Their kids from getting tested. And should santa be able to get the vaccine early . The debate in d. C. Halloween warning. The new crackdown on trickortreating. The guidance from the cdc and options for parent. Wild win. A sunday night football thriller with a surprise ending. Plus, the lucky mistake that had one Lottery Winner seeing double. And one special reunion 1,200 miles in the making. Good monday morning. Im mona kosar abdi. Im andrew dymburt. Kenneth is off. We begin with the race for the white house just eight days before election day. A new covid outbreak has hit the white house. At least five people in mike pences circle have tested positive. With polls showing a tight race, we learned that Kamala Harris will travel to texas this week. Some ugly moments in new york as people threw objects and hurled insults at a group called jew j jews for trump. We begin with the Vice President on the campaign trail. Despite a small slip while coming off air force two, and a covid outbreak in his inner circle, Vice President mike pence shows no signs of slowing down holding a rally in North Carolina last night. Were all standing out here in the rain for one reason only. That is that North Carolina and america need four more years of President Donald Trump in the white house. Reporter at least five people close to the Vice President tested positive for covid19. Marty obst testing positive wednesday. The white house then revealing pences chief of staff, marc short, also tested positive. Short was seen here with the Vice President friday. Sources say President Trumps chief of staff wanted to keep the outbreak private. We dont give out that kind of information. Obviously marc short and a couple of key staff around the Vice President have come down with the coronavirus. Reporter meadows admitting this. Were not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics. Why arent we going to get control of the pandemic . Its a contagious virus like the flu. Why not make efforts to contain it . We are. By running all over the country, not wearing a mask . Thats what the Vice President is doing. Reporter the white house says the Vice President and the second lady tested negative sunday and says pence will maintain his schedule in accordance with cdc guidelines. Democratic Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris who suspended campaigning when a member of her staff tested positive took aim at her opponent. We have modelled the right and good behavior. They should take our lead. Reporter President Trump at the white house last night handing out candy to children of Health Care Workers and military families. The trump Team Released this new ad marking joe biden as a zombie. Exhibits aggressive behaviors and moans and growns. With your help we can prevent the zombie uprising. Reporter a new abc ipsos poll shows the favorability of both candidates remains relatively unchanged since the summer. 58 million ballots have already been cast. Lines stretched for blocks on the first day of voting in new york city. I feel its our most fundamental right to vote. Reporter a new push to secure ballots. Surveillance video captured someone setting a drop off box on fire. 87 ballots were able to be salvaged and processed. I sent an urgent directive this afternoon to secure ballot drop boxes if at all possible to keep them inside. At least eight ballots in the box were destroyed. The fbi is investigating. The senate is set to confirm abe amy coney barrett, adding to the courts conservative majority. Sources say plans are in the works for a swearing in at the white house. Now to the pandemic and infections surging in parts of the country, including a Record Number of new cases as the covid death toll tops 225,000. Another big city is now imposing a cure view. Some hospitals are preparing to ration care. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze has more on the new hot spots. Good morning. Reporter the crisis is escalating so quickly in part of texas. Some hospitals say they may need to air lift critically ill patients to other cities. This morning an explosion of new cases crippling some cities. Were at a danger tipping point. Were at a point where the Health Care System is overloaded. We think well need another 200 plus hospital rooms. Reporter el paso seeing patients triple in who weeks. Medical workers setting up outdoor tents to house patients. Were at a crisis stage. All area hospitals have reached capacity. All intensive care units are at 100 capacity. Reporter El Paso County now under curfew. Nonessential travel banned after 10 00 p. M. Violating face a 500 fine. This should alert all of us as to the importance of whats taking place. Reporter the country is seeing the highest number of daily infections ever. Whats the toughest part . Breathing. Reporter in illinois a top doctor getting emotional. Were reporting a total of 364,033 since the start of the pandemic. Excuse me. Reporter in utah some parents are pledging not to get their kids tested. If theres a quarantine, theyre encouraging each other not to have their children tested. Reporter its called the mom code, a growing effort to keep schools open and sports teams running regardless of covid outbreaks. Parents in the group claim testing is unnecessary. Frequent testing allows rapid identification of children with covid. This containment reduces the rapid spread. Reporter meanwhile a push to offer santa performers early access to a Covid Vaccine is being canceled. The wall street journal says the priority were offered to the performers as essential workers. The idea was scrapped. Now Health Secretary alex azar said he didnt know about the reported santa pr plan which is now under review. Andrew . Elizabeth, thank you. Overseas the crew of an oil tanker off the british coast is safe after what was initially called a suspected hijacks. British military forces boarded the ship. Seven people were taken into custody. The tanker left nigeria thr weeks ago carrying oil. Tropical storm zeta appears to have new orleans in its sights and could soon become a hurricane. The system is moving through the gulf off the eastern coast. The system is on track to reach louisiana wednesday. Its expected to gain strength and become a category 1 hurricane. Time for a look at your monday forecast. The strongest santa ana winds of the season are raising fire fears in california. Concerns have forced pacific gas and electric to cut power to about 1 million people. Wildfire conditions in colorado have given way to snow. Take a look at that. More than a foot fell in locations north of denver. Windchills are below zero. Checking todays high temperatures. Only the mid teens in the denver area today. Mid 70s in Southern California today. Coming up the breakfast wars heating up. Dunkin puts itself up for sale. Also ahead, from stores like home depot to your local car dealership the products in short supply because of the pandemic. New cdc back now with the unusual lights seen in the sky over hawaii this weekend. Spacex tweeted it deployed satellites saturday. Astronomers believe it was actually debris from a rocket reentering the atmosphere. Dunkin donuts is looking to go private. The New York Times says dunkin is in talks to sell itself in a deal worth 9 billion. A deal could come today. From washer machines to gallons of paint, stores are reporting supply chain disruptions. This is affecting appliance makers as more people complete Home Improvement projects. Car dealers are struggling to keep vehicles in stock because more americans are avoiding mass transit. Grocery stores are stockpiling essential items including soap and cleaning wipes. Many parents are asking what will be safe for kids this halloween. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has some guidance. Reporter cities in at least 37 states are changing some of their halloween plans, most canceling community events. Some banning trickortreating altogether. Others are restricting giving candy, treats or toys to anyone outside your household. Cdc is warning people to avoid indoor costume parties or haunted houses, fall festivals and hay rides with anyone you dont live with. Were trying to reduce the number of interactions, keep social distancing and mask wearing. Reporter cdc encouraging people to use candy tubes, to having ghosts do the dirty work. What else is considered low risk . Carving or decorating pumpkins outside at a safe distance with friends, a virtual costume contest or a Scavenger Hunt for candy with members of your own house old. Were going to set up like an Easter Egg Hunt for halloween. Well hide candy in the backyard and have them search for it. Reporter most importantly if you plan to wear a costume, dont forget you still need a mask. The cdc is nixing socalled trunk or treating where kids get their candy fix from cars rather than going to a house itself. Even that experts say has a high transmission risk. Andrew, mona . Megan thank you. Coming up, we clear up confusion about the flu shot. A big step forward in a fight against the socalled murder hornet, but whats next . Ext . Uncthat can last. Kin in fact, tremfya® was proven superior to humira® in providing significantly clearer skin. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. Tremfya®. Uncover clearer skin that can last. Janssen can help you explore cost support options. Tremfya®. Uncover clearer skin that can last. The 1 pediatrician recommended brand, pampers, helps keep babys skin dry and healthy. 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Rodents have become a bigger problem since the pandemic as they look for more food sources. Scientists who destroyed the first nest of socalled murder hornets are concerned its not the only one. Workers vacuumed out more than 100 of the insects from a tree north of seattle. The hornets kill about 50 people a year in japan. Scientists found the nest after applying dental floss with a tracking device to a hornet. I took a step back and realized we were standing right under the nest. We tracked her straight back to where she came from. We were pretty happy about that. Experts say theres a good chance there are more nests. Turning back to the pandemic, theres confusion this year about the flu shot. Also this morning an athome saliva test for covid is available. Earlier i spoke to dr. Patel about the headlines. Lets begin with the flu shot. Weve been told its so important this year. What are you hearing about shortages of flu shots and the challenges of getting kids vaccinated . Were not hearing anything about shortages. Were hearing as discrepancies about whether or not children as young as 3 can get vaccinated. Theres misconceptions that its not safe to go into doctors offices to get flu shots. Its absolutely important to get kids ages 6 months above vaccinated against in ffluenzai. Not only kids, but yourself as well. Even though deaths are dropping, were seeing some of the worst case numbers since the pandemic began. Where do you see this going . As of right now what we saw with 85,000 cases on friday, its not going in a good direction. Were seeing cases sky rocket. The death rate is dropping. Thats because were better at our therapies. It doesnt necessarily mean if you dont die you walk out of the clinic without any symptoms. Theres longterm issues. We really hope we get it together this winter. We can. Its in our hands. New yorks governor said the targeted strategy used in the new york city has worked in controlling clusters of the virus. How did that strategy work . Can it work or be duplicated elsewhere . Remember, this is an Early Intervention strategy. Its not going to work if you have widespread cases in a city. I think this is a strategy that a lot of cities should look at trying to adopt so they can better control early outbreaks before they spread. Athome saliva testing is now available for covid19. What are your thoughts on this kind of testing . Costco came out with a saliva test you can by online. Its a little cost prohibitive at about 129. Hopefully there will be more competition to drive the cost down. What some people are speculating is we may see an athome covid test similar to a pregnancy one that anyone can buy and take at home. Thanks to dr. Patel. The dodgers are one win away from the world series title. They beat the rays 42 last night. Game six is tomorrow. The dodgers are trying to end a 32year title drought. On sunday football the play of the year last night. Seattles d. K. 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Mr. Trump asked them to turn towards the cameras. The best costume we saw all weekend was this one from iowa. A zoom screen filled with creepy characters. A man made it for his daughter. Shes in the middle showing the next victim. Next, a careless mistake that was worth the consequences. A michigan man tried to buy a Lottery Ticket through an app. He mistakenly purchased two. He said he was bummed he wasted two bucks until he realized he hit the jackpot. He just claimed a 2 million prize. 1 million for each ticket. News from mcdonalds customers. Being surprised about the ice cream machine not working is a thing of the past. A German Software maker created the program. A bot is used to check the status of every ice cream maker in the united states. Reunited. One man got his best friend back. Check out the reaction from blue. Blue has been missing from six months when his owner pat had to move to texas for work. Pats friend saw blue in a video the shelter posted online. 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