While puerto rico does not vote in the election, its been a political thorn in the president s side with democrats ripping him for not doing enough to help the island recover from Hurricane Maria. Today with some six million Puerto Ricans in the United States, President Trump moved to set things right. Almost three years to the day, Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico. Now the president is responding. I have to say in a very nice way, a very respectful way, im the best thing that ever happened to puerto rico. In the past, President Trump has criticized corrupt poll situations in puerto rico and complained the island had already received too much federal relief money. And then the issue of timing. Why not a year ago, two years ago, three years ago . Why now . Weve been working on it for a long time to get it passed. Very tough to get things passed with democrats where they dont want to see this happen. They probably didnt want to see it happen at this point. The award comes as the Biden Campaign redoubles their efforts to reach out to puerto rican voters. President trump blamed the puerto rico economic whoas on bidens support in 1996 to eliminate tax breaks that would hurt the puerto rican downturn. Ive gone through it. Whether it was president obama or havent biden, they were a disaster for puerto rico. What were doing will be fantastic for many years in the future. President trump also sought to dispel thoughts about a coronavirus vaccine. The president said the u. S. Is on track to have a vaccine for every person that wants it by the spring. Hundreds of doses will be available every month. We expect to have enough vaccines by april. A Coronavirus Relief bill remains elusive. Nancy pelosi again rejecting the white houses idea of a slimdown bill. State and local governments is a hangup. Contempt for science and disdain for states and local government. On his way out to minnesota for a Campaign Rally tonight, President Trump suggesting that his fbi director may be on thin ice after telling Congress Russia was actively trying to denigrate joe biden. I did not like his answers yesterday. Im not sure he liked them either. Im sure that he probably would agree with me. The big problem is china and why he doesnt want to say that, that bothers me. Asked whether he wanted to replace christopher ray, the president said were looking at a lot of Different Things response. With voters in minnesota going to the polls today, President Trump wanted to be there tonight. He will take the weekend off campaigning and then hit ohio and pennsylvania the beginning of next week. Bret . Thanks, john. Former Vice President biden was in one of the mining regions of minnesota that flipped from democrat to republican in recent years. Peter doocy reports tonight from duluth. Joe bidens message to minnesota, you can go and vote for him starting today. Time to take your country back, folks. Its going to start here. Today with voting in minnesota. The covid19 focus biden says hes been pro mask for six months. All the way back in march, i was calling for the need for us to have masks. But no mask on biden last night as the democratic nominee veeted firefighters that were unmasked as well. Joe biden said wednesday that he wants a mask mandate. Our legal team thinks i can do that. The next day, he changed his tune. I can not mandate people wearing masks. Biden is going so far to blame every american covid death on trump. If the president had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. Im not making this up. Todays visit to battleground minnesota, hes trying to make inroads with voters in the iron range. A batch of new york polls shows a onepoint biden lead in North Carolina and a ninepoint lead in arizona. In pennsylvania, its fracking. Get to net zero fracking emissions by 2035. Theres no rationale to eliminate right now fracking. That is not what he said in march. No more, no new fracking. Mining is a huge issue in the iron range where biden visited today as he hopes to prevent minnesota from trending towards trump. My measure is scranton, duluth, irvingtown. Places where i grew up. I see hardworking women and men just trying to earn an honest decent living to take care of their families. Bidens remarks were closed to the public. Since they wrapped things up over there at the Union Trading facility, the motorcade has been driving around. First he went to a coffee shop to greet folks that voted on the first day they could and then he popped up in the last five minutes at the fire station behind us in duluth. If youre keeping score at home when he met with pennsylvania firefighters last week, he brought them beer when he met with the minnesota firefighters today, he brought them cookies. Bret . Beer and cookies. Thank you. Well hear surprisingly unfiltered comments from a Minnesota Public School principal just a few moments, what she sees the situation as on the ground. You want to stick around for that. A judge in michigan is clearing the way for more absentee ballots to be counted in the state. Envelopes post marked by the eve of november 3, the election, are eligible even if they show up days later. Michigan voters have registered and requested about 2. 3 million absentee ballots. Michigan law requires them to be received by the time the polls close on election day. Meantime an ohio judge is temporarily blocking the republican secretary of states order limiting counties to one ballot drop box. The state and the Republican Party have apeopled. In an age of hardball politics, theres concerns that joe biden is getting too many softball questions from the media. Some democrats are even worrying aloud that buyen is not toughening up for a bare knuckle sore reese of debates. Howard curts takes a look. Anderson cooper took a gentle approach with joe biden. How are you preparing nor the debate . A lot of people that worry about a breakdown of law and order. Are you one of them . You think its possible to reach across the aisle . The president faced far more aggressive questioning at an abc town hall. You fought to repeal obama. Youre arguing i didnt you want the Supreme Court to strike it down. That would do no. So we can do new healthcare. For audience members, abc used four trump supporters, five voting records unknown and three that backed Hillary Clinton or jill stein . Are you aware of how done deaf that comes off to American Communities . Cnn picked three republicans and 13 democrats. How will you handle russias involvement with trump . How will we know the many ways hes compromised the United States . With the first debate moderated by the Fox News Sunday anchor 11 days away, veteran network Jeff Greenfield tweeted to biden, this is not getting him ready to face tough questions from a Chris Wallace. Biden is averaging one national tv interview and one questiontaking session with reporters each week. Kamala harris is even less accessible. Trump has spoken this week to fox news, abc, Greta Van Sustren and holds contentious news conferences almost every week day. Why did you lie to the American People thats a terrible question and the phraseology. I didnt lee. The president makes more news than joe biden, mostly negative and its by design. This makes it vital for journalists that get to question him. Jesse thanks. The Commerce Department says they will ban chineseowned tik tok and we chat from u. S. App Stores Starting sunday. It says it will also impose technical restrictions that could limit their functionality in this country. The order cites National Security and data privacy concerns. Its not clear how it will affect a deal by california tech giant oracle aimed at satisfying government concerns over data collection. Stockses were down. The dow lost 245. The s p 500 fell 38. The nasdaq dropped 117. For the week, the dow was off. 03. The nasdaq finished down about a half. The centers for Disease Control and prevention is dropping a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and says anybody that has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. This is a return to its previous testing guidance. It eliminates long posted last month that said people didnt need to get tested if they didnt feel sick. President trump says he thinks the u. S. Canada border will reopen before the end of the year. Today canada extended the agreement until at least october 21 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Public safety minister there says canada will continue to base the decision on the best possible Health Advice available to keep canadians safe. Some residents in one of floridas largest counties are calling for an end to an ordinance requiring the wearing of masks in public. The Pinellas County resident said the ordinance is no longer needed and an infringement of their rights. Mask supporters say its what led to a lowering of cases there. A california firefighter has died battling the massive blazes in the west coast. Wild fires are blamed for 25 deaths this year. Jeff paul has the latest tonight from monrovia, california. Weeks of scorching temperatures and bone dry conditions finally shifting in the northwest. Thunderstorms are set to sweep through oregon and Washington State bringing muchneeded rain and fresh air to some of the areas hardest hit by wild fires. I felt a couple of rain drops at the house before we left. Im just im hoping for more. The weather is casting a dark cloud of new concerns. Lightning could spark fresh fires and the precipitation is pushing flash floods and mudslides into the picture with so much charred ground loosened by the flames. We need the rain. Its unfortunate it will affect anybody on a hillside, on the upper hills. More than five million acres have burned in the western u. S. And now the death toll is rising. The Forest Service in california announced a firefighter was killed while battling the el dorado fire. The fire investigators say was originally sparked by a smoke generating pyrotechnic over the weekend. You have the risk of Falling Rocks and trees. Smoke so bad it foesed the closure of Yosemite National park thursday evening. Its not a decision that we made lightly but again, you know, to have employees out in these conditions and visitors, its not healthy. Yosemite and californias 18 National Forests will remain closed through the weekend. No rain in sight here in southern california. Its expected to be another hot and dry weekend, which will likely create more tried vegetation like this. Bret . Thanks, jeff. A second death from Hurricane Sally is being reported in alabama where the storm came ashore wednesday. The coroner said it was somebody involved in storm cleanup. In florida, authorities are liking for a missed kayaker feared dead. He went out on the day of the storms. Up next, well hear from the minneapolis high School Principal and the challenges that she and her students are facing this year in the crucial swing state. First, heres what some of our fox affiliates are covering. Fox5 in new york as the Trump Administration opens an investigation into racial bias at princeton university. Racism on campus amounts to a shocking and serious admission of discrimination. Fox 19 in cincinnati as customs and border protects officers seize 29 pounds of cocaine. It was labelled as shelf stable emergency food rations. The cocaine has a street value of 952,000. 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Chief Alex Villanueva says detectives are looking for someone that spotted the gunman. One of the deputies was released wednesday and the other remains hospitalized. Last night we heard a snippet from a principal in minneapolis. Remember, the city council made an effort to defund the police there after George Floyds death. Now the same Council Members were complaining about increased crime. Plus, the covid restrictions that are very tight there. This evening, we wanted to hear more from that perspective, more from north high schools principal. We have Elementary School patrol principals, middle School Principals, high School Principals. Going all the way down. You know why were here . Because we lost a student last night. We lost a minneapolis Public School student last night that attended Patrick Henry high school. Hes not two weeks in his senior year when he was shot and killed right here in this space. And i know for me, im so absolutely 100 over it. For those of you that do not know what is happening in the city of minneapolis, let me help you understand. So we literally are in a city that is completely and entirely out of control. I just i have to absolutely just say it the way that i feel it. It feels out of control. Feels like when i walk in to a classroom where the teacher has given up. All of you guys know the way that classroom feels, right . You know that youll get that teacher where maybe those one or two naughty kids that wont listen, the teacher says fine. They slug their shoulders and they sit down behind their desks and they put their feet up and say ill collect this check. Do what you need to do. The whole class goes rogue. Thats how it feels right now. Thats how the city of minneapolis feels right now. Nothing is making any sense. Everything feels topsyturvy. I understand completely that im spoking not just as myself but as the north Community HighSchool Principal and guess what . Im speaking as the north Community HighSchool Principal. I have kids that so badly and so deeply want to be in school. They want to play their sport. They want to get in the weight room. They want to work out and because of covid, they cant do anything. Were kicking them out of the school, kicking them out of the weight room. They cant practice, work out. All of these things because of covid. Down the street, they see people doing whatever they want. They see tents up. They see hundreds of people just not social distancing. Their Law Enforcement drives past it. Were seeing out in the open, whole parking lots that are being taken over. Whole blocks that are being taken over. People who have Substance Abuse problems, chemical dependency issues, all of these other things. They are just allowed to be however they want to be. But my kids cant work out . Doesnt make any sense. The kids know it doesnt make any sense. This absolutely we have we have an opportunity in minneapolis to try something different, to do something new. That is to say that were not going to be held hostage by the voices of a few. You overhear