Headquarters in times square. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. With just one week to the finish line tonight, the president ial campaigns are making a mad dash across i country, hoping to shore up support or expand the electoral map before next tuesday. The candidates, along with some highprofile supporters, fanned out to 10 states today, with President Trump holding rallies in three states he won four years ago, and joe biden hitting georgia, a state democrats havent captured in decades. But tonight, its former president barack obama and current First Lady Melania Trump who have come out swinging. In dueling stump speeches, mr. Obama lashed out at his successor, saying President Trump is jealous the coronavirus pandemic is getting more coverage than he is. While in a rare speech First Lady Melania Trump hit biden, calling his agenda socialist and socialist and saying it would destroy the country. Tonight, both campaigns are trying to convince americans who havent already stood in line or mailed this their ballots to do it now. A recordshattering 69 million americans have already voted, and tonight, Election Officials in several states have encouraging those who havent to vote in person, saying ballots mailed in now may not arrive in time to be counted. The final Campaign Push is being played out just as the surge of the coronavirus is reaching an alarming new rate, with new infections now growing faster than ever. Theres a lot of new reporting to get to tonight. Our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. Cbs ed okeefe is going to lead off our coverage tonight from right here in or cbs election headquarters. Good evening, ed. Reporter good evening, norah. With seven days left, joe biden is feeling so confident, hes doing something democrats didnt think theyd be able to do campaigning in states they havent won in decades. And in the coming days hes going to keep doing what he did today pushing a message of national unity. Just by setting foot in georgia, joe biden sent a message to President Trump today democrats think they can flip the state for the First Time Since 1992. In warm springs, where Franklin Delano roosevelt once sought relief from the pains of polio, biden said the country would recover from the current crisis. This place, warm springs, is a reminder that though broken, each of us can be healed, that as a people and a country, we can overcome this devastating virus. Reporter next door in florida, former president obama was pumping up the crowd in orlando. Honk, if youre fired up reporter hoping to turn out central floridas latino and suburban voters the key to any statewide win. Weve got to turn out like never before, orlando reporter and he taunted his successor. Covid, covid, covid, hes complaining. Hes jealous of covids media coverage. Reporter the former president also called out recent comments by trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner about black americans. President trumps policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems theyre complaining about, but he cant want them to be successful more than they want to be successful. His soninlaw says black folks have to want to be successful. Thats the problem. Who are these folks . What history books do they read . Reporter the Biden Campaign is courting black voters in a lastminute barrage of tv ads. 1,000 times again reporter outspending the president on tv by 12 million this week alone. Tonight in atlanta, biden said the African American vote in georgia could put him over the top. Its time to stand up and take back our democracy and any place we can do it, here in georgia, we win georgia, we win everything. Reporter so, to give you a bigger sense of the scope of bidens advertising, hes now bought more than 600 million in tv and radio ads during the general election, mostly in 14 key states. So even if biden isnt traveling much, its really hard to miss him right now in the battleground states. Norah. Odonnell those are quite some numbers. Ed okeefe, thank you so much. Despite being outspent on the airwaves, President Trump plans to crisscross the country in the coming days for his signature inperson rallys. Today the president campaigned in three states that he won in 2016, including two critical battlegrounds, wisconsin and michigan, where he now trails in the polls. Heres cbs paula reid. Reporter rising covid cases in michigan didnt stop thousands of supporters from cheering on the president in lansing today, or the president from saying the pandemic is getting too much attention. But heres the story, its covid, covid, covid. You cant watch anything else. On november 4, you wont be hearing so much about it. Reporter despite evidence the president s handling of the virus has hurt him in the polls, hes down eight according to the latest cbs battleground tracker, the president continues to minimize covids impact. Did you ever notice, they dont use the word death, they use the word cases. Like barron trump is a case. He had sniffles. He was sniffling. One kleenex, thats all he needed. Reporter in her first Solo Campaign appearance in year in pennsylvania, First Lady Melania Trump defended her husbands response to the virus. While the president was taking Decisive Action to keep the American People safe, the democrats were wasting american taxpayer dollars in a sham impeachment. Reporter seven days out and down or tied in almost every swing state, the president is again sowing doubts about the outcome of the elections, falsely claiming there are mailin ballots and calling for a final total on november 3. November 3. Twitter flagged that as misleading and acting department of Homeland Security chief chad wolf told cbs news catherine herig the results will come after election day. I think the vast majority of americans would like that result come election night, but we do know that certain states will but we do know that certain states will continue to count some of their mailin ballots for a couple of days after. Reporter in wisconsin, where mr. Trump rallied tonight, the president s supporters echoed his concerns about mailin voting. We want to vote on election day. It just makes us feel better. Reporter the u. S. Supreme court ruled last night that all ballots in wisconsin must be in by election day to be counted, but this opinion has some democrats concerned because Justice Kavanaugh appeared to be echoing President Trump, expressing concerns about chaos if ballots come in after november 3, and the president has said he thinks the Supreme Court may ultimately be asked to asked to decide the outcome of the president ial election. Norah. Odonnell and thats why closely watched. Ely watched. Paula reed, thank paula reid, thank you. One of the biggest stories of this campaign is the record setting number of ballots cast by early voters, with some states already nearing their 2016 totals for the entire election. Chief washington correspondent Major Garrett joins us now. Major, i know you have been tracking these numbers. So, tell us, what are you seeing . Reporter so the numbers are historic, norah, and they really speak to something that can be described as an american success story. We are figuring out how to have an election in a pandemic. And doing so earlier than weve ever done before. Let me show you a couple of big member numbers. 2020 early vote turnout already above 69 million. The total early vote turnout in 2016, 57 million. One other thing i want to point out, the overall day of and early vote total in 2016, 138. 8 million. Experts ive talked to believe turnout this year could be 150, possibly 155 million. Lets go to some of the states that are acting like battlegrounds in their early vote. Texas, 87 of the total 2016 turnout, early voting. Florida, 67. Georgia, 71. North carolina, 72. Arizona, 68 . Again, those numbers represent early voters as a percentage of the entire 2016 turnout. Odonnell major, let me ask you this. What can you tell me about not only who is voting, but how theyre voting early. Reporter of course, norah, we dont know how anyone is voting. We know Party Affiliations in some states track that with the early voting. Heres what we know mailin voting by party affiliation, democrats lead republicans roughly two to one. And you see no affiliations, otherwise known as independents. Lets go to early inperson voting. Well, republicans are showing an advantage there, 42 to democrats 37 . Again, no affiliation, independents 21 . Now those independents fall very crucial in 2020 just as they were in 2016. Odonnell republicans like to vote in person. Reporter they do, indeed. Odonnell major, thank you. Tonight, the governor of illinois is cracking down on the rise in covid cases, once again banning Indoor Dining and drinking in chicago. More than 8. 7 million cases have now been confirmed in the u. S. And more than 226,000 americans have died from the disease. And we learned today that crucial Covid Vaccine information from drug maker pfizer expected this week is now unlikely to come before the election. Here is cbs meg oliver. Reporter tonight, covid is spreading faster than ever in the u. S. With the highest one week average of new cases since the pandemic began. 38 states now reporting increases in the number of hospitalized patients compared to two weeks ago. The situation is especially dire in seven states where many i. C. U. S are near or at capacity. Average daily deaths have also edged back up to about 800 americans per day, a level not seen in more than a month. In utah, hospitals pushed to the brink are preparing to ration care. You cant sustain this pace of the surge right now. No, its not sustainable. Reporter dr. Todd bento is in the top doctor in Intermountain Healthcare in salt lake city. I would say if you dont think your daily actions dont affect others you have never met, youre wrong. Everything we do that circulates the virus eventually makes it so it might get to someone who ends up in the hospital. Reporter in the midwest the surge has been especially hard. Wisconsin saw its highest daily uptick in cases since the pandemic began. Illinois is also seeing a spike in new cases, and daily deaths have risen more than 50 . We have got to reverse the trend and slow the spread of this virus. Reporte covid cases and kids are also rising, up more 14 in two weeks. And now a british Study Suggests coronavirus antibodies might only last months, similar to those for the common cold. In newark, new jersey, where the coronavirus Positivity Rate is topping more than 11 , new restrictions are in effect. Its not panic. Its calculated strategies to do what we know works here in newark. Reporter starting tonight, here in newark, the states largest city, all nonessential businesses and Indoor Dining will shut down every night at 8 00 until at least november 10. On average, the number of new covid cases in the state has more than 45 in last two weeks. Norah. Odonnell all right, meg oliver, thank you. Tonight, city officials in philadelphia are appealing for calm following a night of violent protests after police shot and killed a black man in front of his family. The shooting was captured on video and a warning what you are about to see and hear is disturbing. Heres cbs jericka duncan. Reporter tonight, the National Guard on alert in philadelphia after demonstrations turned violent monday night. Police say 30 of their officers were injured, including one female officer whose leg was broken after she was hit by a vehicle. Oh, my god he hit a cop reporter the unrest is fueled by the shooting death of 27yearold Walter Wallace jr. In cell phone video, hes seen walking towards police. His family claims he had a dinner knife. Wallaces mother tried to intervene. Two officers with their guns drawn repeatedly asked him to drop the weapon. Gunfire Police say the officers fired at least seven shots each. There are many questions that demand answers. Residents have my assurance that those questions will be fully addressed by the investigation. Reporter this is just the latest in policeinvolved shootings that have led to protests, including one in waukegan, illinois. Today, 20yearold Tafara Williams who was shot last week in a policeinvolved shooting that left her boyfriend marcellis stannette dead spoke for the first time from her hospital bed. I get here and marcellis is still breathing. I told them please dont shoot. I have a baby. We have a baby. We dont want to die. Reporter as this West Philadelphia community mourns, today we spoke to wallaces family attorney shaka johnson. He said wallaces pregnant wife told authorities that her husband was bipolar. You maintain this was an unjustified Police Shooting . Absolutely. I have an issue with the fact that someone with verifiable Mental Health issues was gunned down in the street in front of his family. Reporter the philadelphia mayor says hes reached out to other Law Enforcement agencies to be on alert, possibly for assistance, and some businesses also plan to close down early tonight. Norah, a number of people here on the street asked why didnt police just use the taser . Well, the police chief commissioner said that the officers involved in the shooting didnt have them. Odonnell all right, jericka duncan, thank you. Tonight, in a cbs news executive, were hearing from two of the grand jurors in the Breonna Taylor case. The 26yearold e. R. Technician was shot and killed inside her home last march in a Botched Police raid. No officers have been directly charged with killing taylor. The jurors, who asked to be identified only as grand juror one and two, tell cbs this mornings gayle king, the entire jury wanted to discuss more charges against the officers. Reporter so when you all looked, one and two, and youre told the only thing you need to consider right now is wanton endangerment, did anyone say, are there any other options here . Almost the entire room. Yes. Everyone said that. Reporter what was the answer you were given . Basically, in a nutshell, they said theres there were other possible charges that we considered but nothing that we could make stick. Or that we felt we could make stick. Odonnell both jurors called the Police Actions leading up to the raid negligent, and one believes they were criminal. You can see gayle kings exclusive interview with the grand jurors tomorrow, thats only on cbs this morning. In Southern California tonight, about 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders because of two intense wildfires. Two firefighters are in Critical Condition after they were badly burned. Several homes are damaged, but so far, none have been destroyed. 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Im Norah Odonnell in cbs news election headquarters in new york. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh. This is the the cbs overnight news. Thanks for staying with us. Covid19 continues to spread rapidly, not just here in the u. S. But in countries around the world. Europe reports half of the worlds new covid cases and strict new travel restrictions have been imposed on the try to curb the spread of infection. That touched off protests, some of them violent. Theres new rules and regulations for a while. We have had to wear the masks both outside and inside and now the newest restrictions have a curfew that all restaurants have to close after 6 00 p. M. And gyms and pools are lowsed. There is been protested, scattered protested around the country c country, in some cases, extremist groups have hijacked the protests, sparking violence. Overnight police in riot gear fired tear gas to push back protesters. While most protests against the government restrictions and closures have been peaceful. Italys National Police tell can cbs news, these scenes with the results of instigators from far right, far left and organized crime groups that infiltrated and carried out violence. Across europe, coronavirus cases are spiking. This chart shows the surges since september, look at germany. Spain, the United Kingdom and france chm france, which now has the fifth highest number of cases globally. Spain, the first european country declared a second state of emergency. Governments in the World Health Organization are urging everyone take personal responsibility and limit contact. We can avoid National Lockdowns and massive Restrictive Movement if everyone plays their part. Reporter those pleas to curb the spread are coming from the hospitals. In belgium, some doctors have been asked to work to keep working even if they have coronavirus. 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