it will get pretty big . i think it will push three quarters of $1 billion. the estimate for saturday s drawing is 675 million. it will get a lot of people s attention. we are already collect money here will be greg be allowed in?i thought he was going to cry. he looked like he might . juliet: did he pay?was that the issue?no, he is negative.that is the issue.ben: michael, good morning. mike: i was right there. i thought you were going to let him in. i thought i had to tickets on the side. sort of. i think i ll hold out until we get to 1 billion. i am taking my money back! the highs are 39 degrees and suffix.44 degrees and bad day yesterday. it s not a cool start but it s not ridiculously cold .32 degrees in central park with their skies and the winds are calm around the tri-state region. 31 degrees in philly and throughout the northeast temperatures on moderating and warming up a little bit day by day. happen as we get into the sunday is getting to pretty warm weather out th
of autumn. 5 a.m. in new york. six weeks until the election and a day before the debate. the u.s. is far outpacing the world no matter how you parse these numbers. america has lost more lives to get ready. close to 6 million deaths. you can t look at that and say, that s terrific. there are signs of more trouble ahead. the 7-day moving average of new cases has crept above 40,000 for the first time since labor day. cases are now increasing in 24 states with the western half of the country a really big concern now. to put a face on these numbers, we want to share with you two of the latest victims. 67-year-old johnny lee peoples and his wife kathy. the north carolina couple was together for more than 50 years and they died just minutes apart holding each other s hands. of course, you can t escape the politics of this. here s democratic presidential nominee joe biden. what worries me now is we ve been living with the pandemic for so long, i worry we risk becoming numb to