Their pitches to the public. What a new poll is showing and the Record Number of voters heading to the polls. Breaking overnight. Officer fired. The cop in illinois involved in the shooting of an unarmed black man losing his job. What officials are saying about the death that fueled protests in the area. Wildfire deaths. A couple married nearly 70 years losing their lives in one of those monstrous colorado infernos. Strong winds fueling the flames. Nature seems to be really against us right now. Plus, the major fire threat on the way to california. And taking the lead. Heres one shot into left. It is gone. The dodgers scoring a victory in game three of the world series. How a young fan earned his way into the stands by giving fellow fans a way to show their support. Hey, good morning, everybody. Lets get right to the disturbing news overnight about the coronavirus pandemic. The huge and troubling headline. The u. S. Saw more reported cases of the coronavirus friday than on any other day since the pandemic began. More than 83,000. And that beats the previous record set during the summer surge. Abcs trevor ault is at the Barclays Center in brooklyn which this morning has been turned into an early voting location to help people stay socially distanced. Trevor, good morning to you. Reporter whit, good morning. The Barclays Center is one of the few spaces that has the space for thousands of vote attorneys safely cast their ballots indoors while still following the cdc social distancing guidelines and right now that face is desperately needed because were enduring a surge we havent seen since july with cases on the rise in about 80 of the United States. This morning, doctors and medical officials warning a fall coronavirus surge is blanketing the United States. It is frustrating to me to see all these people that are really suffering through this disease. Reporter this week 39 states reporting rising hospitalizations with 14 hitting record highs. Illinois director of the department of Public Health breaking down announcing her states staggering caseload. For a total 364,033 since the start of this pandemic. Excuse me please. Reporter chicago trying to cut off the damage with a curfew ordering nonessential businesses to close at 10 00 p. M. My biggest fear is that we wont get a control on this thing. I mean this is spiraling again out of control. Reporter in montana, cases have jumped more than 500 in the past five weeks. Sandra sanderson says she and all six of her children became infected. I would not want anybodys kids to go through the pain and suffering that we all went through together. Reporter across the midwest big ten football is back. Hes going for the end zone, caught, touchdown. Reporter but the virus is ravaging states like ohio setting record highs three days in a row. The university of dayton announcing one of their students died from covid19 on thursday at just 18 years old. This cincinnati doctor trying to put her communitys 25 weekly deaths in perspective. Imagine if a bus we had a fatal bus crash every week. Would we act . Yes, we would act. Reporter overseas protesters in italy clash with police in naples overnight throwing rocks and smoke bombs with strict new coronavirus measures and in poland the president testing positive as the virus surges. The World Health Organization warning the entire planet and particularly the Northern Hemisphere are at a critical juncture. The next few months are going to be very tough and some countries are on a dangerous track. Reporter in the race for a vaccine, astrazeneca and Johnson Johnson both announcing their late stage trials have resumed in the u. S. And dr. Anthony fauci shedding light on the president s ongoing Pandemic Response saying trump hasnt attended a Coronavirus Task force briefing in several months and is instead listening to science adviser scott atlas who recently tweeted masks dont work against the virus. I definitely dont have his ear as much as scott atlas right now. That has been a changing situation. Reporter and researchers continue to stress the importance of wearing masks. Researchers from the university of washington just published a study that said if 95 of the country wore masks by the end of february it could save about 130,000 lives. Eva . Trevor, a simple thing we can all do, thank you. Now to politics. Its tminus ten days to the election. In pensacola President Trump said the virus is, quote, going away. Meanwhile today joe biden heads to the crucial state of pennsylvania where he will likely face questions about his assertion in thursday nights debate that he would transition america off fossil fuels. Abcs White House Correspondent rachel scott has the latest from the villages in florida where the president spoke yesterday. Rachel, good morning to you. Reporter eva, good morning. The president holding those backtoback rallies here in florida. His campaign knows if they lose this state, they are likely to lose the entire election and with just days to go the president s end game strategy, protect the states he won in 2016. Just over a week until election day President Trump on a final Campaign Blitz spending most of his time in states he won back in 2016. Now were going to win the state of florida. Were going to win four more years in the white house. Reporter in florida, the president packing in supporters at the villages, the nations largest Retirement Community still insisting the u. S. Is rounding the corner with the pandemic. Were not entering a dark winter. Were entering the final turn and approaching the light at the end of the tunnel. Reporter but the u. S. Is facing a surge in cases. A recordsetting 83,000 reported friday alone and seniors have borne the brunt of the pandemic. Polls showing older voters who have leaned republican in every president ial election since 2004 now shifting towards joe biden. As the president made his pitch, just miles away, these two registered republicans say they want him out. He has done too much damage to this country. Reporter on the campaign trail two stark responses to fighting the virus. Ill go to every governor and urge them to mandate mask wearing in their states. If they refuse, ill go to the mayors and county executives and get local masking requirements in place nationwide. Did you hear him last night . Id lock down the country. Were not locking down anything. Were not going to lock down the country. Reporter the president seizing on bidens debate comments about fossil fuels putting the former vp on defense. That could be one of the worst mistakes made in president ial debate history. Were not going to get rid of fossil fuels. Were going to get rid of the subsidies for fossil fuels. We wont get rid of fossil fuel for a long time. Probably not until 2050. Reporter around the country record turnout. At least 54 million americans have already voted. I thought because he was not a, quote, politician and made a lot of promises he has kept those promises and made them so 2020 was a nobrainer for me to vote for President Trump. Reporter from out the door lines in indiana to curbside voting in texas. To see the long line was fantastic. I dont mind standing in that line. I just want to vote. Reporter mike pence voting early too, casting his ballot there in his home state of indiana. Six states already surpassing 1 million inperson votes but in georgia hours long lines once again prompting allegations of voter suppression. This is not a sign of excitement. Its a sign of incompetence. Reporter senator Kamala Harris urging voters at a drivein rally to cast their ballot early. We have to at some point sit back and think why are they trying to make it so difficult and confusing for us to vote . And i think the answer is because they know our power. Reporter President Trump will be heading to the polls today to cast his ballot. Both campaigns now battling over voters in the sunshine state. Former president barack obama will be on the ground in miami today campaigning for joe biden. This state absolutely critical. No candidate in the last six election cycles has gone on to win the white house without winning florida. Whit . That final stretch, rachel scott for us, thank you so much. We appreciate it. Of course, come november its your voice, your vote and we are helping to make it count by breaking down the rules and voting deadlines in some of the key states. So lets go to North Carolina first here. The last day to request an absentee ballot is october 27th. Ballots must be postmarked by election day. But the state is allowing until november 12th for those to be received in case the mail is slow. Voters must complete their absentee ballot in front of a witness and the witness must also sign that ballot envelope. North carolina voters have already requested 1. 4 million absentee ballots. Lets go to texas now. Another potential battleground state. Absentee ballots must be postmarked by 7 00 p. M. On election day and received no later than 5 00 p. M. The day after the election. If you are voting in person, you are required to show a photo i. D. There. At the polls no one is allowed to use wireless communication devices, that includes cell phones and cameras, within 100 feet of voting stations. Right now, texas leads early vote counts with nearly 6. 4 million ballots already being cast by mail or in person. For more information on how to vote in your state, you can go to fivethirtyeight. Com. Dan, over to you. We want to remind everybody well have Election Night coverage all night long led by George Stephanopoulos and the team at election headquarters in new york, d. C. And delaware. Plus correspondents reporting live from battleground states across the country including correspondents named eva and whit, november 3rd, 7 00 eastern right here on abc. Eva, over to you. We are all gearing up. Now to that breaking news overnight. A Police Department in illinois taking action against an officer involved in a Fatal Shooting that sparked outrage. Overnight an Illinois Police officer involved in the shooting of a black man fired. Officials in the city of waukegan say they terminated the officer that discharged his firearm during that incident for multiple policy and procedure violations. The officer is accused of killing 19yearold Marcellis Stinnette and wounding his girlfriend tafarra williams. The shooting sparking outrage with protesters demanding justice. There is no warranting this. Police brutality has gone too far. Reporter it all started tuesday night when police say they were investigating reports of a suspicious vehicle. Officials say the car sped off. That officer exited his vehicle and the vehicle that he was investigating began to reverse towards the officer. The officer then pulled out his duty weapon and fired into the vehicle. Reporter those gunshots killing stinnette and wounding his girlfriend who was sitting in the drivers seat. Tafarra, justice will be served because they left you to speak for the ones that cant speak. Reporter williams attorneys tell abc news the relative speed of the officers firing is a direct result of Police Reforms created by other highprofile cases of black men and women being shot by police saying the cry for systemic change is heard loudly across the country in tafarras name and marcellis. Demonstrators gathered this week, the victims families are looking for answers and closure. The Police Officer is forgiven. Amen. I have to forgive him. Yes. Thats what god want me to do. And the Illinois State police are conducting an independent investigation into that shooting. The findings of that investigation will eventually be turned over to the States Attorneys Office for review. Whit . The u. S. Navy is now investigating what caused a training plane that took off from florida to come crashing down in a residential neighborhood near mobile, alabama. Both pilots on board were killed in that crash. You can see the fiery wreckage there. Witnesses say the plane came straight down and exploded setting fire to a home and several cars. The debris and stuff was flying. It was hot and flames. Just up in the sky. Im sure it had to be some kind of mechanical function that went haywire because it just dropped out of the sky it looked like. The navy says there have been no reports of anyone on the ground being injured. The names of the two pilots have not yet been released. Were going to turn to the raging wildfires in colorado. The two largest wildfires in that States History burning just ten miles apart and weather conditions this weekend are threatening to make things worse. Both in colorado and in california as well. Abcs zohreen shah is in l. A. With the latest. Zohreen, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan. That latest colorado fire now 188,000 acres and growing. Only 4 contained with no end in sight. Multiple people missing. One son saying he suspected his elderly parent had died. This morning his worst fear confirmed. Overnight the east troublesome fire now the second largest in colorados history taking the life of this couple, lyle and marilyn hileman. Officials finding them in their burned home near grand lake. The couple married nearly 70 years calling their son as flames drew close, saying they would take their chances and seek refuge in their basement. The grand county sheriff reading this statement from the family. Our family feels comfort in the knowledge our parents left this world together and on their own terms. They leave a legacy of hard work and determination to overcome, something all of the county will need. Reporter the fire fueled by fast winds and bonedry conditions with red flag warnings in effect in certain areas exploding to more than 100,000 acres during one day this week and an area bigger than the size of denver. Ive never seen anything like it before. Reporter thousands forced to evacuate. Nature seems to be really against us right now. Reporter colorado experiencing the three worst fires in its history the past few weeks. The dry grass, the dry trees, it really spread. Reporter the governor telling gma overnight the reasons are twofold. One is were experiencing climate change, just as the world is, longer, hotter, drier summers. The other is just the utilization of our land. Reporter across that land colorado wildlife disrupted. 200 horses moved to safety and evacuees seen here slowing down as a herd of elk crossed in front of cars. The fire so intense officials have no idea how many homes have been lost. I really want to make that message really as a primary message to our community were not withholding information. Were not trying to delay information getting out there. We dont know. Reporter the good news is there is a snowstorm in colorado expected this weekend. Officials hoping it will give them a chance to get back on their feet. As for right here in california pg e may cut power to over 1 Million People tomorrow. They want to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires as extreme weather returns. Guys . Zohreen shah for us, thank you. Lets check in on the weather and rob marciano who is tracking the wildfire danger for us. Good morning, rob. Reporter hey, good morning, eva. We are seeing changing weather conditions that will eventually benefit at least the colorado fires, but its going to be widespread fire danger through the rest of the week. Lets go over whats happening today. Red flag warnings remain posted. They calm down a little as far as winds yesterday. Humidity came up but winds will crank again so the two big fire also have a hard time with gusts to 60 Miles Per Hour and then our attention switches towards california as we go to sunday, monday and then tuesday. Winds could gust over 70 Miles Per Hour in the Sacramento Valley and San Francisco tomorrow night. Into sunday morning into monday morning, could see winds gusting 40, 50, 60, 70 mile in the city there is. This could be on par with the 2017 event, the 2019 event. We could see good morning, looking at a little bit of fog here from mt. Tam, and sunshine arrives today with that onshore flow, but things all change tomorrow. For gusty offshore winds, red flag warnings, and looking at the winds beginning to ramp up by the afternoon. Then colder mornings and warmer afternoons into next week. 68 today in oakland, look for 72 in santa rosa, as well as san jose, mid60s downtown. The accuweather sevenday forecast, red flag warning starts tomor reporter we actually have snow coming to colorado to help in the wildfire fight. We are, of course, in the height of Pumpkin Patching and pumpkin picking for halloween. So were at a local nursery here in Westchester County to highlight a beautiful patch. Well talk more about that throughout the next hour and a half. Guys, back over to you. Some good looking pumpkins there. I could use some fresh ones. The squirrels have been eating my pumpkins this year. They dig right through it. Reporter they love the pumpkins. Suburbanproblems. Exactly. Grab me a couple gourds. Thank you, rob. Well talk soon. Lets talk baseball. Dodgers taking game three with an early commanding lead and maybe it had a Little Something to do with the very special fan cheering them on from the stands. Janai joins us with the California Team who earned a ticket to that big game. Janai, good morning. Good morning. Yeah, those tickets werent cheap, costing more than 600 bucks each, but this kid has always dreamed of going to a World Series Game and when we say he earned it we mean he put in the hard work and long hours finding a way to turn dodgers