Transcripts For CNBC The News With Shepard Smith 20240712

Covid surging, fears rising, and rules changing the white house blocked new fda vaccine standards. Tonight, what this means for the safety of you and your family. And road rage. Look at that. What on earth is he doing . What caused this go cart racer to lose it on the track . Announcer live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening. President trump shut down the longrunning Coronavirus Relief talks in congress this afternoon. That means no stimulus, not now, as millions of americans struggle to pay the bills. Big businesses lay off workers and small ones shutter their doors. No more negotiations in congress until after the election, the president tweeted. The House Speaker nancy pelosi says the announcement shows the white house is in complete disarray, but the Top Republican in the senate, the majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell, has a different take i think his view was that they were not going to produce a result and that we needed to concentrate on whats achievable. Do you support his decision i do. Support it, i do. Both sides pushed to make it happen but had different plans that never came together democrats wanted to spend more money than republicans the president says big cities run by democrats are big spenders that dont deserve federal money, so as he tweeted i told my representatives to shut it down of course, they are your representatives, not his, but republicans on the hill needed President Trumps Political Capital to get something done, and instead he stopped the whole thing. Both sides tell reporters they are surprised and so is wall street the dow dropped more than 500 points on the news you can see the moment there no chart yet for the people who likely took it harder. Cnbcs ylan mui has more. Whos hurt the most by this . Reporter theres so much being left behind at the bargaining table here. Let me give you a little sense of what was supposed to be in this deal. Help for unemployed workers. Anywhere between 400 and 600 a week another round of direct checks, at the very least for the families that need it the most, billions of dollars in help for schools to get them to reopen safely and with the right equipment, relief for the Airline Industry to prevent thousands of layoffs and aid to Small Businesses that are struggling because of this pandemic this is what danny meyer, the founder of shake shack and the ceo of Union Square Hospitality group, this is what he said right after the deal fell apart this afternoon he tweeted cant fathom that there will be no stimulus until after the election on behalf of millions of restaurant employees still without work and hundreds of thousands of independent restaurants striving to provid jobs and return vitality to their communities, please, reconsider theres still more than 12. 5 Million People in this country without a job, and im hearing from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle that there is a deal to be had, and, shep, even some republicans are calling on the president to get back to the negotiating table. They are saying that inaction should not be an option. Ylan, thank you. Four weeks today from this moment the first polls will have closed on election day home stretch and voter turnout is shaping up to be historic, the likes of which weve not seen in more than a century. Take a look at the lines today early voting kicking off in ohio, indiana, new mexico. More than 4. 5 million americans have already voted compared to just 75,000 at this point back in 2016. In florida, the website to register to vote was receiving an unprecedented 1 million requests every hour today. The website crashed. The governor said hes extended the the registration deadline you can say it joe biden in pennsylvania with a message of unity in gettysburg a Monmouth University poll out today shows the former Vice President pulling away from President Trump in pennsylvania, now with a clear 12point lead well have more on the latest polling in just a moment theres a group tracking early voting data. Its called the United States elections project, and its predicting 150 million americans will vote this time. That would be 65 of all eligible voters, and if that happens, it will be the highest percentage in 112 years since taft won in 1908 we have reporters on the ground in key battleground states tonight. Dasha burns, pennsylvania, von hilliard, arizona. But first, let geese live to milwaukee with Shaq Brewster. Reporter shep, ill tell you the interest is high, each in milwaukee. 1. 2 million ballots already sent out. More than 550,000 voters have already cast a ballot, and i spent my day here in milwaukee talking to those socalled vanishing voters, voters who voted in 2012 but stayed home in 2016 President Trump won this state by 23,000 votes, but there are about 41,000 voters here in milwaukee alone who did not cast their ballot after previously voting many of them telling me they regret their decision then, but they are saying with the coronavirus and Police Brutality as they see it, they are committing to coming out and voting this time around. Based on those early numbers that we saw, it looks like they are letting their voice be heard, and they are going to have some success in that regard shep from milwaukee, Shaq Brewster tonight. In arizona, voting starts tomorrow and a new poll shows President Trump is losing ground among the 65 and older crowd vaughn hilliard, what are the numbers . Reporter the numbers are concerning for the Donald Trump Campaign here because older voters have been the bedrock here in Maricopa County and greater phoenix area here in sun city there are more than 80,000 voters over the age of 55. Donald trump won these very voters four years ago by 13 percentage points. Now multiple polls have shown him losing seniors to joe biden. I was talking with one republican voter, voted republican his whole life including for donald trump in 2016 and said the final straw for him was covid and the president s response he says that hes worried and frustrated, that this is a Community Still largely shut down i just got off the phone with Top Republican official here in the state who acknowledged that this is not a message that is strong for them. Instead, they are going to be focus in the last month on the economy that has come back here in this state already as well as the strong Law Enforcement message. Just 28 days away here in arizona, ballots go out tomorrow, shep. Vaughn hilliard, thanks. Pennsylvania and there we want to drill down further beaver county. Its historically a divided county on the eastern edge of the state. Saw tight races in 08 and 2012 and 2016 and the republican candidate won it every time. Dasha burns live there whats the difference this time around, if any reporter shep, its interesting those three races, the three president ial elections here in beaver county. In 2008 and 2012 it was close but in 2016 donald trump ran away with it here in beaver winning the county by 19 points. In this part of western pennsylvania is largely how he won the state. Weve been tracking this county over the past year to see if that enthusiasm still holds over to this election day, and what weve been seeing interestingly enough, shep, is the coronavirus has not moved the needle for many voters. Instead, its been issues of race and the president s handling of the black lives Matter Movement that has had some voters asking themselves some tough questions and the debate last week one voter ive been tracking who voted for donald trump in 2016 said of the debate, and i quote, after watching that, i would rather vote for my shoe than either of these candidates, but the numbers do show joe biden expanding his lead, especially after that debate. The new monmouth poll showing him ahead in this state by 12 points shep dasha burns wrapping our trip across the ballot grounds. The heart beat away debate is set for tomorrow in Salt Lake City first, they go ahead on safety restrictions there is a controversy now over having plexiglass on the stage only in corona Vice President pence says he doesnt want that on his side. The commission on president ial debate still installing them on to the stage tonight they say it helps prevent the spread of the virus, but the vp and the senator Kamala Harris will be 12 feet apart. So pences team says accurately that that means the dividers are not medically necessary, so says the cdc. The campaigns and the Debate Commission are expected to discuss this issue later tonight, and you can watch the debate tomorrow at 9 00 eastern on nbc the covid outbreak in the white house and highest levels of our National Government keep spreading, and now it reached the pentagon, and theres a late breaker. Nbc news confirms some of americas top generals are selfquarantining after the coast guard second in command tested positive. Defense officials tell nbc news that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the heads of the air force and space force are all quarantining because they, too, may have been exposed. Nbc news confirms a fourth White House Press Office Staffer and one of the president s military valets have also tested positive President Trump is still infected but says he plans to debate joe biden next week, even though he might still be contagious according to the cdc somebody infected with covid can spread the virus for up to 20 days after First Showing symptoms the president s physician insists he did not show any symptoms today after he left walter reed just last night and moments ago another positive covid test in the west wing. Hallie jackson with that live at the white house. Reporter well, its a name, shep, that people will recognize, Stephen Miller, one of the president s closest aides, somebody who has been with him for years hes now confirming on the record that he has tested positive for covid miller says that he tested negative for the last five days. Hes been selfisolating up until yesterday he had those negative tests it switched over obviously to positive today hes now in quarantine our team has looked at this so miller travels with the president often, and it looks like the last time that miller was with the president and frankly with hope hicks for that matter was the same night. It was last wednesday. Youll remember, shep, that was the night of the minnesota rally that we were talking about, the same night that hicks quarantined herself on the flight home on air force one because she started feeling sick she hadnt tested positive yet at this point, so as far as we know this is significant as it is not just, you know, weve been talking about White House Press staffers weve been talking about the military valet this is somebody who has had direct contact with the president , somebody who the president is around often. Based on our reporting, involved tangentially involved in debate prep, speech writing and has a hand in a lot of what the president does katie miller, his wife, also works for the Trump Administration and is the Communications Director for Vice President mike pence she already tested positive for the coronavirus back in may. She was one of the First White House officials when this pandemic started to come down with the coronavirus, so this is all coming into us just in the last couple of minutes, shep thats the latest from here at the white house. As for the president , weve seen the tweets today, but any official business . Has he been up and about, do we know reporter the white house says hes working. We know hes been on phone calls today. I think you talked already about him pulling out of the stimulus negotiations he was on the phone with secretary mnuchin and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and others so we know hes been kind of doing that hes been working twitter as he often does, trying to sort of tell the American People that hes still visible and hes still out there, but there are some questions now about what hes going to do next because he also tweeted something interesting, shep, that he wants to be he wants to go to the next president ial debate which is in miami next week. Now, that is nine days from nowd and if you look at start of the president s symptoms which we believe was thursday based on what his doctors say, that is about 14 days from the onset of symptoms what does the cdc say . They say somebody infected with covid may potentially still be contagious up to 20 days it after the start of symptoms just depending on howie is veer they are. The president s doctors say they are monitoring his viral load which is doctor speak for they are checking on how much virus hes still putting out there to people and should have a determination but right now the timeline is unclear as to when the president will be able to get out of the white house and go do can the travel that hes so eager to do. Last night you said the nerves were kind of on edge at the white house and that the place was mostly empty what about tonight reporter emptier even most ghost tonier im walking through, the press, weve candidly pulled back out of the spaces for our own safety were Wearing Masks everywhere we go except doing the live shot and i have mine here that ill put on as soon as im done most people are working from home a couple of people here that are deemed essential workers and they are coming in to conduct business, but mostly working on that cell phone, text and email, shep, as usual. Nbcs chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson on the north lawn. Stay six feet apart. Weve all been hearing that for months and months, right signs posted everywhere in stores, in offices stay off my lawn and stay six feet apart but now the cdc says six feet apart may not be enough in some cases, that the coronavirus may spread beyond that, well beyon it and that it can stay in the air for several hours. Meg tirrell has the cdc updated guidelines and context for us. Hi, meg. Reporter hey, shep the cdc really updating, catching up to what the Public Health community has been saying essentially for months now, it does still say that the that close contact is really the most common way that the coronavirus spreads, but now updating that sometimes infectious particles can linger in the air for minutes to hours, and that means they can infect people further than six feet away or after an infectious person has left a space. Now the cdc says that typically happens within enclosed spaces and inadequate ventilation or where an infected person has been breathing heavily what does this mean for protect ourselves . Masks, social distancing, dont go to crowded places if you can avoid it take a look at this case study in arizona, for example. Just out today in the cdc, cases soaring after the stayathome order was implemented and they implemented a mask mandate and closed bars, gyms and other businesses and cases then started to come down rapidly shep. Meg, thanks one of the leading vaccine experts resigned a couple of hours ago. Dr. Rick bright said he leaving his post at the National Institute of health because he can no longer work for an administration that, quoting now, ignores scientific expertise over rules, Public Health guidance and disrespects career scientists, unquote he said officials ignored his idea of a National Coronavirus testing strategy in the spring dr. Bright said he was demoted because of a whistleblower complain alleging nepotism within the department of health and Human Services cnbc has reached out to the hhs but has not yet heard back. Alleging nepot well, breaking records as gulf states prepare for hurricane delta. This will could mark the first time in our recorded history that ten named storms hit the u. S. In one season a hurricane is going to strike the state of louisiana. Delta is a major storm and getting stronger, barreling towards the gulf tonight the target area, and can the gulf south survive another devastating hurricane . Covid in the classroom how parents are coping with School Closures as americas largest cities struggle to stay one step ahead of covid19. All of a sudden people say ive got to upgrade my home and the floodgates kind of open. Construction Companies Struggle to keep up with demand as the pandemic sparks a buying boom in the burr burbs. And rock n roll loses a legend Eddie Van Halen dead today at 65 the facts, the truth, the news with Sheppard Smith back in 60 seconds things are getting clearer, yeah i feel free to bare my skin yeah thats all me. Nothing and me go hand in hand nothing on my skin thats my new plan. Nothing is everything. Keep your skin clearer with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. Of those, nearly 9 out of 10 sustained it through 1 year. And skyrizi is 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. I see nothing in a different way and its my moment so i just gotta say nothing is everything skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Before treatment your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches or coughs, or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. Nothing is everything ask your dermatologist about skyrizi. A disaster is brewing, a major category 4 storm and that 65 one is named delta right now its churning towards the yucatan peninsula and th western tip of cuba. Then its projected to head into the gulf of mexico before targeting the battered northern gulf coast with landfall sometime friday. Today the louisiana governor declared a state of emergency for what will be the tenth named storm to make landfall this season, the most ever recorded janice huff is the chief meteorologist at nbc 4 new york. Janice, hurricane delta is strengthening so quickly overnight. What do you know this storm is already setting records on its own outside of the regular season it went from a tropical depression with 35mileperhour winds to a category 4 hurricane with 145mileperhour winds in just 30 hours, and thats a record all within itself now the storm, as you mentioned, it moving towards the yucatan peninsula. Its moving towards cancun cancun hasnt seen a storm like this in about 15 years it could become a category 5 storm here it wont weaken that much when it crosses the yucatan, down to a 3, then back to a 4 and will take a westerly track over the gulf of mexico before it makes a turn towards louisiana and wil sit out over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico for a longer period of time thats why it will reintensify but before it reaches cooler water towards the lake charles area thats still not going to drop it too far it could still be a category 3 storm when it makes landfall on friday sometime in the afternoon if it stays on this track, and they dont need this because they just had laura less than a month or just over a month ago that was also a category 4 storm. You mentioned the recordbreaking year, 2020 were up to 25 named storms. The only time thats happened was back back when we had to the gulf. We went through the greek alphabet one other time in 2005. Thats the only other time thats happened. These storms in red are all the storms that have been made landfall in the United States. You mentioned nine landfall storms the only time that happened was in 1916, so we tied the record right now, but when delta makes landfall, its going to be number 10, and that will be brand new record for us, shep. Incredible. Were pulling for them janice, thanks so much. So right now the target zone for hurricane delta is louisiana. The same spot that another hurricane destroyed in last august it was awful and still is, and from that carnage a hero rose. Lisa inspired us and does tonight as this new storm roars her way. Its a war zone out here in lake charles, louisiana. When you look at it, it seems as though bombs were just dropped into the city. Reporter 22 days it after hurricane laura made landfall, lisa returned to her stormravaged home. The back part of my home the roof collapsed in. Reporter before the hurricane hit, the professional care giver and her teenage son evacuated together and took her disabled client with them. He had no family that was able to take care of him, and i refused to put him in a nursing home reporter as they bounced from hotel to motel to airbnb, lisas had to cover all the expenses herself. When we initially left i had 4,500 in my savings now i have 20 in my savings you want me to cut your hair ill take that as a no you dont trust me, huh . The uncertainty of everything, of what next was the most trauma for me and having to keep it together because i had all these people relying on me reporter more than a month after the category 4 hurricane hit, lake charles is still a disaster zone. I feel as though people have forgotten about southwest louisiana. We have to struggle to find food on a daily basis to eat. I wish i could do more. Reporter wendy harper runs at home compassionate care, the company where lisa works before the hurricane, she managed 50 nursing assistants. Covid put our company on life support and then hurricane laura pulled the plug. Reporter all the damage shuttered the office and forced most clients to evacuate today the majority of her team is out of work and many, like lisa, are homeless. I think that National News covered maybe the story for the first few days and then it just moves on to other things in this world that maybe arent so important to us, sorry, im getting a little emotional, but the devastation that is here is really its mindblowing. Youre not forgotten, lake charles, and like you were hoping that Mother Nature gives you a break, this time but she is still roaring on the west coast, roaring right now. The unrelenting wildfires just marked another milestone, a single fire just reached 1 million acres of destruction its the complex fire along the coast range between San Francisco and at oregon border, and its been burning since midaugust all told, more than 8,00 fires have scorched more than 4 million acres since the beginning of 2020, the worst year for fires in the west since Record Keeping began a devastating Building Collapse in houston tops the cnbc trip coast to coast texas, three workers killed when a stairwell collapsed inside a high rise in houston the is astory building was under construction the victim is still buried in the rubble firefighters waiting to confirm that the place is stable enough to go in new york, an suv plowing into a home on long island. The three children inside the car did not get hurt, the mother charged with drunk driving and endangering the welfare of a child. D. C. Panda, and its a boy at the Smithsonian National zoo there was a gender reveal for a 6weekold cub as it turns out the pandas father painted this with a little help from the zookeepers. The blue tells the story the new addition is the youngest of four little ones in this panda family new york, want a dinosaur . Break out the cash bidding for this skeleton of a trex just went live at christys. Stan here is named after the archaeologist who found him and you can buy it if youve got 8 million and spare change on this cnbc trip coast to coast. A Texas Police Officer facing murder charges tonight just days after he shot and killed a black man in north texas, according to his fellow officers were there as once again people across the country call for justice. And tech giants on the chopping block. In a new report lawmakers say some of the Biggest Companies on earth are abusing their power and demanding enormous change coming up. But, first, Eddie Van Halen died today of cancer. Rock legend, guitar icon, eddie was 65 an van halen revolutionized the electric guitar. His sound hard to imitate, making him one of the alltime greats his band one of rocks most successful, inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame in 2007 Rolling Stone put eddie va halen at number eight in its list of is up greatest guitarists of all time diane retired and opened that pottery studio. How did you come up with all these backstories . I got help from a pro. My financial professional explained to me all the ways nationwide can help protect Financial Futures in peytonville. Nationwide can help the greens get Lifetime Income because their son kyle is moving back home and could help set up a Financial Plan for mrs. Garcia. And he explained how nationwide can help mr. Paisley retire early and spend more time with his pal, peyton. And their new band. Exactly yeah. Dont forget the band. I havent. Easier than ever. Apartmentsdotcom makes getting into a new home brad apartmentsdotcom. The most popular place to find a place. Before we talk about taxsaudreys expecting. New . Twins wed be closer to the twins. Change in plans. At fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. The stock market had a good morning but it all went south this afternoon after the president tweet that had he wants to wait until after the election to negotiate an economic stimulus bill, re Disaster Relief and that tops cnbcs on the money. Boeing issuing a grim outlook cutting its forecast and now expects the pandemic to hurt sales for more than a decade another Industry Group put on its own report showing airlines will burn through 77 billion in cash over the second half of this year alone. Thats 300,000 per minute we also saw Airline Stocks fall sharply after the president s stimulus delay the u. S. Trade deficit rose to its highest level in 14 years, the deficit is up in trade. More americans are buying goods from overseas. Its a politically sensitive issue, 28 days from the election and four of the Biggest Tech Companies in the nation on notice tonight after a 16month investigation. A House Committee is now out with a 450page report, and in it it argues apple, amazon, facebook and google are all together now monopolies. The committee recommending big changes including potentially breaking up the companies. This is the part where you hold your breath. On wall street the dow down 375, the s p and nasdaq lower by about a percent and a half im Shepard Smith and this is the news on cnbc. Its the bottom of the hour. Time for the top of the news and the Texas Rangers have now charged a white Police Officer who killed a black man in small town texas officer sean lucas charged with murder in the death of Jonathan Price. The move just days after the shooting details are sparse even now, but heres what we know. On saturday night the officer responded to a disturbance call at a gas station in wolf city, texas. Thats an hours drive north of dallas the victims family says he was trying to break up a domestic dispute. According to the department of Public Safety there, the officer tried to detain Jonathan Price before price walked away officer lucas first using a taser and then were told a real gun. Price taken to the hospital. He died there later. The Texas Rangers determined that lucas did not take reasonable action. His bond set at 1 million Jonathan Prices death follows a summer of outrage, demonstrators protesting the polic killings of several black people, including george floyd and Breonna Taylor and demanding justice. Tonight those demands for justice take us to small town texas. Nbcs Morgan Chesky is live in wolf city. Morgan reporter yeah, shep, good evening. Its a far different scene here tonight in wolf city than what we saw just 24 hours ago hundreds of people gathering here just at this memorial behind me for Jonathan Price to pay tribute to that young mans life but also make peaceful calls for justice, and as of today the family says those first steps towards justice have been made. We know that late last night as you mentioned officer sean lucas taken into custody hes behind bars with that bail set at 1 million and the Texas Rangers which have taken over this investigation have released a statement that really sheds new insight into that fatal encounter that took place late saturday evening here at this gas station behind me in the small town just an hour northeast of dallas, and in that statement, shep, the rangers say that lucas responded to that disturbance and then made contact with that man, mr. Price, and it was at that point that he was asked to be detained, and he resisted in a quote, nonthreatening manner and began to walk away, and it was there that the rangers confirmed eyewitness accounts saying that the officer deployed his taser and then reached for that Service Weapon firing those shots that ended up killing price who died at a hospital nearby just several hours ago we had a chance to hear from the price family themselves, and the mother was saying that while she could take a bit of relief and was able to sleep for the first time in several nights following this officers arrest she says that the justice process is still only beginning, but it was encouraging that she saw investigators take action and take this Police Officer into custody, and just within the last few minutes i received a statement from the newly acquired counsel representing officer lucas, and in this statement, shep, it says that at no point upon meeting this officer did mr. Price say that he was uninvolved or an Innocent Party and he was saying after repeated instructions he physically resisted and thats when the officer was forced to deploy his taser and continued to give mr. Price instructions and he continued to resist and he says in this case, shep, officer lucas only discharged his weapon in accordance with texas law when he was confronted by an aggressive assailant who was attempting to take his taser. Much more details coming into this today well keep you posted with the very latest. Well send it back to you. Morgan chesky live, wolf city texas. Covid watch tonight takes us to school, and fear of covid in the classroom. According to education week, 3 4 of 100 of the Largest School districts started the year with all Remote Learning. Thats more than 9 Million Students cities and states across the country facing similar challenges when it comes to how our kids learn in los angeles, no school will be allowed to open for k12 until november in chicago no inperson classes until at least next month and in georgia, they are mostly open but the Richmond County School District is closing four schools there because of covid outbreaks they were only open a few weeks, and in new york city governor just closed nine or i should say schools in nine coronavirus hot spots. Cnbcs Frank Holland is at one of them, mapleton, new york. I want to go back and see my friends and actual real life school. Reporter sophia is a fourth grader at st. Anthonys catholic school, one of several schools in a hot spot now closed by new york state. I was outraged. Reporter nicole durantes daughters were in School Full Time before today. Having them home, another challenge for her mom who lost her job to the pandemic. In new york city more than half of married couples work outside the home when it comes to single mothers like durante, its 70 . Now i have become a personal assistant fourth grade teacher second grade teacher so now i cant even look for another job. I dont i dont have the time or opportunity. Reporter but not all parents want their kids in class. Im relieved in some ways and im like, okay, see, i wasnt being crazy. Reporter mika chose Remote Learning for her first grader to avoid the virus risk in public schools. Obviously the best choice is to have her be in school with the teacher and learning in person, but its become obvious now that thats not really a reality. Reporter the hot spots have a large Orthodox Jewish population the new York Governor Andrew Cuomo warning again today that houses of worship could be closed. Weve seen one church infect people weve seen synagogues infect people. Reporter its being met with resistance as the Orthodox Community gathers this week for a religious holiday. Its critical that Public Officials start taking a more rational approach. Reporter rabbi slickson says closing synagogues or churches could just make the problem worse. People could just walk over to the next zip code and they are spreading the virus. Reporter and in an effort to slow the virus in the most severe hot spots nonessential businesses will be closed and Restaurants Limited to takeout only starting on thursday. Local Business Leaders say it will be devastating for those restaurants that were just allowed Indoor Dining at 25 capacity a week ago. Shep, back over to you. Frank, in wisconsin covid is especially bad according to Johns Hopkins it ranks third nationwide in new cases per capita this week to help stem the spread the governor says hes limiting the size of indoor public gatherings restaurants and bars are allowed to operate at just 25 capacity. One of the biggest issues in wisconsin, record high hospitalizations our Hospital Systems are not invulnerable either. Our Health Care Systems are teetering. They are on the brink, and when theres no room at the inn and that inn is your local hospital, thats a problem for everyone. Especially hospital patient, some now being waitlisted or transferred and in wisconsin the numbers are still going up on the vote youve seen the poll numbers, right . Joe biden is leading nationally, but we dont vote nationally there are important states, very important ones, where the race is exceedingly tight whats changing voters minds and why . And our masks and gloves protect us from covid19, but what does ppe mean for our oceans that is a big plastic mess coming up. D our mask brad apartmentsdotcom makes getting into a new home easier than ever. brad apartmentsdotcom. The most popular place to find a place. Hey mama, whats up . Im confused. Confused about what, everything ok . I only see one price on my phone bill. That doesnt sound confusing mama. Youre on tmobile, taxes and fees are included. Oh come on, its always extra fees not on tmobile mama. Why cant all my bills be like this . I dont know mama. Bye mama, love you. Anthony . Umph at tmobile,taxes and fees are included. Get 4 free 5g Samsung Galaxy s20 fes with 4 new lines. Earlier this hour we reported voter turnout is breaking all the records in the early voting one of the states is florida and according to the United States election project its second only to virginia in the number of early voters. 701,000. There was so much traffic that floridas Voter Registration website crashed today. The Governor Ron Desantis extended the deadline through today at 7 00 p. M. It just closed ellison barber live in miami was one day enough reporter well, according to Voting Rights advocates that filed a federal lawsuit this evening, absolutely not. They say the governor and the secretary of state in this state, florida, that they knew this deadline was approaching for a long time, that they were aware that there had been tech issues in the past and that they knew there tends to be a surge of voters trying to register in the final hours. They also say both the governor and the secretary of state were warned to be better prepared instead, in the final hours of the official Voter Registration on monday evening, countless floridians who tried to register to vote online were met with error signs or the website just entirely crashing and kicking them out the secretary of state here in florida laurel lee says that part of issue is what she called an unprecedented 1. 1 million requests per hour. She says that she and the governor are now working with Law Enforcement to try and make sure there was not some sort of deliberate act here to undermine the voting process at a press conference earlier today, Governor Ron Desantis had this to say. Well, its working now, but as you know, if 500,000 people descend at the same time it creates a bottleneck there were people that would try, couldnt get through and then they could get through but it wasnt smooth because there was so much traffic. Reporter so critics say the Voter Registration deadline needs to be extended at least 24 hours. The only statewide elected democrat says not planning for a voter surge amounts to voter suppression. A bunch of new polls in the last 24 hours, we brought you the cnbc change research numbers last night its a tight race in the battlegrounds. Even as nationally Vice President biden extends his lead whose minds are being changed . Whose votes and why . Nbcs Steve Kornacki has the numbers state by state what are they telling us, steve . Its interesting. You can see the Movement Nationally i want to show you this first. This was the National Polling average, real clear politics right before the debate. Biden was leading by basically six points nationally. A week later all those new polls, you can see it. Bidens advantage nine points now, up basically from six a week ago, a gain on average of three points in the National Horse race for biden thats not insignificant at the statewide level, we did get a bunch of polls out today kind of throwing us in Different Directions there was a new monmouth poll in pennsylvania and holy cow, they had biden ahead by 11 there. Arizona, we got one with biden up by eight and then florida, heres the poll showing a tie there. I guess thats always the pattern, no matter whats happening nationally its close in florida. And 28 days, man, thats lifetime for anybody to catch up. Thats right. You know, you look back at 2016. There are some we thought to look at the polling from 2016. Heres what weve seen so far basically since the start of september. The average daily lead in the poll average for biden has been seven points the best hes done, hes been ahead by nine, and the best trump has done is hes trailed by 5. 1, thats the trajectory so far. In the fall of 2016, just by comparison, the average lead for clinton, she led on average, but it was about half. She led by about 3. 5 points. The best she got, she got up to 7. 1 in the average, and trum actually got within a point, so i would say at this point bidens lead has been bigger and it has been steadier than clintons. Of course, we still, as you say, have a month to go. Steve kornacki, thanks. You got it. A government in shambles, an economy in collapse and the protests that result in lebanon top our news around the world in 80 seconds lebanon. Our government is trying to kill us in every way. Demonstrators scuffling with Security Forces in beirut protesters angry that government corruption has led to the worst financial crisis here in decades. The local currency lost 80 of its value over the past year singapore, the government planning to pay people to have more babies. No word yet on how much. Leaders say they are worried that during the pandemic people wont want to have more kids singapore has one of the lowest birth rates in all the world. Belgium, a royal family drama ends delfine now officially a princess a paternity lawsuit has been going on for decades the former king decided in january to call off his fight to prove hes the father. For delfine, she says going to court was about getting family recognition. Oh italy. Road rage on a gocart track the italian racer crashed ou of the World Championship race instead of walking away he took his broken bumper and threw it at a rival the bumper just missed the racer at top speed like real world mario kart on this trip around the world in 880 seconds. So how many plastic, specifically micro plastic is on the ocean floor . Turns out 15 million tons worldwide. We know because thats the estimate from scientists in australia in its first global study ever done. Micro plastics are the tiny pieces, five millimeters or less, smaller than a pencil eraser, and were dumping more every day. Masks and gloves tossed during the pandemic are making things worse. They break up along with Water Bottles and Everything Else and form a toxic layer deep down if we keep up this pace scientists estimate that in 20 years the plastic in the ocean will weigh more than the fish who live there if you build it, they will come. If you dont, demand will skyrocket and prices will soar on the housing front thats whats happening and thats whats happening now, and developers are scrambling to keep up. Plus, meet the mcmillans they shut down their store, let all their employees go and blew through all their savings and tonight why they say now they are doing better than ever before we talk about taxsmart investing, whats new . Audreys expecting. Twins wed be closer to the twins. Change in plans. At fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. How did you come up withd opened all these backstories . Tudio. I got help from a pro. My financial professional explained to me all the ways nationwide can help protect Financial Futures in peytonville. Nationwide can help the greens get Lifetime Income because their son kyle is moving back home and could help set up a Financial Plan for mrs. Garcia. And he explained how nationwide can help mr. Paisley retire early and spend more time with his pal, peyton. And their new band. Exactly yeah. Dont forget the band. I havent. Okay, so, magnificent mile for me i thought i was managing. My moderate to severe Crohns Disease. Until i realized. Something was missing. Me. You okay, sis . My symptoms were keeping me. From really being there for my sisters. So i talked to my doctor and learned. Thats us. Humira is for people who still have. Symptoms of Crohns Disease after trying other medications. The majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief in as little as 4 weeks. And many achieved remission that can last. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections. Serious and sometimes fatal infections, including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma,. Have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems,. Serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common and if youve had tb,. Hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Be there for you. And them. Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, remission is possible. Are you thinking about moving home prices are up big fastest pace in two years. The value of a home spiked almost 6 in august, according to new numbers from the data fastest pace in two years. Firm core logic. In some cities like phoenix and denver, d. C. And san diego, prices are even higher like everything, its supply and demand, not enough and too much, and as it will, thats creating bidding wars for existing homes and for new ones, the builders cant keep up. Heres cnbcs diana olick. All of a sudden people said ive got to upgrade my home and they came, the flood gates kind of opened. When the pandemic struck the u. S. Last march, builders like Mike Rubinfeld said they shut down or slowed down production he manages a company like this one outside of d. C construction was deemed essential but they didnt want to put up a bunch of houses that no one wanted. Well, that was a mistake. Its really been hard to keep up every time we release a new section of lots for people to come look at they are immediately snapped up. Reporter because a house is no longer just a house its a gym, an office, a school, a movie theater. And for a lot of people that means either an upgrade or a move to another area this community has already surpassed its fullyear sales projections, and as much as any builder would love that, reuben feld said theres plenty of headaches. We are definitely having issues i think thats true of builders all over the country the entitlement process is slower than it has been, obtaining permits are slower than it has been weve been raising prices roughly every two weeks and this is in line in an attempt to keep up with prices of lumber. Reporter lumber prices are up to 100 due to the pandemic and western wildfires. Thats adding about 16,000 to the cost of the average home buildable land is up about 10 , and the labor shortage is only getting worse. This demand we dont really see a finish line on it any time soon reporter and some builders say they are actually now slowing production again so they dont get caught building so much when the costs are highest. This as the census just reported the supply of newly built homes dropped to less than half of whats considered a healthy and balanced market. Shep diana, homes are having a great run. Small businesses not so much the pandemic hurt some of them and killed off others, but the one were about to show you, they made it by making it in america. Heres cnbcs andrea day. Everything we had worked for, blood, sweat and tears for years was gone in an instant. The pandemic had just hit, and jennifer and David Mcmillans multimillion dollar home decor business in delaware was in big trouble. Our sales dropped over 70 online and our store sales dropped 100 because we were forced to close. Reporter their top sellers were the decorative signs and the factory they used in china to make more than 100,000 of them a year shut down. We had to lay off our entire team we just sat there like its over. Reporter thats when the bs mcmillens made the bigges decision of their lives. Instead of giving up, they doubled down and put their entire life savings into one idea, made in america. We had recently sold our primary home and we used the equity in that and all of our available credit and everything, every resource that we had t become made in america and it was a scary decision. So right in the middle of the pandemic and with no employees left to help they started spending the first piece of equipment was over 100,000, trying to figure out how to make everything that was made over in china here it was completely terrifying every day i was questioning what are we doing are we crazy reporter turns out that crazy idea wasnt crazy at all and they shared it on social so this year were going to be made in usa, so were really excited about that usa usa t crazy idea w and then all the orders started coming in like crazy its me and my husband and the two dogs and were like how do we ship all these orders out the mcmillans ended up hiring back their entire team plus more and they finally reopened the store. Our sales are have skyrocketed, and we have thousands of back orders were trying so hard to keep up with the demand that we went and bought another 100,000 piece of equipment to help make this happen. Reporter for the news im andrea day. The Tennessee Titans needed zero positive tests in order to reopen their facility. 20 players on the team have already tested positive. Todays results, just ahead. And rockets are cool this one lifted off to space today. Its mission and the cargo on board next 20 years ago, i was an hourly associate cart pusher. The different positions ive had taught me how to be there for others. I started out as a cashier. I mean, the skys the limit with walmart. Its all up to you. Great news for the Tennessee Titans team had no positive covid tests for the second straight day. That means they can return to their facilities tomorrow. 20 players and staff tested positive late last month they had to shut down buildings and postpone their game against the steelers fingers crossed, buffalo at tennessee this sunday. Liftoff from Kennedy Space center spacex launching 60 more of its star link satellites in orbit. On board a falcon 9 rocket those small satellites join hundreds more already up in space. The mission, get internet to everybody on planet earth. The ceo elon musk tweeting they will be rolling out a beta version soon for parts of the United States and canada 60 seconds to primetime, and heres whats topping the news from cnbc. President trump shutting down Coronavirus Relief talks as millions of americans struggle to pay the bills no more negotiations, he says, until after the election hurricane delta taking aim a the gulf south tonight its actually expected to be there friday as a category 3 or 4. Its projected to head there before battering the northern gulf coast making landfall on friday today the louisiana governor declared a state of emergency for what will be the tenth named storm to hit the u. S. This season, the most ever recorded and the white house Senior Adviser Stephen Miller breaking at the top of this hour has tested positive for covid19 miller telling nbc news hes been working remotely for the last five days and has been selfisolating he tested negative every day through yesterday per a white house official today he tested positive and is in quarantine. And now you know the news. For this tuesday, october the 6th, 2020. Im Shepard Smith. Thanks for having us in. Its primetime on cnbc narrator in this episode of american greed. Ray nagin rises to power as mayor of new orleans on big promises of reform. The winds of change are blowing, and they are fanning the flames of a renaissance in our great city. When he first came into office, he was a rock star. I mean, this is a guy who had crossover support black, white, rich, poor. I mean, he was the guy that came into office that was supposed to change new orleans, fix new orleans, clean up new orleans. Narrator until one of the most catastrophic storms in history changes everything. Katrina strikes a heavy blow to the louisiana coast as a category4 storm. Everybody was devastated. We h n