Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Campaign crunch time. T minus two days until Election Night results. But more than 90 million americans have already cast their ballot. Both President Trump and joe biden are pulling out their final punches in battleground states, coming down to the wire if they want to win the white house for the next four years. Good morning, everyone. Its sunday, november 1. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. Well have much more on how the candidates are making their final push in battleground states in just a moment. But first, as always, lets start with a quick look at the weather. Heres meteorologist Frances Dinglasan. Good morning, frances. Good morning, liz, good morning, everyone. Hope you enjoyed that extra hour asleep. We have a gorgeous day ahead. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s right now. Oakland already up to 63 degrees. Its just so pretty outside. Here is a live view of santa cruz. You may want to head to
Morning. Shattering records. Coronavirus cases growing across most of the nation. Each death a painful loss. To tell her that he wasnt going to make it, its just not something that you want to have to tell anyone ever. The new rules for travelers heading to new york. Femas Field Hospital in el paso. And this illegal Halloween Party packed with people. Gaining strength. Tropical storm eta in the Caribbean Sea tying 2005 for the most named storms in a season. Our weather team tracking its path. And touching tributes to sean connery. Bond, james bond. From the dashing 007 to the role that earned him an oscar. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. The magical moments on screen and how hollywood is remembering him this morning. Good morning. If youre waking up in parts of the country that use daylight savings time, we hope you enjoyed that extra hour of sleep. I know i did. The mood. I didnt even realize it was happening.
I have a 10yearold and a 5yearold. Theyre both super sad. Reporter authorities calling an electrician to the scene. Sources telling wabc there may have been an electrical issue in or near the pool that led to the deaths. Electrocutions in pools are rare, but they do happen. Since 2002, there have been at least 33 electrocution deaths related to pools and spas, and more than 30 injuries. Police say its too soon to determine what happened, but autopsies and an investigation are under way. Eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. Our thanks to eva there. So tragic. We are thinking about that family this morning. Again, she said these types of incidents, if it was actually an electrical shock that happened, an electrical incident that its rare. But this is definitely the time of year for a lot of communities where you should be thinking about pool safety, as well. Definitely. Three members of the same family, thats never easy. Coming up, living loud and living proud. Were meeting an amazing young
In bavaria aiming to keep residents off the streets. And this is only gets a handle on the crisis china has a need and the funds to call for a world putting millions of people on lockdown. To serious. Leaders. Plus concerts in confinements musicians around the world perform online for their fans stuck at home. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us we start in italy which is now recorded a staggering rise in the number of deaths from the corona virus 627 people dying there on friday thats the biggest single day increase anywhere since the pandemic began and italy is now the worst affected country overall with more than 4000. 00 lives lost to the virus so far. Doctors stretched to the limit. Patients gasping for air keep arriving but there arent enough beds. Most of the really sick here and better gamo are elderly but medics warn young people they too are vulnerable. People interests and of our patients in the i. C. U. Which are the more severe beijing if the percent of our patients are
Where i am celebrating the life of a Country Music legend kenny rogers has died at the age of 80. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us germany is bracing for the full impact of the corona virus pandemic the countrys finance minister says its preparing a supplementary budget of 150000000000 euros as part of a broader funding package to tackle the Economic Impact of the outbreak close to a 1000000000 people now were around the world have been confined to their homes as governments attempt to slow the global spread of the coronavirus germany is among the worst affected countries 2 of its 16 states of imposed a full on. Down saarland in the west and the area in the south where the streets of the capital munich look a lot like this there are nearly deserted police say there have been a few violations of the 2 week curfew since it came into fact effect on saturday morning other states are considering following suit while the German Government is thinking of imposing tighter restrictions on