Tried to interfere what this means for your vote, and our nations safety. Plus, new Research Shows masks do work. But which face coverings block covid19 the best . Announcer live, from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. Good evening. We begin tonight with urge ennews from the fbi and the department of Homeland Security. And the headline is Russian Hackers got into local and state computers in america, browsed about uncheck asked stole data from at least two u. S. Government servers the New York Times reports u. S. Intelligence pieced together details what have they believe are russias plans to enter veer in the electionin the final days or immediately after the election on november 3rd. However, the fbi reports it has no evidence yet that the integrity of the elections data has been compromised we will hear from a cyber expert on this coming right up. This on debate night in america. Joe biden and President Trump in their final scheduled faceoff, and what could be their last appearance on the same stage we are less than two hours away now. The stage set in nashville amount of live look inside here. For the first time the Debate Commission will mute and cut off a candidates mib while the other candidate is in two minutes of private time. On the weight of the debate joe biden says that he hopes President Trump plays by the rules including getting tested for covid beforehand the white house reports the president did test negative on air force one during that flight to nashville already, nearly 48 million americans have voted across the nation thats more than one third of the total vote in 2016 the real clear politics afternoon of the polls shows the former Vice President with a nearly eightpoint lead nationally and a clear edge in a number of crucial swing states the two men meet tonight before Moderator Kristen Welker of nbc news on that stage in nashville where covid19 cases in that city are surging, up 40 in just the past two weeks nbc news chief white house correspond end hallee jackson kicks off our coverage live from the debate hall. How goes . Goes well obviously a busy night and lots to coverage. Two specific strategies lets start with Vice President bidens. So, the Biden Campaign wants to make sure that the focus remains on what joe biden has been talking about for months now, shep, that is the administrations response to the coronavirus pandemic that you just referenced with those numbers here in tennessee. Watch for biden to continue to try to push that message and to do a lot of what he did in that first debate, where he turned to the camera we saw the moments where the former Vice President turned away from President Trump and delivered a message to the american voters. The campaign thought that was effective, thought they helped get his message across you are likely to see something similar this time. The Biden Campaign is ready for attacks they predict will be coming from President Trump specifically related to joe bidens son. We keep hearing that President Trump who aides have said is sometimes difficult to manage wants to do things his own way but that he has a different and specific strategy now. I dont know if he does, but people around him want him to interrupt less there is thinking inside the heads of the people close to the president that if the president let joe biden speak, it opens up the opportunity for joe biden to stumble or make a gave that the president could then attack. But that doesnt happen unless President Trump allows joe biden to have his time to talk if the president is unhappy with something joe biden is saying or if he feels like joe biden is misrepresenting his record or himself he will jump in. Of course if mics wont be muted the whole time, only for the first four minutes total of each segment to give each candidate time for uninterrupted talk. The debate coming up on nbc the debates havent moved the polls much over the years but this time around well, its 2020, so anything can happen Steve Kornacki on the president s first debate polling setback. Reporter we are always asking do debates matter of course one of the reasons the president is running from behind late in this campaign is because the first debate this year did matter this is what the polling looked like coming into that first debate at the ends of september. Trump was trailing by about six points to joe biden. A week later, after that first debate, bidens lead had grown to basically ten points. The lowest moment so far in the polling for trumps Reelection Campaign came right after that first debate trump running from behind, final debate, election closing in. Can debates this late in a president ial Campaign Cycle matter the last two elections we have had late debates, too. And guess what there was some change in the polling after them famously 2016. This is what the polling looked like between clinton and trump heading into their final debate. It was right around now in 2016. Of course trump in the final two weeks of that campaign, hes the one who gained, closed that gap nationally against Hillary Clinton of course won the popular vote doesnt always benefit the republican, though worth remembering. Eight years ago this was the scene in the polling going into the final debt remember this . Myth romney led by a fraction of a point going into their last debate against barack obama but it was obama in the final couple weeks of that campaign that is the one who grew in the polling. Romney shrunk and obama was reelected. We have had two late debates in the last two elections and the polls did change slightly but critically in both. New reporting indicates many u. S. Intelligence officials are far more concerned about russia than iran enter veering in the 2020 election also this after the direct offer of National Intelligence made a statement in the news hour last night accusing iran of sending threatening emails to democratic voters telling them vote for trump or else. The dni claiming during that hour that irans meddling was meant to damage President Trump. The iranian government denies any involvement, not surprisingly, denies any election interference and calls it a desperate attempt by the Trump Administration to question the outcome of the election in advance. Further evidence suggests that democratic voters were the ones targeted nbc is in tehran on reaction from there. Reporter tehran is vehemently denying all accusations saying unlike the United States iran doesnt interfere in the elections of other countries demanding the u. S. Ends what they call vicious and dangerous accusations against iran accusing u. S. Politicians of cooking up a scenario to undermine the confidence of american voters. Interestingly, shep, they all added the caveat that they dont compare what the next occupant of the white house is because policy would be the same but in reality joe biden would be the lesser of two evils as they believe he would return to the nuclear deal and lift sanctions whereas President Trump would only apply more pressure. Now, a Cyber SecurityCompany Reports it found a hacker selling voter information data of nearly 150 million americans on the dark web. A lot of this information is publicly available if you pay for it but it does show how easily a foreign adversary can get their hands on all kinds of information to interfere in our elections. Lets turn to suegon gordon now former director of National Intelligence for President Trump and obama. Good to see you. Good to see you. How much Public Information is out there to be mined and how can it be weaponized so theres a lot. And not only Public Information, but we have so many locations where the information is if we dont protect them well, our adversaries are going to find it. It company weaponized not in terms of the voting themselves, but in terms of kind of creating havoc on election and where people go, what people believe, whether their names are properly activated. So it can create mischief and create chaos and disincentivize people from going to the right place. So there are certainly things that it can do. Right. I will tell you, this release, particularly on the russian activity. I was going to ask about that, that was from the top of this news hour, just to catch our viewers up we reported on this report from the government that russians are actively speaker fearing right now. They have hacked into computers. No evidence that they have compromised election systems what do you know about these particular hackers and what they are capable of doing this is why the Intelligence Community worries so much about russia they are a very capable, very expert you know, these are the descendants of the kgb this is a very accomplished set of actors. And they have a whole tool kit that they can use. The fact that they actually penetrated some networks, walk around in them, stole some data, that just is an incredibly concerning albeit not surprising view of what russia can do thats why we worry so much about them i really do want to highlight what the fbi insists it says. There is a business between getting in the Business Networks and the Voter Registration networks and being in the actual election infrastructure. Right. So there still is that gap there. But at love things can be done when you have this capable of service having this kind of access. Sue gordon, great to talk to you again. Thank you. You too, thanks shep. Judge Amy Coney Barrett is now one step closer to a seat on the supreme court. All 12 republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee voted today to approve judge barrett now the full senate expected to vote on her confirmation on monday democrats were a noshow for the hearing today. Only lasted about an hour. Instead they held a News Conference outside of the capitol on the steps the minority leader Chuck Schumer calling the process illegal legitimate if the senate does confirm judge barrett, which we fully expect, there will be a 63 conservative majority on the court. A Colorado Wildfire has exploded in size, growing more than 150 square miles in a single day they call this one the east troublesome fire it earned its name started burning last week but strong winds overnight lit it up the local sheriff says it is ripping through 6,000 acres an hour. Its bad. Its really bad. The fastmoving fire forcing an entire town to evacuate grand lake, home to roughly 400 people, emptied. Its about a twohour drive north and west of denver cops rushing door to door helping people get out there right now the fire is said to be 5 ed contained it is one of several major fires burning there. It includes the cameron peak fire, the largest wildfire in Colorado State history. Covid watch now. Big announcements from the fda the first coronavirus treatment in the United States is now approved happened today plus, the unique step toward building the Publics Trust for a vaccine. Reporter the fda pulls back the curtain on the covid19 vaccine seeking outside input on some highrisk questions. It will truly result in an avalanche of evictions. Representers are struggling so are landlords but what happens when eviction bans expire. Plus, the pandemic boom for the plastics instrument. Th covid watch, and the fall surge hitting america hard the cdc reports covid cases are increasing in 75 of our country. Average daily cases up for 15 taste in a row, increasing more than 30 over that period. Thats from johns hopkins. In the midwest, they are bearing the brunt this surge ohio recording more than 2,400 daily covid cases the highest that state has ever reported on a single day its neighbors, wisconsin, and illinois all seeing a spike in case over the past week. In the past few hours, the fda approved remdesivir as a coronavirus treatment. Its now the first and only fully approved treatment for covid19 in the country. Cnbcs meg tirrell on how the fda is assuring anything vaccine approved will be safe. Reporter this panel is considered a key safeguard on getting a covid19 vaccine to market in process that has been the fastest in history. People think safety guidelines are being durr tailed but thats not the story. Reporter today a discussion of whats to come. The data needed to support clearing a vaccine, how to track safety during the initial rollout. One idea a daily text message from the cdc and with the leading vaccines requiring two shots several weeks apart, how to ensure people get the right one the second time. Regulators olympian to track it both electronically and with paper cards. A major unanswered question, how many people will be willing to get the shots in the first place. Concerns range from the speed of the process to distrust in the government and Health Care System a poll finds just 40 of americans say they are willing to get a covid19 vaccine. Now, shep, the panel today didnt discuss any specific vaccine candidates but we are just about a week and a half away from potentially seeing the first data on these major trials on whether these vaccines work and how well we will look for that, meg, thanks so much. Does your mask protect you from covid or just the people around you researchers in japan have answered that question for the very first time. They used two automated mannequins, the one you see here, the mannequin heads and the actual virus, the infected mannequin made to cough on the other. Heres the result. The cloth mark, 17 less of the virus is inhaled by the person wearing it with the blue masks, the hospital ones that come like that, 47 less then there is the n 95 or kn 95, they fit tight 70 of everything you might inhale is filtered out the team from tokyos institute of medical science says masks alone will not stop the spread, but they are a big help. And people should do more to broke themselves like socially distance and wash up every time. The empty middle seat on Southwest Airlines during the pandemic, thats about to get sold again in Southwest Airlines the Company Making the announcement today, the problem is money southwest is struggling, and mightily the ceo there says it could be ten years before Business Travel returns to prepandemic levels. Ten years . The airline reporting its biggest loss ever, burning through 16 million every day. Believe it or not, thats an improvement. It had been 23 million a day. Many Airlines Spend the money they are spending just to stay in operation with little revenue coming in. Planes are parked. They have noshl nowhere to go, barely any demand. American, americas Oldest Airlines is in worst shape losses mounting to 200 million in the alone, hemorrhaging 44 million every day. Better than the 58 million american was burning last quarter. Improvement in the covid era what a thing bill, southwest is no longer keeping the middle seat open could that hurt its business whats the thinking . I dont think it is going to hurt the business. The bottom line is this, there may be some people who enjoy having that extra space when they get on a southwest flight but they are going to continue flying iffer going to hold off on a flight because of this move where somebody is sitting next to them they were probably not confident about flying in the first place. Alaska and delta are still keeping the middle seat open but thats evenually going to change for them as well. The airlines are disinfecting we did a documentary on this. Yeah. But are there stts on whether this is working . A study that was done by boeing where they took a virus similar to covid19 and they put it on different surfaces on a plane. Then they tested whether you sprayed disinfectant, whether or not you had the uv light wand, whether you wiped down the different surfaces, does it really get rid of the virus . And the results show, according to the university of arizona yes, they do get rid of the virus. These tactics are working according to the scientists. Of course you and i both know if somebody is feeling hinky about getting on board because of the virus it is going to be hard to convince them. Phil lebeau. A story of survival. Two stories. A pair of sisters more than 100 years young, and both of them beat covid heres cnbcs contessa brewer. Going hot oh, you are going hot. Reporter you are looking at one tough woman, tangoing at 108 years old. You okay, anna . Yeah. Reporter meet anna, a survivor of two global pandemics. Annas family says she caught the flu in 10918, the deadliest of all time. But she beat it at just six years old. And more than 100 years later she got covid19 in may at her nursing home in new jersey she battled it for six weeks what was it like to see her suffering from coronavirus. We all felt so bad for her. But she bounced back. Reporter bounced back, all right. And conquered coronavirus. Im sure there are a lot of people, miss anna, who want to know what the secret is to living so long to be honest and kind, believe in god all the good stuff. Reporter 60 miles away in queens, new york, annas younger sister, helen. Shes 105. In march, she also got covid19 and had