Playing offense against covid19, where we stand against therapeutics, a vaccine and hospital care. Are we Getting Better at treating success patients . Plus around 80 million ballots already cast how will this massive vote, impact fierce and weather impact turnout on election day. Live from cnbc global headquarter, the fact, the truth, the news with shepard smith. Good evening with five days until the election, a fight for mustwin florida. President donald trump and joe biden holding rallies in tampa just hours apart nbc news marist poll out today show as tight race in florida, biden with a slight edge, 5147, but thats inside the margin of error and last months poll had them tied at 48. A live look at tampa here where biden is set to take the stage at any minute. Biden told supporters there today if florida goes blue, its over were covering both campaigns. And Kayla Tausche is following the story. Reporter President Donald Trump had people in blazing heat that sent some to the hospital because of the blazing heat. If we do win, youre going to see a stock market that goes through the roof your 401 k s are going to go up by 50 quickly you watch. I know all those guys. Theyre petrified at the thought of having massive tax increase, regulation in florida early voting, republicans have cast 2. 8 million votes, democrats have cast 3 million voters unaffiliated have cast 1. 5 million. Trump was ahead just two days ago, showing its still anyones race for the states 29 electoral votes. The president is now headed to North Carolina to greet military families after another rally scheduled for tonight there was cancelled due to wind gusts projected up to 50 Miles Per Hour separately, state Health Officials confirm two attendees at the president s last event in the state have since tested positive for the coronavirus despite the president s optimism for the stock market earlier today, his top economic adviser was asked about that and how the market particularly would digest this recent spike in covid cases, larry kudlow told the Washington Post no one knows. Kayla, thanks Kristen Welker in tampa following the Biden Campaign joe biden says if he wins florida, thats it thats right. Because basically President Donald Trump has a very, very narrow path if he doesnt win florida. And so if former Vice President joe biden can carry out a win here with its 29 electoral votes, that would all but guarantee a victory and going to the white house. What we saw today, shep, two very different messages, two very different rallies you had President Donald Trump, as kayla said, who had thousands there, very little social distancing, few masks and Vice President biden who had what is becoming one of his signature rallies, a drivein, where people honked instead of cheering for an applause line. He tried to put the fo vice t biden said cases of covid are rising right here in florida he made the point this all comes down to the Sunshine State take a listen to what biden had to say. This election is the most important one youve ever voted in, whether its your first or tenth. Ladies and gentlemen, the heart and soul of this country is at stake right here in florida. Its up to you you hold the key if florida goes blue, its over its over biden will be energizing supporters here in tampa this is of course a swing district so expect a lot of focus on tampa. Worth noting that while bide has at that fourpoint lead in the broader poll, President Donald Trump is doing well with men and latino voters and bidens trying to peel some of those off, shep. Biden vowed today to create a task force to reunite mike grgr children separated from their children once in office, hes going to create that task force to reunite children under President Donald Trumps zero tolerance policy there are still an estimated nearly 500 children who have not been reunited with their families and who the government doesnt know where their parents are. So biden trying to put the focus on that and vowing to do something about it the question is how quickly will he be able to do something if he is in fact elected and is it too late to try to swing any of the votes here again, shep, the latino vote is critical here in the battleground state of florida. Ive been talking to a lot of different members of the Latino Community over the past 48 hours and i can tell you, they are sharply divided. Shep kristen, thanks record voting across the country. More than 80 million americans already cast their ballots and look at texas. 8. 5 million early voters just there, almost 95 of the total cast in 2016 in fact, texas is extending early voting through friday in some counties and making voting locations available 24 hours a day. In georgia almost 3. 5 million votes cast now thats 83 of 2016s number. But the states been battered by hurricane zeta 16 counties postponing early voting Douglas County postponing voting altogether powerful ice storms knocking out power to more than 300,000 homes in oklahoma. That includes about half of oklahoma citys residents. Contessa brewer has been following elections in swing states contessa, what does record early voting and bad weather mean for election day reporter its unlikely to be like anything weve ever seen. Its harder in a lot of places here iowa has lost 261 polling sites since 2016 that affects 30 of voters in that state, mostly in urban areas and in some states you might have to bypass armed poll observers to cast your ballot. Wildfires and hurricanes have damaged polling sites. In louisiana 70 of polling sites around lake charles have to change because of damage or power outages. And still the parish clerk anticipates 19,000 people will show up at the largest of its mega voting sites on election day. Experts on turnout anticipate fle plenty of enthusiasm to fuel november 3rd voting. How does coronavirus come into play here er th theyre having a toughee getting poll volunteers. They have to include extra time for people are very excited to go vote on election day but considering that covid is increasing day by day, youre seeing the lines at testing sites get longer, the stats on the news channel grow every day. I quickly changed my mind and am choosing to vote early because of a few reasons reporter in el paso county, t texas, there are cure fefews in place. An a judge is on the record encouraging people to vote in spite of those obstacles dr. Anthony fauci told us last night if we continue on the current course, were going to be in for a whole lot of pain ahead. Across the country Many Americans are already feeling it this map shows the number of people who were in hospitals back in april. Its broken down by region remember, hospitalizations are one of the best ways to track this virus because the numbers arent affecting by testing. You can see the northeast in red up there it was hardest hit, more than 35,000 people in the hospitals in early going the socalled second wave, these are the numbers from late july thats when hospitalizations surged in the deep south, while they dropped in the midwest and northeast. Finally, heres a look at where things stand today the number of people in hospitals much more widespread moe major surges, instead, little fires everywhere. All regions reporting thousands of hospitalizations. Inside hospitals, covid has changed the lives of thousands of doctors, nurses and others across the country Gabe Gutierrez spoke with some in montana today gabe, a rough road ahead there reporter certainly, shep, theres a lot of concern here as we head into flu season and as we get into the winter with colder temperatures. We did speak with some of those Health Care Workers here today they say theyve seen a dramatic rise in cases over the last several weeks. They have three covid units here at some times they have been at or near capacity take a listen to what they showed us today. Saint Vincent Health care in Billings Montana wasnt always among the front lines in the war against covid. It is now. Joey says hes personally held the hands of 23 of his patients who have died, after the first one passed without him theyre not going to pass alone on my unit again reporter the hospital granted us access with the permission of patients families to show the devastating impact of the virus this facility takes in critical patients from across the state this is one of the hospitals three covid units. At least 14 Covid Patients here are on ventilators right now its a minutebyminute struggle how close are you to being at capacity right now were close, were very close. And again, we can probably find beds but its going to be at the expense of nonCovid Patients. She showed us one patient still intubated. Another had just come off his ventilator the toll here is mounting. Joey traywick visited one of his patients now in recovery, out of isolation. When he gets to get off of the covid unit on to a different floor where he can have a visitor perhaps, its like we won. Thats, i mean, one of the times that it dawns on you theres hope you know, shep, some of what we saw here today reminded me a lot of what we saw in new york months ago many of the Health Care Workers say theyre frustrated more people arent wearing mask and they wish at least some of this could have been prevented. Thank you of course we hear a lo abot abo vaccines and from some corners how theyre right around the corner thats not true. There is a race to produce a vaccine, one thats safe and works and distribute it to billions around the world, but that is not around the corner. Cnbcs meg tirrel nol now. What does the race for a vaccine look like now . We could be getting close to the beginning of the end we expect to see data from moderna and pfizer perhaps even over the next few weeks. Dr. Fauci is saying that those, if successful, could start to be deployed at the end of december and in early january however, because there will be such limited supply, they will be given to the most prioritized group like Health Care Workers and people at really high risk of the disease and then it will be into 2021 if these vaccines are successful that the rest of us could get access what about treatments and therapeutics, meg . Reporter well, we just got some new data that was positive last night on antibody drug. They showed when they gave this to people just diagnosed to covid19, they could cut the risk of needing to go to the hospital or see the doctor at 57 and people at higher rate of severe disease, they cut the risk by 72 . That can be an incredibly meaningful drug. The problem, its in short may have only 50,000 doses. They hope to get up to 300,000 within a few months. There are pills in the works as well merck is working on one of those. Its ceo joined cnbc this morning to talk about that potential promise. Here whats he said. What we know so far about that drug is very encouraging. We know that at concentrations that seem to be safe that it prevents viral replication now the question is in a large study of 2,700 people, can we show it has actually has an effect on sickness and death, morbidity and mortality . Were very optimistic about that we might get those data early 2021 meg, thanks so much a sign of the times from walm t walmart. Its pulling ammunition and guns off its store shelves. They say its temporary and that customers can still by kbguns ad am ammo if they want. The Company Issued this statement weve seen some isolated civil unrest and has we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we moved our fierrms and ammunition off the shelves as a precaution. The wrath of had yourricane. Plus covid holiday dangers exactly one month out from the next big super spreader. You have to be careful. Experts are warning skip thanksgiving but are americans listening . I feel pretty pissed off about it a popular savings app under fire from customers who say they cant access their money a cnbc investigation unfortunately, we cant just up the Assembly Line stressballs gummies have ashwagandha, an herbal stress reliever that helps you turn the stressed life. Into your best life. Stress less and live more. With stressballs. Hurricane zeta killed at least five people, left a trail of destruction from alabama, mississippi and beyond it rushed ashore about this time yesterday in Southeastern Louisiana as a pout werful cater 2 storm, some places 3 and youll see it rip apart of roof in new orleans. The roof gone now. And another person drown in south mississippi. Cops in georgia say trees fell on several homes and killed three people the fastmoving storm pounded the coast from louisiana to the Florida Panhandle with heavy rain, raced across the southeast, moved up the atlantic as a posttropical cyclone more than 2 million homes and businesses are still without power now from louisiana to virginia and Authorities Say some places could be in the dark for days nbcs morgan chesky. Sometimes its water that crushes and this time it looks like its the wind youre exactly right. This is a tale of which side of the hurricane you were on. Wind roared ashore yesterday right around this time if you were in the new orleans area, this was a wind event in every sense of the word. You can see that firsthand in this bakery behind me. Take a lock here, this roof thats covering this parking lot and partially covering this entire building was actually blown off by zeta from a neighboring business here. That is a nail salon the owner telling me hes owned this business for decades now. It was a complete loss from hurricane katrina. Now hes going to have to rebuild yet again from hurricane zeta this is the strongest hurricane to hit louisiana this late in a season, and weve seen time and time again the damage its left behind this was wind. If we go to the east in mississippi, we saw the storm surge just rolling inland. A parking garage had cars bobbing in them and we know that there was an estimated 11 feet of water pushed inland in that area, shep no matter what side youre on, zeta making it very clear this is not a storm to be messed with thank you we got great Economic News wrapped up in covid hell the Gross Domestic Product increased at 33 in the Third Quarter. Consumer spending, reopenings and business investing driving that rebound, but theres still a long way to go the economy is only about twothirds of the way back where it was from before the pandemic struck and the future is, well, uncertain to put it mildly Steve Liesman is with us its clear now there are two economies, really. Yeah, at least two, shep. You have people who theyre working from home, they havent felt this at all other people who have seen their businesses close down, lock down, reopen, reclosed some of those folks are getting government aid some folks maybe have gotten it before and seen it run out with the lack of stimulus you just reported that big number, that 33 that followed a huge decline of 31 in the second quarter. So we did the math for you are so you dont have to do it at home from before the pandemic to now, wooer still down 3. 5 . Let me put that in context thats just a little better than the worst days of the 2008 2009 recession. Its still a recession out there. We had a stimulus for a while. Now we dont have anything are these numbers proof that that stimulus worked or how would you put it i wouldnt say proof but strongly suggested when you look at the Consumer Spending numbers, it was up 40 . Weve not seen anything like this on a quartertoquarter basis. You can see it right there theres the down and theres the back up. Weve had two element. One, you had pentup demand from the decline in the second quarter, people spent with some abandon. We also had a mass of infusion of government stimulus into the economy and it strongly suggested it helped the economy in the Third Quarter how could it not. Aly deja vu from march and april and grocery panic. Grocery items are flying off the shelves, canned goods, diapers, remember how good it was to find that stuff analysts say were stockpiling and grabbing as much as we can with holidays coming up. 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