The breaking point when the robots are finished, i feel comfortable plus, meet the hightech viruskilling robot fighting covid19 announcer live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with shepherd smith. Good evening with four days until the election, joe biden and President Trump are on a final Campaign Blitz, crisscrossing the midwest as politics and the pandemic collide headon in the heartland of america the candidates holding dueling events where covid hospitalizations are at record highs. And patients are overwhelming some hospitals heres a look at where theyre campaigning today. Biden also making it to des moines, while the president is near detroit. And they have a very busy weekend ahead. Tomorrow, biden and former president obama will Campaign Together in michigan, flynt, and then detroit President Trump spending saturday in mustwin pennsylvania, with three rallies across that state. Now, a live look in rochester, minnesota, where the Trump Campaign planned a rally with thousands and thousands of supporters, but covid safety rules in the state capped the crowd at just 250. He says hell go anyway. The president stepped off air force one just minutes ago over in milwaukee, biden is set to give a soul of the nation speech within the next hour. Bidens running mate, senator Kamala Harris, campaigning in texas today, one of the traditionally deep state red red states that democrats are looking to flip. Oops more than 9 million texans have voted already. 9 million. Thats more than the entire voter turnout there four years ago. In total, President Trump is planning 14 rallies in the final three days of the campaign on the trail today, President Trump continuing to insist that were rounding a turn of the pandemic of course, were not we just had more than 90,000 new covid cases in a single day for the first time ever. Were on the ground, following both campaigns in the final stretch. Garrett hake with trump in rochester, b shep, joe biden just took off from minnesota, flying here to wisconsin for the third stop of his blitz across the midwest this is not the last that the midwest is going see of him. You hes going to head to michigan tomorrow tomorrow before moving on to pennsylvania, the battleground state he has spent the most time in thus far this general. The key to this midwest swing is rebuilding that blue wall that donald trump helped to crumble in 2016. Joe biden talking about why hes stumping in places that went red in 2016, but also spending time in minnesota, which went blue. Listen to what he said why minnesota democrats won minnesota in 2016. Are you concerned . No, im not concerned were going to be in iowa, in wisconsin, i thought i would stop in minnesota. I dont take anything for granted. Were going to work for every single vote up until the last minute reporter shep, you talk about every single vote, more than 2. 1 million votes have already been have already been counted here in wisconsin you compare that to the total in 2016, which 2. 9 million, you can feel an enthusiasm here on the ground and i have to tell you, as ive been talking to voters across this county today, the one thing that they all have in common is that the pandemic is front of mind for them, the key issue that all of them are taking with them into the blot box shep ali vitali on the Biden Campaign now garrett hake at President Trumps event in rochester, minnesota garrett . Reporter shep, everything about this last event of the day today is unusual the fact that were even campaigning in minnesota, a state that hasnt gone for republicans since 1972, is unusual. The president s been fuming all day about this event, in particular because of covid restrictions that capped what was supposed to be a rally of many thousands of supporters, at an event with just 250 socially distant following covid rules that his campaign usually ignores. He landed a short time ago, hopped right into his limousine and drove around and outside this rally, so that he could go greet thousands of supporters who had gathered outside hes been complaining at his other stops today, including in green bay, about the covid restrictions here, but the reality on the ground is, minnesota is having a terrible week of the pandemic its worst so far they set their record for hospitalizations on wednesday. They set their record for new cases on thursday. And the governor and the attorney general of the state are trying now to enforce these rules. The president essentially running against the Public Health rules being put in place in the states. Its a strange closing message here, shep, but thats where we are in 2020. Garrett, thanks a Record Number of americans has already voted this year. More than 85 million ballots cast early voting in hawaii and texas surpassing the total votes cast in 2016. Montana, tennessee, and Washington State inching closer to that. Experts are predicting a record 150 million voters this year that would be 65 of all eligible voters in the whole country and the highest rate since the election of 1908 Cnbcs Kayla Tausche now on what that means for election day turnout. Kayla . Reporter shep, across the critical electoral battleground, early voting far outpaces the demand for 2016. In ohio, Officials Say demand for early voting this year is fully double that of the prior Election North Carolina expects 80 of votes to be cost before tuesday and in arizona, the number of accepted ballots as they call them there, thats already 85 of all votes cast in the last election but all of that is based on the last election, and none of the officials in the dozen states that we reached out to could say how turnout this year will actually look and how much of the vote has been front loaded in the last two months in the midwest, they say, voters are still going to be going to the polls on election day. Officials in iowa, an unlikely swing state, where President Trump is heading this weekend, they expect turnout to be, in their words, significant michigan is estimating about 40 of a total 5 million votes will come on tuesday. And despite snow already on the ground in minnesota, the state says its historically number one in turnout, and says thats proof of high attendance but officials acknowledge, its impossible to know exactly how many to anticipate a wisconsin state official tells cnbc, predicting turnout is a fools errand when there are so many unknowns and variables this year but shep, even if they dont know the exalt number of people who will be heading to the polls, wisconsin officials do tell us one thing. They expect on election night, it will be too close to call shep kayla, thanks Security Issues also a looming concern for election day businesses across the nation boarding up storefronts to brace for increased activity los angeles planning to shut rodeo drive on election day. Businesses in swaths of downtown d. C. Near the white house boarding up in preparation Macys Department store in manhattan just started putting its boards up. In boston, workers boarded up the Prudential Center and along michigan avenues shopping strip boarding up windows ahead of the vote covid watch now. The United States has hit another grim milestone more than 9 pll confirmed cases total. Thats more than any other country on the planet, by far. The u. S. Added about 88,000 cases yesterday, a singleday record again, and for context, thats more than one new case in america every second thats from johns hopkins. Here you can see how cases have increased since april. That peak at the end, thats where we are today were averaging about 76,000 cases a day over the past week but its a different story with deaths keep an eye on the red line here it shows how the number of deaths have changed throughout the pandemic in midapril, more than 2,200 people dying every day during the summer wave, that number was cut in half and as cases rise again, its less still we know deaths are a lagging indicator, but its clear, covid is killing at a much slower rate to help explain it all, Scott Gottlieb joins us now, former fda commissioner, cnbc medical contributor, dr. Gottlieb, where are we now, big picture . Were at a point where the epidemic is accelerating across the country. Were right at the beginning of the steep part of the epidemic the beginning weve seen these episodes before right. And youll see cases start to accelerate in the coming weeks i think the Inflection Point is really going to be thanksgiving. December is probably going to be the toughest month well see cases accelerate into thanksgiving i think well be forced to take tougher mitigation steps right around thanksgiving and people will start to reduce their activity well see states implement targeted mitigation. That will be probably the turning point. Right now, today, we recorded 97,000 cases we probably will cross 100,000 maybe tomorrow, but certainly by next week. So this is beginning to accelerate around the country. And the reason why it doesnt feel very bad in most parts of the country right now is because its moderately bad everywhere as opposed to the epidemics before that were centered in new york or in the south, this one is more confluent across the entire country well, if its moderately bad everywhere, and the trend is up, then are we anticipating really bad everywhere i think thats the risk we saw in the spring a very dense epidemic in new york then over the summer, we saw a very dense epidemic in the south. States and cities like phoenix, houston, miami i think now were seeing epidemics start to spring up everywhere around the country. Its centered right now in the midwest and the upper midwest, the great lakes region, but youre seeing cases pick up pretty much everywhere some parts of the country are maintaining better control, like the tristate region, the midatlantic states, but everywhere else is seeing cases start to pick up and accelerate. We keep hearing, vaccine around the corner, vaccine around the corner. Thats, of course, if they can make sure its safe and it works, but when would everyone have availability . Like, when will it really protect us is there a timeline . Yeah, well, im on the board of pfizer, which is one of the companies that has a vaccine in advanced development i think theres a possibility that if the trials underway right now and pfizer and moderna are the furthest ahead with their vaccines, if those trials are successful, we should have results some point this month. You could see an authorization for a vaccine, for a highrisk population, largely an older population happen at some point this year. And maybe people start to get vaccinated this year but theyre not going to have protective immunity until 2021 you need two doses of the vaccine, it needs to be spaced a about a month apart, so it will be february or march before that First Tranche of patients that are eligible to receive a vaccine actually have protective immunity in terms of the general population, i think were unlikely to have a licensed vaccine for broad use until really perhaps the Second Quarter of 2021 or the early Third Quarter of 2021. Hope flip in time for the fall and winter season of 2021, but not in time for what were going through right now. Lets hope. Dr. Gottlieb, thank you. Have a good weekend. Illinois has shattered another covid record cases skyrocketing to more than 6,900 in one day thats more than triple what they added just one month ago, from the Illinois Department of health these troubling new numbers are triggering new restrictions across chicago today the windy city shut down Indoor Dining and bar service, its over. But the Illinois Restaurant association is pushing back. Board members say theyre planning to sue the state over the new measures we all agree that private uncontrolled gatherings are a leading cause in a rise in cases. Closing restaurants for Indoor Service will cause the exact opposite of the intended impact of slowing the spread, as it drives people further into uncontrolled, unmonitored private gatherings, where few safety precautions are in place. Well, the pandemic is forcing thousands of restaurants out of business, the rest clearly struggling to stay afloat. Nbcs cal perry in chicago and how theyre dealing with the new restriction restrictions shep, new daily high totals the past couple of days has people rattled. Health Officials Say theyre at a nearbreaking point in the hospitals and then you have the economic costs just restaurants alone, we have seen 5,000 people go out of business in the state of illinois since the pandemic began and were looking at new measures to curtail the business nobody can make money under these conditions we went from having a couple thousand employees to now having about 400 employees and were soon going to have a heck of a lot less and how do you look these people in the eye that have families and have to feed them, like i just did today, and say, sorry, weve got to furlough you again. The politics of this, especially locally, are exceedingly difficult, if not impossible the mayor had initially wanted to keep restaurants open she met with the governor, she changed her mind theyre shutting down Indoor Dining looming large over all of this is the lack of a stimulus package. So hard to tell businesses to shut down when theyre not getting any federal bailout money. Cal, thanks were tracking developments out of turkey this night a 7. 0 earthquake sent buildings crashing crews working through the night there to help people trapped in the rubble a deadly earthquake rocks turkey, triggers a tsunami, and widespread destruction were knocking the hell out of him its not who we are neck and neck and skyhigh turnout. Whats state of the race and can we trust what the polls are telling us who needs who more . Thats a good question. Imagine if you wwill, what wd it look like if california aouerthts own country a desperate search tonight for survivors after a massive quake rocked turkey and greece today. Officials say at least 19 people are dead and more than 700 injured. People trapped in turkeys Third Largest city, rescuers in ismir working to free folks buried underneath destroyed buildings the 7. 0 magnitude quake centered just west of turkey. It leveled buildings and triggered a tsunami. Heres Richard Engel reporter shep, this area is well known for earthquakes there have been many there before both turkey and greece are on fault lines. And this earthquake happened right between them in the aegean sea. It was a relatively shallow earthquake, but what was unusual is that it raised a small tsunami. You dont often see tsunamis in the Mediterranean Region it raised the water, the tide pushed on to the island of samos, which is part of greece, and also on to the turkish coastline near the city of ismir, and inside the city of ismir, where some of the streets were turned into rivers filled with debris. At least 20 buildings collapsed in ismir, several of them apartment buildings. The death toll remains fluid so far, it does not seem to be a massive number of casualties, but there are still quite a few people missing some of them feared drowned, some of them feared swept out to sea. Shep richard, thank you. Two days after hurricane zeta rushed ashore in southeast louisiana, governor John Bell Edwards warns the danger is far from over. Its not the hurricanes, its not the storms that directly relate in the most serious injuries and the number of deaths that we typically experience its the cleanup activities. Its operating generators. It is not having respect for downed power lines more than a million homes and businesses are still without power from louisiana to North Carolina zeta killed at least six people in the gulf south. It ripped apart buildings there, flooded streets, dumped heavy rain as it moved up the east coast. Pounded a region still recovering from two other hurricanes this year zetas now the 11th named storm to hit the United States this season, the most in any season on record. The first black cardinal in the American Catholic church will be archbishop Wilton Gregory of d. C an historic appointment by pope francis. Gregory says that he wants the history of black catholics in the United States to be part of teachings in catholic schools. On the today show, he talked about the popes stance on gay catholics. These people should enjoy the benefits, the protections that civil laws provide he does not go into the issue of sack remittal marriage, et cetera, et cetera. Marriage is still between a man and a woman in the eyes of the catholic church, but archbishop gregory says, parents, dont cut your kids off just because theyre gay space update now nasas sample of dirt from that asteroid whizzing by up there, its safely bagged and tagged and headed back to earth now we reported on this last week. The osiris rex went up and snagged some pieces of asteroid. But so much collected, that some of it fell out enter take two from nasa nbcs tom costello is here a Successful Mission this time around i dont think nasa wants to call it dirt, but absolutely these are samples collected off of an asteroid an amazing feat, 200 million miles away and the probe had to drop down, six seconds to collect the samples, come back up, put it in the container, but the container lid got stuck. A rock got in the way. So some of the samples were flying out and as only nasa can do, it came up with a fix very quickly, ordering the fix remotely,