Tonight. The state where coronavirus cases are surging, hospitalizations are on the rise. And not a single voter in florida or anywhere can be confused as to the two world views they are choosing between. Trumps massive rally on the left, very few masks, no social distancing. Even those behind him who at some rallies are told by the campaign to wear masks for the kamras, mostly shunning them. And then on the other side, bidens gathering, lets call it that, socially distanced, drivein rally on the right. Trump and biden, only 250 miles apart and the two images you see on your screen in florida. But when it comes to their messages, they are a universe apart. We locked down, we understood the disease and now were open for business. Were expected to lose another 200,000 people between now and the end of this year if we do nothing. This is not a political statement, its a patriotic s iy for gods sake. But President Trump refuses to listen to the science. Here are the facts tonight. One american died every 90 seconds yesterday, just yesterday, from coronavirus. And this is happening every single day. And the cdc says the death rate is going up. More people are dying every single day, z the cases surge and hospitalizations surge. And where is the president s Coronavirus Task force . You may ask the woman who is a fixture on our tv screens, you remember her, the leading medical voice on the task force, dr. Deborah birx, all but abandoning the white house. Dr. Birx now traveling the country alone, pounding the pavement, going all in on her own to take her message directly to the American People, because she believes lives are at stake. And what may have been the final straw for her is dr. Scott atlas, the Task Force Member who has questioned masks and pushed the concept of herd immunity. She vowed never to sit in a meeting with atlas again, after listening to the radiologist who does not have an expertise in epidemiology, push misleading claims about the pandemic. Like when he told me on this show, that he supported Wearing Masks when you cant socially distanced. He said that is consistent with trumps nonmasked rallies and said it again and again and again with a straight face. Birx is not alone. She and her colleagues pushing back against the president when it comes to masks, social distancing, testing and claims that the United States is rounding the coronavirus corner. I am always for masks. You know i have talked about maskinglunrelentingly. I feel confident if we had done the things i was talking about just a moment ago, that a considerable number of lives could have been saved. We do believe that the cases are going up. Its not just a function of testing. This week we will have our highest number of cases that weve ever had on a daily basis in the United States. Just to state the obvious, each of those people who have dedicated their lives over the past month to this pandemic, saying the opposite of what the president of the United States continues to tell all of us. Kaitlan collins is at ft. Bragg in North Carolina. Jessica dean is in North Carolina. Kaitlan, trump mocking biden today for following, well, trumps own cdc guidelines. Reporter thats right. And erin, weve known these two candidates had very different messages on the coronavirus, but nowhere was it more obvious than at these events in florida today. Seeing the president mock joe biden saying that its not that hes Holding Small events because of the pandemic, but that people dont want to come to his events according to the president. Of course, hes got thousands of people in front of him in florida, a lot of them not wearing a mask. Today, before they left to go to that rally, the president s chief of staff was asked, when you go to these events, when the Vice President goes to these events after coming into someone later that tests positive, youre not following your own administrations guidelines. Here is how he answered that question, erin . I can tell you that im following the guidelines and a number of us are following the guidelines. For all of you watching this morning, if you can carry a little container of purell, ive probably used more purell than any american in the United States over the last seven or eight months. Reporter so you see he talked about purell more than he did wearing a mask or social distancing. The thing that even trumps advisers cant answer is whether or not these rallies, these large events, are going to turn off the voters he needs to win on election day, those voters two arent showing up to the rallies, who respect concerned about the pandemic. And theyre not sure, its a bet theyre taking. What is clear is that the pandemic is defining the last days of this race. That is not something that the president wanted to see. Kaitlan, thank you very much. And i want to go to jessica dean, who is covering joe biden for us tonight. President trump was mocking biden today on the virus, but biden not shy about handing it back to him. Reporter absolutely not, erin. He criticized President Trump for holding what he called super spreader events, these rallies here in the state of florida, as kaitlan mentioned, just a few miles away. As much as President Trump did not want these final days to be about the coronavirus pandemic, joe biden and his campaign do. They believe they have the winning message on this. Listen to the scientists. Let doctors and experts lead the way. That is what he talked about in his Closing Argument to floridians today, talking about what he would do if elected, saying he has a plan and if elected, they are going to follow this plan. He acknowledged yesterday during his briefing that its not going to be as easy as flipping a switch and promises to do everything in his power to shut this virus down. He said, im not going to shut down the country, thats an attack he heard from President Trump, but i am going to shut down the virus. We did hear him talking about that today. He also talked about how health care is on the ballot, tying it back to the Affordable Care act, back to the supreme court, warning people that the coverage for preexisting conditions could go away. So kind of tying this all together in his Closing Arguments. Also leaving in an economic ms. Age tied to the coronavirus pandemic, erin. But, again, this is what theyre going to keep driving home. We are in a case seeing rising cases. You laid out the numbers nationally. This is what joe biden is going to be pounding and talking about every day, until we get to election day. Jessica dean, thank you. I want to go to olivia troye, who served as Vice President pence, who has since endorsed joe biden. So john, lets start with florida, key state, very different message. It could not be more stark and they both know it and own it when you see those images on the screen. Yet millions have voted already in florida. Millions. More than 4 Million People have already voted in florida. And is the die cast . The die is not cast, because we dont know how its going to end up, and florida is always tight. But the contrast couldnt be clearer, and all the major themes of this election, the pandemic, the hyper partisan politics, the contrast in styles, division versus yunity, are coming together in florida today. It is a stunning moment when you reflect at these intersections, and in a state whose governor embraced the kind of herd immunity being pushed by many, especially scott atlas, in the white house. And you are starting to see the toll of that strategy take place in very real ways, especially with so many Senior Citizens there. Dr. Reiner, biden slamming trump today for holding super spreader events. But there was a change, a small change, but Something Different the president said at one of his rallies today. And here it is. If you get close, wear a mask. Always controversial. Its not controversial to me. You get close, you wear a mask. Social distance. Okay, so in case as you watched that, youre watching the president as we all often do when you hear someone speaking on screen, i want to play it again. You can see the crowd behind him. Sometimes they hand masks out, i see one mask. I see two. So hes saying this, and behind him, theyre not socially distanced and not Wearing Masks. Obviously, he doesnt ever practice that, if that is what he is going to preach. He has not preached that until today, doctor. Its too little too late. And hes really giving lip service. But whats becoming he simply cant ignore that the virus is out of control. We had record numbers today. 88,500 more cases today. Weve never seen more cases than we did today. 46,000 people in the hospital. All the places hes been to in the last week have skyrocketing positivity rates. You know, pennsylvania is over 12 . Wisconsin is 27 . Iowa is 28 . So its becoming impossible for him to just get the country to believe that were turning the corner, because every day is record cases. 88,000 cases per day, well tick off another million cases of coronavirus in 11 days. It took 3 1 2 months to get to our first million cases, well do it now in 11 days. The virus is out of control. So when you hear the president giving lip service to mask, somebody must be saying mr. President , you need to say more. So the Coronavirus Task force is at the center of it. Olivia, i know you worked with dr. Birx on the task force. I want to bring in Kate Bennetts now. So kate, you broke this story about dr. Birx, her decision to abandon the white house and the relationship with scott atlas. Tell us more of your reporting. Reporter well, erin, essentially dr. Birx, who was this forward facing, you know, person right next to the president as the country started to go down this road of the pandemic, was ostensibly replaced because the president decided to doctor shop, for lack of a better word, until he found someone in scott atlas, who believed what he wanted to believe, which was questioning the efficacy of masks, not necessarily believing that children were carriers, really only old people got this disease. What happened with dr. Birx, she felt she was no longer really wanted to listen to someone who was not a career immunologist, as she is, and a Global Health government employee. She basically packed up and go out into the country and spread the word about coronavirus. Shes now gone to 40 states, 20,000 miles shes done. Scott atlas is in the oval office and shes in bismarck. This is how shes choosing to fight the virus. So its a battle to stop the virus and a battle forrer to, you know, stop whats going on in the white house, which has been a medical expert who isnt involved in what birx and dr. Fauci are saying and advising. All right. Kate, thank you so much. Let me give olivia a chance to react. Kates reporting, 40 states, bismarck, going to i hope everyone reads her full story, carr carryon bags, going into Grocery Stores to see whos Wearing Masks. You worked with her every day. You shared an office with her, and you were there when dr. Atlas showed up on the scene. Tell us about this, tell us about their relationship. It was tense. It was very tense. You have dr. Birx, who has been every day working tirelessly for countless hours with dr. Fauci and other people on the task force. She has been i saw her wake up at 4 00 in the morning to prepare the slides for the day. Those were informing fema and others on where ppe was really needed and what the hot spots were going to be. This is how you make policy. You get the experts at the table and you hash it out. So when dr. Atlas walked in, i call him scott atlas because i dont think he deserves the title doctor. He just perpetuates dangerous lies. I dont blame her for getting fed up. Shes had to deal with horrible dynamics within the white house. Ive seen it firsthand. Ive seen the Vice President s team completely disparage her at times. They rolled their eyes at her, as well. That is how shes been treated for months. This is someone who i have seen take up fights when it mattered. John, youve been doing a lot of reporting on atlas, and the fact that birx is, you know, look, shes out fighting because she thinks this is the way to be most effective. She thinks that is more effectiv effective than talking with the president of the United States. Shes made this choice because hes not listening to her anymore. And now, atlas really has, it seems, control of the president s ear. Yeah, and thats been true since he joined in early august, which is when birx and dr. Fauci were effecttively sidelined. She was brought in as the expert to help give balance to mike pences attempts when he was put in control of this disease. She put her credibility on the line, not criticizing President Trump when he said things. Its always this line people walk in the white house. You hear it said all the time. If i wasnt hear it would be so much worse, so they put up with a little bit. In some cases their credibility is compromised. But once you have an idealogue, then you go to the ground and say you know what . I have a moral obligation to do what i can, but the president is not listening anymore, and im going to try to reseem somethdeg as best i can for the country. Dr. Ripeeiner, you take what. Birx and others are saying, which is the opposite of what this president is saying, saying yeah, theres more cases, and its not because of more testing. The opposite of the president. They are all now starting to take him on. Well, they have to take him on because they see that the virus is getting out of control, and that things can get much, much worse. And i think well see this more going forward. And it will be interesting to see in the aftermath of the election next week, what the task force does and whether they go rogue and start speaking out and disregarding the process in the white house. Because they have nothing to lose, but the American People have a lot to lose. So let me ask you one more question, the moment a lot of people remember from dr. Birx, the president talked about injecting himself with a bleach and she said there and blanched, but she didnt seem to she certainly didnt publicly contradict him. Let me just play that moment again. And then i see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute, and is there a way we can do Something Like that . By injection inside or almost a cleaning. You can see the distress on her face, i think thats the fair word. But did she stand up to the president more than we know . Yes. I was there for that. I was standing behind the press briefing room, and we walked out of there and she was incredibly upset, as well as others. She had some pretty strong words for those who were the Vice President s and president s advisers on what had just been said, and she knew how dangerous it was. She was embarrassed at what had just happened. It was completely ridiculous. But when dr. Birx, shes a fighter. I will give her this. 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Lets pop this out. Monmouth University Poll out today, joe biden 50, donald trump 45. A fivepoint lead for joe biden in this poll. Joe biden 49, donald trump 46. So a close race in florida. What else is knew, right . In 2016, joe biden is in tampa right now, donald trump was there earlier. Thats the i4 corridor. Thats tampa, st. Pete, oerlrla. This in a close race decides it. Joe biden started down here in the southeast part of the state, retires, people from the northeast, latinos, democrats. They turn out in huge numbers. For the president , the key is across here, the northern part of florida, votes like the south, georgia, alabama, the trump army came out here four years ago, one of the big tests this time, do they turn out again . Democrats think theyre a little ahead in early voting. The president is there for that rally to drive out late vote on election day. It is incredible. You think more than 4 Million People have voted. As you say, its normal for florida to matter, but gosh, it is abnormal. So there are new polls, i know, from a lot of the key battleground states out tonight. What do they show to you . Lets pop this back. Today is a great test, especially if youre a democrat, when you look at this race right now. Do you see the glass as half empty or half full . Let me move this over so you can see it. I mentioned the florida poll, joe biden on top. A North Carolina poll, its close, joe biden on top, 4845. A pennsylvania poll, this one stays comfortable. Seven points for joe biden in pennsylvania. Thats been stable throughout. Republicans say its not true. Look at ohio. Joe biden in this quinnipiac poll up five points. If thats true, if pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, ohio gave joe biden the presidency after handing it to President Trump four years ago. That iowa poll showing it very close out in iowa, as well. What does that tell you . If youre a democrat, you could say bide on is on top. If you are a republican, you say we remember four years ago. Of course, now this whole thing who is voting early, you know, so many unknowns. We are, of course, seeing a lot of money getting involved here. Mike bloomberg, another 12 million in some of the key swing states just today. 5 million in texas, 4 million in ohio, almost 3 million in florida. And if there is anybody more data driven than Mike Bloombergs team, theyre not in politics. You make a great point. Number one, its always great in politics if you have friends. Joe biden already has a fundraising advantage. Now he has bloomberg throwing in money, as well. You mentioned texas, right . We already have joe biden across the 270 there shareshold. But texas leans red. Is it possible you could flip texas . It helps if bloomberg is pumping money in there. If texas flipped blue, forget about it. Ohio, its very competitive. If joe biden this is our map right now. Just imagine if this were blue on election day. Its game over. No republican in modern times has won the white house without ohio. So if bloomberg can get joe biden a point, point and a half, game over. Joe biden already has a huge advantage and it helps him more. Thank you very much, john king. Next, new details tonight into whose message is resonating with voters in these final days. We are going to defeat the marxists and the socialists bur. We need a president who will bring us together. Can texas turn blue . Senator Kamala Harris is headed there tomorrow, putting a real bet on it. Were on the ground with a closer look at the lonestar state. Its an important time to save. With priceline, you can get up to 60 off amazing hotels. And when you get a big deal. You feel like a big deal. Priceline. Every trip is a big deal. Are you managing. Using fingersticks . With the new freestyle libre 2 system, a continuous glucose monitor, you can check your glucose with a painless, onesecond scan. 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We believe in law and order, not like in philadelphia. And they cant let that happen. They cant let the looters run wild. We are going to defeat the, marxistst and the socialists, and the anarchists. Outfront now, the host of championshipsmerconish, micha smerconish. She says the president is focused on the future, and then the president gets up, you know, is quite negative and having talking about fear and hateful. He never seems to have adhered to her be best campaign. I guess if the question is whether shes laying out a standard that he then cant meet, i think the evidence is clear that is the case. Whether thats a dichotomy that offends that audience, i doubt. I think they were probably enthused to see the first lady back out on the campaign trail for what i think was the first time in a long time. But your point is unmistakable. So laura, she was there. This joint rally together in florida, five days before as i point out, it is their first rally together. Shes trying to reach out to women voters. Mustwin women voters. Weve been talking to many of them, what are they saying to you . Yeah, ive sat in on a number of focus groups in the last month with undecided female voters, particularly white women and we know based on the polling that the president is not doing well with white women in a number of key states, including in pennsylvania and in arizona. And theyre saying one of the biggest things across those groups that im hearing is about wanting to see more unity, wanting to see the negativity toned down, and wanting to hear more from the candidates about what they would do to bring in the opposing party if its trump, if he continues in power, or if its biden. One of the women in the focus group i watched this week, she was from pennsylvania and she decided, after voting for trump in 2016, she was going to vote for biden this time around. And her reasoning came down to bidens answer in the last debate when he was asked what he would say to voters who didnt vote for him. And she really liked his answer, saying that he wouldnt be a president for red or blue america, but that he would be a president that speaks to all of americans. A very different message than we get from the president. Larry, i know you have florida as a tossup. The first lady and the president were campaign thing today. Biden and President Trump in florida today, tried to appeal to a voting group that could decide which way florida goes, and that is the hispanic vote. Here they are. Bidens agenda will devastate the hispanicamerican community. He betrayed hispanicamericans for 47 years. Hes been very had for the hispanicamericans. Its unconscionable that they are deporting hundreds of cubans and venezuelans back to their dictatorships. President trump loves to talk, but he doesnt care about skew ban and venezuelan people. So the latest poll from quinnipiac shows biden winning hispanics 5034. That seems large, but clinton won that group 6235, so she did better with hispanics. Is that a bad sign . What do you read into it . Thats a bad sign for biden, and the fact that biden is doing consider wably better with seni citizens is a bad sign for trump. We can play these games a lot and well continue to play them all the way until we get the results tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, when they come in. But look, the hispanic vote is fractured in florida. Its the most complicated hispanic vote in america. It is true that President Trump is doing relatively well with cubanamericans, with colombianamericans, with venezuelanamericans. But mexicanamericans, especially puerto ricans, are bidens strength in florida. But you have to broaden it out again, and look at the Bigger Picture in florida. Theres probably no more Important Group than Senior Citizens. Thats where biden has made progress compared to hillary clinton. Of course, some of that, no doubt because of the coronavirus. Michael, i want to ask you about these Crucial Senate races. The control of the senate is going to matter a whole lot here, especially if biden does win, right . A Democratic Senate can pass a lot of legislation. So sitting republican senator kelly laufler, had an exchange today with reporters, including manu raju. I want to play it for you. You were out theasked if pre trump had said or done anything you disagreed with. You know that President Trump was caught on tape talking about sexually assaulting women. You didnt disagree with that . What does that say . Look, what i agree with is the approach President Trump has taken since day one to put america first. And youre still not disagreeing with that particular with that particular thing that President Trump said . Youre still not what are you referring to . Youre still not disagreeing with President Trumps statements about sexually assaulting women. Im not familiar with that. Hes referring to the access hollywood tape. Look, this president is fighting for america. Thats what im fighting for. Michael, how much does that topic at this point does her answer to it matter in this race . If shes saying that shes up aware of the access hollywood tape, hes simply an incredible statement, in my view. What i see taking place in a number of these senate races is a very careful dance. Im thinking not only of her, but also of senator mcsally where they want to be close to the president in some circumstances, but careful, very careful to maintain their distance in other circumstances. It was almost comical to see the situation where mcsally and President Trump on the same stage, albeit for the allotted 60 seconds that he gave her within the last 48 hours. I think thats emblematic of what im talking about. They recognize he can be helpful with parts of the base, but problematic with other voters. So let me play that moment. You spent a lot of time in arizona, so Martha Mcsally fighting to hold on to her seat. She appears with trump yesterday at a rally. Let me play that moment of how it went down. Martha, come up just fast, quick. Fast fast, come on, quick. Youve got one minute, martha. Come on, lets go, quick, quick, quick. Come on, lets go. All right, im coming. Thank you, President Trump. Shes done Everything Possible to align herself with him. So how is it going to play, laura . Well, right now, mcsallys chances arent looking good based on the polling. Shes trailing trump in a number of polls. Shes had a lot of trouble trying to win over the voting bloc that is trumps base in arizona. Its why she lost in 2018 to now senator kirsten cinema, the democrat, because she wasnt able to win over voters. Arizona is nope fknown for tick splitting. A lot of voters may vote republican in the president ial and democratic in the senate and vice versa. I heard some say theyll vote for mark kelly but not sure who they will vote for, for president yet. So mcsally, she has embraced President Trump on one end, but also when she was asked in one of the last debates if she was proud of him, she wouldnt answer the question. Thats where shes been struggling to win republicans. To walk that line. Larry, i know you have switched, i believe, your georgia races, kelly laughler to tossups. What do you see happening there . This is really fascinating to me, erin. Usually voters forget the last election, they move on to other things. In georgia, though, Something Else is going on, and basically, its what happened to democratic candidate stacey abrams, an africanamerican legislative leader who ran for governor and nearly won. And many even nonpartisan observers believe she lost to the republican because of voter suppression, some of it coming out of secretary of state brian kevins office. Theres real anger, and the africanamerican vote seems especially energized in georgia. Thats one of the explanations for the fact that both senate seats are essential i tied, and the president ial race is tied. You dont expect that from georgia. It is incredible when you look at where it is right now. Thank you all three very much next, breaking news, a federal Appeals Court ruled minnesotas ballots must be received by election day. So what if a voter just today mailed their ballot . The states governor is next. Biden making a major play for texas just days before the election. Does he seriously have a shot . Its gone from being a no shot to a long shot to now a medium shot. Woman after covid, my hours got cut. So we cant pay our bills. And now our Family Budget is gonna be hit hard with prop 15. The yes on 15 ads say it only raises taxes on big corporations. Thats not true were all going to pay. 11 billion in new property taxes will get passed on to Small Businesses and farms. Theyll raise prices. Higher gas, health care, food. Even day care. We cant make ends meet now. Families cant afford 15. No on prop 15. Breaking news. A major vix tctory for republic tonight. A court ruling minnesotas ballots must be received by election day. This cuts off a grace period that allowed ballots to be postmarked by election day. The court saying there is no pandemic exception to the constitution. Governor tim walz joins us now. What impact does this ruling have on voters in your state . First of all, erin, we vote in the highest numbers. I just released a video to assure people the system is safe. What i would tell people is, what this ruling says is they will segregate those ballots. But well over 1. 2 million ballots have been received. I would tell voters, if you have an absentee ballot in your hand right now, drop it off in person. Go to the website and it speaks volumes when your goal is to make it more difficult for people to vote. It probably speaks that theyre not happy with your policies. So here in minnesota, we will still count all the votes. The system is still secure. Those ballots will be segregated. I think this will obviously go further up the up through the judiciary to get a decision. At this point in time, people can avoid all this by going and dropping their ballots off in person. In minnesota, we have sameday registration so they can vote on tuesday. So all of that is good because you want every vote to be counted. But what happen it is the margin of victory is such that people who mailed their votes today or who dont get the message youre saying now, that the number of those ballots that are received after election day actually matters, what happens then, that just goes to the court is what youre saying . The court also decide. Theyre segregated, not thrown out. I think thats what this court seems to think that it should. Be the predominance leading towards the voter. But those ballots will still be there. We will do everything in our power to ensure theyre counted as they should be, regardless of who they voted for. And well pick a winner that way. Our system has lasted this long based on civility, decency, respect for the process, and so im still confident that the choice of the voters, and the voters need to decide who the next president will be and who these other elected offices will be, not a decision by a threepam courthree threepanel court. But were confident that the winner will be found on Election Night or shortly thereafter. Thats part of the system. And well move forward. Okay. So you mentioned the video, and i saw this video on twitter. Its getting a lot of discussion. Is the video you made with the three prior governors of the state of minnesota, and i want to play a clip of it, governor, here it is. With so many of us voting by mail, it may take a little longer to verify a winner. A delay just means our system is working. And that were counting every single ballot. There may not be a clear winner on Election Night, but no matter who wins lets demonstrate the decency and civility that minnesotans are known for. Democrats and republicans, the kind of message we need. And independents. And independents, thats right. You got it all there. And yet the context here is, i dont know if you saw the headline, walmart. Theyre pulling firearms and ammunition in some stores because they have unrest in philadelphia and they want them off the shelves now ahead of election day. Tension is high. And people are anxious and afraid. Of whats going to happen on that night and after. How concerning is all of this to you . Well, i believe i believe in our system. I think here in minnesota and i can speak to that. And i think thats true in other states. Theres resiliency in the system. I think its clear to everyone that there are those that want to sow doubt. There are those that want to pretend like mailin voting isnt valid. Ive used it as a soldier. And some of these rules, just to be very clear, minnesota warriors in war zones right now could be denied their vote if we dont get a good decision on these segregated ballots. So i think people of good will understand this. I think the majority of minnesotans clearly understand while tensions are high, we have passions around voting, we need to follow the system. Its in place. It has served us well all these years. And were taking all the necessary steps to make sure that their votes are counted and people can feel sure that theyre safe in those in voting if they go to vote in in person. And the outcome. Of course, going to vote in person, having more people to do so is going to come in the midst of the surge of coronavirus cases in the state. Your Health Commissioner said hospitalizations have hit a high watermark. Deaths today tragically near record levels. So so what are you going to do about that, especially if youre going to have more people voting in person than otherwise would . Are you considering new restrictions right now in terms of peoples activity or not . Well, we have opportunities to vote curbside. Weve trained our folks who will be working at the polls. We have the personal protective equipment. We have a mask mandate in minnesota and we will do those things. But youre absolutely right, all those things are true. We are in a dangerous position. We rank 20th now in infection rates, but the states to the west of us are one, two and four. So it we have protections in place. It is safe for folks to go. Its more challenging this year, but its important. People need to vote. We know how important this election is. People need to vote. All right. Governor walz, thank you very much. I appreciate your time, sir. Youre welcome, erin. And next, democrats cautiously optimistic that they can turn texas blue. Why . Election. fisherman vo how do i register to vote . Hmm . Hmm . Hmm . woman on porch vo can we vote by mail here . grandma vo youll be safe, right . daughter vo yes four girls vo the polls voted grandma vo go out and vote its so important man at poll vo woo grandma vo its the most important thing you can do is often unseen. Because the pain youre feeling could be a sign of irreversible joint damage. Every day you live with pain, swelling, and stiffness. 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Jason carroll is outfront. Reporter theyve been lining up in the Lone Star State for days as early voting ends tomorrow. More than 8. 4 Million People have already cast ballots in the state. Thats 94 of the overall vote from 2016. Both sides clearly energizeed, but democrats in this reliably red state are feeling more encouraged than they have in decades, thanks to changing demographics, the partys improved standing in f. A. S. Fastgrowing suburbs and with young voters like angelica who voted for joe biden. I come from a very conservative background. Im the only one voting blue this year. Do you think biden has a fighting chance in the state of texas . Do i. Reporter the 24yearold says she lost her job as a sever due to the coronavirus. She lives here in Tarrant County home to fort worth. Donald trump won Tarrant County by more than eight points. Two years later, Democrat Beto Orourke nearly carried it while coming up short in his attempt to defeat senator ted cruz. Shes never voted until now. I listened to some of the things that trump said and ied kated myself a lot more, and i think that this year just in general with everything thats going on has really been the turning point for me. Reporter make no mistake, a biden win in texas is still a tall order. The last democratic president ial nominee to win here was jimmy carter back in 1976, but given the early turnout, democrats arent seeing red, theyre seeing purple. One sign of that shift, people like former dallas mayor steve bartlett, a republican, who says the former Vice President has a shot. Well, its gone from being a no shot to a longshot to now a medium shot. Reporter bartlett is backing biden, saying that trump has not shown the character needed to be an effective president. Im a lifetime republican, but the country is suffering and we will suffer a lot more if we reelect donald trump. Reporter democrats are making a late investment in the race with time and money. On thursday a super pac funded by Michael Bloomberg added another 5. 6 million in ads in the state. Thats on top of nearly 9 million already spent. And Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris is making three stops here friday to mobilize new voters in their rapidly diversifying state. Theyre much less culturally conservative. Theyre very, very diverse. Theyre generally better educated. And those are the kinds of voters that are much more amenable to voting for a moderate democrat like joe biden. Reporter and back here in Tarrant County, many voters from both parties saying a biden win in texas could just be wishful thinking. He has a chance in maine, but for texans, no. Unlikely. Its hard to say because texas has always been a red state, so im not really sure. Well, erin, a poll out just this week shows that trump is up in the state by three points, but, again, this is texas, and democrats are saying that a republican candidate by this point should be way ahead. Again, they say this is another sign that things are changing in the state. Erin . All right. Thank you very much, jason. And thanks to all of you for joining us. Anderson starts now. Good evening. The country has just crossed yet another terrible threshold. According to the data team at john hopkins university, today is now the worst single day for covid cases in the country. The worst single day of the entire pandemic. 83,757 new cases so far, and that number will not be final for hours yet. 940 lives lost so far. And its just 8 00. With that, as the horrible scene setter, we begin tonight with one state, two candidates and two very different ways of campaigning in a pandemic. One about as safe as you can make it, given the circumstances. The other about as reckless as you can