Chicago cracking down again, banning Indoor Dining as overwhelmed hospitals buckle under the pressure. Bearing down. Hurricane zeta strengthening overnight, barreling towards the already battered gulf coast. Millions bracing for the storm to make landfall tonight. Ginger is live on the ground this morning. Tensions rising. Overnight, growing unrest in philadelphia over the Fatal Police Shooting of Walter Wallace jr. Officers firing 14 shots at the man allegedly armed with a knife. The National Guard deployed, looters ransacking businesses. This morning, his family speaking out for the first time. Sentenced. The leader of the sex cult Nxivm Keith Raniere given 120 years in prison. This morning, dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg, the mother of one of his victims, reacts to the news. Hes a vile monster. What shes saying about her daughter only on gma. Finally and the city of champions. Dodgers have won it all in 2020 the dodgers transforming l. A. Into title town after winning their first world series in more than 30 years. Mookie betts striking again. High fly ball, left center. Back at the wall. It is gone the dodgers overcoming the bizarre moment the team had to pull one of their star players in the middle of the game after a positive covid test. And this morning, were hearing from their star pitcher. Thats right. Clayton kershaw joins us live, first on gma. Finally it has happened to me right in front of my face yes, finally it has happened for the dodgers after more than 30 years. Im telling you, it is a great time to be a sports fan in l. A. Yeah, a few weeks ago celebrating the lakers and now theyre celebrating the dodgers with a world series victory and celebrating all night long. Take a look at the fans at this drivein honking their horns. Much more on that big win coming up. Well hear from superstar Clayton Kershaw live. Many are happy for him in particular. But well get right to the latest, the race for the white house. Look at people lining up at polling places all around the country. Some 71 million, 71 million americans have already voted early in person or by mail. That is more than half the total vote from four years ago. Were going to break all kinds of records this year. All playing out as the country is in the grip of a new covid wave, cases spiking and the rate of positive tests increasing in 11 of 13 battleground states. Setting a record in wisconsin, where President Trump defied social distancing at a rally last night. Joe biden in georgia hoping to turn it blue for the First Time Since 1992. Mary bruce starts us off from atlanta. Good morning, mary. Reporter george, good morning. The biden team is optimistic that may be able to turn some of these trump states. Its why they are spending time in places like here in georgia. Out pitching voters promising that he can help heal the country from the tumultuous trump term. While the president is out trying to make up for lost ground in the midwest. This morning, with 71 million ballots now cast, more than half of all votes in 2016, joe biden is hoping those early votes can help him flip red states blue. Hey ya reporter biden on offense in georgia, a state trump won by five points in 2016 making his Closing Argument. With our voices and our votes, we must free ourselves from the forces of darkness and the forces of division and the forces of yesterday and the forces that pull us apart, hold us down and hold us back. Reporter biden this week is also hitting traditional backgrounds like florida, wisconsin and michigan, states trump won four years ago but is now scrambling to hold on to. Im working my [ muted ] off. Reporter trump tuesday sprinting through three states, michigan, wisconsin and nebraska. Covid cases are spiking in all three states but trump is adamant that the country is rounding the corner. Were in great shape. And in the one area of the midwest, the little areas in the midwest, certain areas that are heated up right now, theyll go down. Reporter painting a rosy picture has become a standard part of his stump speech. Heres the story its covid, covid, covid. You cant watch anything else. Theyre doing heavy covid because they want to scare people. Whats his Closing Argument . That people are too focused on covid. He said this at one of his rallies. Covid, covid, covid, hes complaining. Hes jealous of covids media coverage. Reporter campaigning for biden in florida tuesday former president obama relishing the chance to lay into his successor. Last week when trump was asked if hed do anything differently, you know what he said . He said, not much. Not much. Really . Like maybe you shouldnt have gone on tv and suggested we might inject bleach to cure covid . Reporter the president is also sending out his top surrogate. In her first and only Campaign AppearanceFirst Lady Melania Trump hitting the trail in mustwin pennsylvania trying to appeal to critical suburban women, speaking to a packed crowd about her own experience with covid. Like many of you, i have experienced the firsthand effects of covid19, not only as a patient but as a worried mother and wife. This administration chooses to keep moving forward during this pandemic, not backward. Reporter now the president is continuing to hold these rallies at a breakneck pace. Today hell be in arizona before heading down to florida and while these packed rallies may be getting out his supporters theyre not good at curving the spread. In minnesota, Health Officials they can link 22 cases to outbreaks at trump rallies. Joe biden, of course, the optics could not be more different. He is holding far fewer events with much more social biden is off the trail today but will be in florida tomorrow also. Mary, we have a couple of new polls out including michigan shows joe biden, a solid lead, right there, about seven points. About where its been for the last several weeks and widening his lead in the state of wisconsin, 5740. Thats pretty far outside what other polls have been but has been improving his position in that state in the other polls, as well. Reporter and, george, this these numbers appears to be a reflection of the toll that trump is taking wisconsin now has is the third in the nation in covid cases per capita with a 53 increase in average daily cases in the last two weeks. Michigan has also seen record daily case counts. And how women are responding. Biden leads trump by 30 points with likely female voters. Hes up 24 points in michigan, george. Were seeing serious early voting in both those states. Thanks very much. Robin. George, now to two new reports on President Trumps finances claiming he failed to repay millions in loans as a businessman, and that while in office, he funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to his Properties Like his private florida club like maralago. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega has those details for us. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hi, robin. Good morning. The president calls maralago his winter white house but this morning the new report suggesting that american taxpayers may have been footing a very hefty bill for all his trips there. Since taking office President Trump has made 300 trips to his own hotels and clubs like maralago and this morning, the Washington Post says those trips have given his private businesses a big boost to their bottom line. According to the post, the businesses charge for everything from ballroom and golf cart rentals to candelabras, decorative palm trees and pricey bottles of booze all to the tune of more than 8 million. The post says taxpayers ended up footing the bill for at least 2. 5 million. Also this morning, the New York Times reporting that while President Trump used his reputation as a billionaire businessman to help propel him to the white house, as a businessman he failed to repay some 287 million in loans. The vast majority for a massive skyscraper project in chicago. The times says mr. Trump borrowed more than 700 million to fund the construction. He highlighted it on his show the apprentice. I intend to erect a modern masterpiece of steel and glass. Reporter but no matter how hard he tried to hype it in the midst of the 2008 crisis, condos didnt sell, storefronts remained vacant and according to the times, the art of the deal author walked away from his debt. But rather than stay in the red, the times says mr. Trump got a series of loan extensions even suing his bank, ultimately ending in a private settlement. The bank largely letting him off the hook. The times writing, rather than warring with a notoriously litigious and headlineseeking client lenders cut him slack, exactly what he seemed to have been counting on. Now, new yorks attorney general reportedly investigating whether this and other maneuvers aimed at skirting taxes broke the law. This after the times reported President Trump paid just 750 in federal income taxes for at least two years since winning the white house. President trump famously refusing to release those tax returns. First of all, i called my accountants. Under audit. Im going to release them as soon as we can. I want to do it. Reporter but an audit does not prohibit him from releasing the returns. He could if he wanted to. President trump just tweeted, he says that he made an appropriately great deal with numerous lenders on the chicago tower, asking, doesnt that make me a smart guy rather than a bad guy . Also a white house spokesman calls those claims about the president s personal businesses benefitting from all his travel since taking office at the expense of taxpayers, robin, a quote, absolute disgrace and a lie. George will anchor our live coverage of Election Night with our Powerhouse Political Team at election headquarters in new york, d. C. And delaware, that of course, tuesday, november 3rd, starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Michael. All right,s robin. Now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. Cases surging with 45 states reporting an increase in at least 11 states setting records for current hospital admissions. Alex perez has the latest. Reporter this morning, cases on the rise across the country, 11 states reporting record high covid19 hospitalizations with nearly 43,000 patients in need of care. Wisconsin crossing the 200,000case threshold hitting a new daily record of 5,200 new cases a day and 64 deaths. This is an urgent crisis. We need folks to forget it wont happen to me. While it took us a little over seven months to reach our first 100,000 cases, it took us just a fraction of that time to reach our second 100,000. This time it only took 36 days. Reporter hospitals overwhelmed with the increased patient load forced to create makeshift facilities to accommodate the need. 34yearold amanda best has been battling covid for a month requiring oxygen to help her lungs recover. She says she was asked to move to a Field Hospital because she was younger than other patients. My reaction was panic. I thought this looks like im in the middle of a war zone, tents set up, beds, cots. Am i going to get the care i need . Reporter despite the lack of manpower and resources, one member of the white house covid19 task force telling the Washington Post live that rationing care is not an option. There is no concept of rationing care at this point in time. We have plenty of resources and we actually have leeway in the system to absorb the care. Reporter but doctors on the front lines warn thaht if the numbers keep growing there wont be enough manpower to meet demand. Beds dont care for people. People take care of people and thats our biggest resource limitation right now is the care givers. Were not seeing a change in the amount of masks people are wearing or limitations of large public gatherings, so thats making us very nervous and in some cases pretty scared. Reporter as new cases rise, throughout the midwest, illinois governor j. B. Pritzker is cracking down banning Indoor Dining in chicago restaurants and bars later this week, another blow to an already hardhit industry and setting up a fight with city leaders. Were going to continue our engagement with the governor and his team, but its not looking good, and if we cant convince him that some other metrics should apply, then the shutdown unfortunately is going to take effect starting friday by state order. Reporter and Health Officials here in wisconsin are pleading with people to stay home and only go out if absolutely necessary. Robin . Thank you so much, alex. Now to hurricane zeta barreling towards the gulf coast this morning expected to hit tonight as a category 2. Ginger is in my hometown with the latest on zetas path. Good morning, ginger. Robin, were concerned in this spot for 6 to 9 feet of storm surge. Im also worried about new orleans getting the wind damage with 75 to 100mileperhour gusts. If it makes landfall and it will later this event. But thats what it did in cozumel. Its strengthening as it approaches the coast. You see that on the satellite image, still about 300miles plus away. But its cooking. This thing is going to race through tonight and new orleans is on hurricane warning, were concerned not only about the surge but those winds taking out power lines. When you move it this fast, youre waking up in birmingham it may wake up overnight tonight. A big part of the reason its busy is the big high pushing them right into the gulf. Robin. I know that youll have much more for us from the pass coming up. Thank you so much, ginger. Michael. We turn now to the world series. The dodgers finally taking home the title after more than 30 years. T. J. Holmes is here with the highlights, as always. Good morning. Good morning. Of course, the headline is that the dodgers won the world series, but there are two other things getting a lot of attention this morning. One is a positive covid test that got a player pulled in the middle of the game. The other thing is a controversial managers decision that could come back to haunt these rays for years to come. Strike three. Dodgers have won it all in 2020 reporter the dodgers are champions once again for the first time in 32 years bringing home the world series title after beating the Tampa Bay Rays but even amid the celebration, a stark reminder, were still in the midst of a pandemic. Breaking news, Justin Turner received a positive covid test. Thats why he was removed from the game. Reporter mlb was informed during the game that dodgers third baseman Justin Turners covid test came back positive and he was pulled from the game. Turner was later spotted on the field with and without a mask celebrating with his teammates. The game itself was a pitchers duel for most of the night. Heres one. Reporter tampa bay jumped out to an early 10 lead but rays manager kevin cash made a controversial and questionable decision to pull his starting pitcher blake snell who had struck out nine and only allowed two hits. Snell cant believe it. Well see how it works out. Reporter the move immediately cost them. The dodgers scored on a wild pitch. This one gets by zunino. Tie game. Reporter and then world series mvp corey seager drove in dodgers newcomer mookie betts to take a 21 lead in the sixth and they never looked back. And just like that the dodgers are on top by one in the sixth. Hes been in the postseason so many times. I just came to be part of it. Im just happy i could contribute. Reporter players on the field afterwards celebrating the seventh title in dodgers franchise history. And it didnt work out. All right, guys, blake snell was pulled as a controversial decision. Why would you pull your ace . Because the numbers tell you its the right call. Historically, it tells you he shouldnt go past that inning so he made a decision that might have been the right one, but it just didnt work out on this stage. As arod said, these guys have been treated like chess players. My man is in the zone. Let him be in the zone. You dont pull him out. It didnt work out. It sure didnt. Only had to win that one to keep it going. We know how michael feels. All right, congratulations to the dodgers. Well have much more on this coming up. We also have dodgers superstar pitcher Clayton Kershaw. He is going to join us live. Thats in our next hour. How happy are you for him . Very. Goodness. We are looking forward to that. Following a lot of headlines including protests in philadelphia over the Fatal Police Shooting of Walter Wallace jr. His family speaking out this morning. Tand he leader of the socalled sex cult nxivm sentenced to 120 years in prison. This morning, we hear exclusively from actress, Catherine Oxenberg, the mother of one of his victims. But first lets go back to ginger in mississippi. And now the rainy cities sponsored by capital one. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Good news, the stress of high fire danger is behind us. A gorgeous day to be outside with warm sunshine and dry air. 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