for the northeast and northwest. Chilly across the midwest. Coming up, the sharp increase in Online Shopping scams. How to protect yourself. Also the dramatic moment crews tried to save this cat. Sentencing day for the convicted leader of an alleged sex cult. What hes saying from behind bars. Than Rheumatoid Arthritis. When considering another treatment, ask about xeljanz. A pill for adults with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis when methotrexate has not helped enough. 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The Better Business bureau says nearly 38 of scams reported this year came from Online Shopping and most were traced to facebook. Experts say to protect yourself watch out for bad grammar and check how long the website of the product has been active. Many scammers create and take down websites quickly. We turn now to sentencing day for alleged sex cult leader Keith Raniere convicted of sex trafficking and extortion. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze has his latest message from behind bars. Reporter this morning the founder of an alleged sex cult preparing to learn his fate. Im an interesting person. Im a controversial person, but most importantly im an unconventional person. Reporter Keith Raniere leader of the highly Controversial Company nxivm faces a possible life sentence for sex trafficking, racketeering and conspiracy. All charges linked to his secretive sect. In this particular case im given a spotlight that is far greater than my personhood. Reporter prosecutors say raniere known as vanguard to his followers was a con man and predator who used blackmail to force women into sexual relationships and act as his slaves. One former victim claiming the charismatic leader brainwashed her saying she was coerced into a relationship with him and branded with his initials during her time with the group. This call is from Keith Raniere. An inmate at a federal prison. Reporter but just before his sentencing, raniere speaking out from behind bars insisting hes not the menace hes been made out to be. Women have been treated terribly this this country and in the world, but in particular in this country by people of power, by people like me, but that doesnt mean that i did those things and it certainly doesnt mean that im guilty of these charges. Reporter ranieres victims are expected to speak before todays sentencing. Elizabeth schulze, abc news. Our thanks to elizabeth. 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Returning now to the coronavirus, the fbi is helping investigate the sheft of about 1 million in personal protective equipment. Surveillance cameras caught the thieves getting away with a shipping container full of ppe at a warehouse near miami. The gloves inside were for hospitals. A new study is out this morning on the the potential benefits of aspirin in fighting coronavirus. Also hospitals in more states are voicing concerns about an influx of covid patients, and some are taking drastic action. Earlier i spoke to dr. Laleh gharahbaghian about these headlines. Were now seeing hospitals in part of texas and utah and potentially in other states considering transferring patients to other facilities due to overcapacity. Some doctors are even concerned about needing to ration care. How much of a concern is that given where we are in the season, its not even november yet, and what are your biggest concerns Going Forward in the next few weeks . Its a huge concern, and as we know, covid is extremely contagious. And when you have a lot of people that get infected in a short amount of time, especially in states that are already having an increasing number of cases, hospitals will get to be at capacity. And when it comes to treatment, theres a new study on how aspirin could help in the fight against covid19. What are you learning . We know that aspirin is an antiinflammatory medication, and we also know that it thins blood. It prevents people who have Heart Disease from getting heart attacks. We know that covid increases your clotting capability, so by keeping other factors constant in their study like age and gender and any patients history of diabetes and things of that sort, they found that those in the Aspirin Group had a decrease in icu admission, a decrease in ventilator need and a decrease in death rate, and if true, then aspirin is the cheapest and most available method to decrease mortality risk in the covid admitted patients. Astrazeneca now says its experimental Covid Vaccine has cause an immune response in younger and older patients. How important is that, and where are we in the race for a final vaccine . Well, a safe and effective vaccine is of the utmost importance, and it must work for all ages especially those who are in the most vulnerable in the highest risk, especially in the elderly. I dont think were going to have a vaccine that will be mass disseminated until mid2021 with the impact of the vaccine not really known for months to a year later. 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Judge Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed to the Supreme Court by a sharply divided senate. She was sworn in during an outdoor white house ceremony where she vowed not to be swayed by her private beliefs. President trump and joe biden are focusing on key swing states with the election just one week away. Biden is heading to georgia today and the president is holding three rallies in the midwest. More than 64 Million People have already voted. Todays weather, dry and windy where the California Wildfires are burning. Snow in the southern rockies. Rain across the plains and in the southeast. Mild with clouds along the east coast. Finally the movie about a brave young man who used music as a way to say goodbye. Our will ganss has the story behind the clouds. Reporter clouds tells the true story of zach, a minnesota teen diagnosed with terminal cancer in his senior year of high school using his final months to make music as a way to say goodbye to the people he loved. Most teenagers feel like theyre invincible. Not the superman kind of invincible, the kind that tricks you into thinking tomorrow might be a better day. Reporter Neve Campbell plays laura in the film. The bond between these two mothers undeniable. You nailed it. Yeah, it was a fun, creative process. With laura it was. It was conversations the night before scenes sometimes or texts the night before scenes, how did you feel in these moments. Reporter laura trusting neve to bring to life both her greatest joys and her heartbreaking tragedies. None of us are promised tomorrow. We just assume itll be there. You get to decide what matters most now. I want laura to talk about that. Yeah, that was scary. I dont have this experience of dying so how could i tell this kid how to die. For me it was just dipping hugely into my faith. Go out in the clouds because the views a little nicer reporter with this wildly successful film about his life, his song at number one, what do you think zach would say . I think he would probably dance around a little bit. He would show off in front of his siblings and then he would say somewhere in this, cool beans. Reporter clouds streaming now on disney plus. Every single penny the family makes from the movie and his music goes to the sarcoma fund to help kids with stay with u stay with us f morning america. Right now on america this morning, history in washington. I, Amy Coney Barrett, do sole solemnly swear. Sworn in as Supreme Court justice. Her message to america, the impact she could have and how some democrats are vowing to fight back. One week to go before election day. This morning joe biden responds to critics who say hes not being aggressive enough campaigning. Melania trump hits the trail as her husbands campaign faces hit for what Jared Kushner said about black americans complaining. Now a surge in coronavirus hospitalizations. Another big city imposing a curfew. Sentencing day for the leader of an alleged sex cult accused of branding and brainwashing