Breaking news. Deadly terror attack in france. What we know this morning. Covid breaking point. 500,000 new cases in the u. S. In just one week. Medical professionals pushed to their limits. In utah, doctors saying the situation is unsustainable. El paso hospitals resorting to tents to treat the dramatic influx of patients. Dr. Faucis dire warning about the critical next few months, as covid fatigue sweeps the nation. One new york wedding putting nearly 300 people in quarantine and leaving more than 50 people infected. Now covid cases skyrocketing in europe. France and germany returning to national lockdowns. What this could mean for the u. S. Top expert dr. Jha joins us live this morning. Also this morning, dodgers star Justin Turner under fire in the wake of that world series celebration. After his covid test came back positive during the game, the league now saying he emphatically refused to comply when baseball security tried to get him to leave the field. The investigation under way. And supers bracing for anot wave of empty stores. The popular products already flying off the shelves. This morning, how the grocery giants tell us they are preparing for the race to the checkout. And good morning, america. We hope all of you are doing well this thursday morning. Home stretch in the race for the white house just five days until the final votes. More than 75 million americans have already voted and today the campaigns are going to be focused on the state of florida. Both donald trump and joe biden will be appearing in tampa. But we begin with hurricane zeta tearing through the south overnight. Take a look at this Church Steeple torn down by the powerful storm in biloxi, mississippi, ginger there with more for us in just a few moments. This is the fifth named storm to make landfall in louisiana this record year. Rob marciano is there in new orleans with the latest. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, robin. Just horrific winds coming into this city and as zetia came in with vengeance. Blowing out the walls here. The winds ripping it off and nobody was inside during the storm thankfully as yet another hurricane wreaked havoc across the gulf coast. Overnight, hurricane zeta tearing into the louisiana coast. Oh, my god. The roof just blew off. Reporter the night sky illuminating from power flash after power flash. Nearly 2 million without power across four states. Authorities confirming one person tragically dying after being electrocuted. Wind gusts reaching 112 Miles Per Hour as zeta made landfall in louisiana. We were right in it. The eyewall of hurricane zeta is ripping into this city right now. New orleans getting a direct hit from this category 2 storm. Parts of louisiana completely under water. This large boat stranded in the middle of this highway. Prepare for collision, man. Reporter and this barge breaking loose from its mooring. In biloxi, mississippi, one death reported there. Cars bobbing in this garage from all the storm surge. The hard rock casino suffering major damage from the storm. You can see parts of the building completely gutted. Oh, my gosh. Reporter zeta ripping into the south leaving a trail of destruction. You can see roof after roof torn off. City officials hunkering down. One parish mayor issuing a curfew. The New Orleans Police Department urging the public to shelter in place in time for landfall. This is not a drill. We do expect directly impacting the city of new orleans. There is confidence all around that aspect. Reporter a direct hit indeed. The eye of hurricane zeta come right over canal street in the french quarter. The back half of this storm wasnt as bad as the front half. By the way, lake charles, evacuees from two months ago still in new orleans, hurricanes seemingly following them, now this hurricane bringing the damaging winds well north all of the way into the northeast. It was a fast mover. Okay, rob, thank you. Down the road we find ginger in mississippi with more on where the storm is headed next. Good morning, ginger. Reporter robin, we have gusts of more than 100 Miles Per Hour. That steeple right here at the church ripped off of the top of the building and this is just one piece of damage. Along the mississippi coast. Into louisiana, up to georgia, Power Outages all the way through North Carolina. You can see it right there on the map mixing in with that front. Its racing at nearly 40 Miles Per Hour to the northeast. Well continue to see those gusting winds. The Tropical Force Winds all the way into southern virginia, the flood watches up there, too, and its going to mix with enough cold air that by tomorrow morning you could see some snow on the back end of this, robin. So much happening. Ginger, thank you. The latest on the race for the white house with five days left to vote, more than 75 million americans have already cast their ballots. That Record Number continues to climb as this Years Campaign also shatters spending records. 14 billion spent overall, more than 6 billion for the president ial race alone. Both trump and biden campaigning in tampa today. Mary bruce is tracking it all. Good morning, mary. Reporter george, good morning. Just five days to go and a first for this campaign both President Trump and joe biden campaigning in the same state at the same time. Florida is critical. A must win for the president. It has the most electoral votes of any of the key swing states and today neither candidate is taking anything for granted. Locked in a tight race in florida, this morning, joe biden and President Trump set to crisscross the critical state. Im not counting on the polls. Thats why im heading back to florida. Were winning big in florida. Reporter the president is projecting confidence but the polls show biden with a slight lead. Today both candidates eyeing the critical i4 corridor home to one in four florida voters. Trump and biden set to have dueling rallies in tampa. As they try to court the states seniors and latino voters. Overnight in arizona the president touting his record. Over the last four years ive been delivering for hispanic americans like never before. And hispanic american unemployment reached an alltime low prior to the pandemic. [ crowd chanting ] reporter trump has been campaigning at a breakneck pace trying to make up lost ground in red states, holding packed rallies in areas where covid cases are spiking and still ignoring the science. Overnight, falsely claiming hes immune after his own covid diagnosis, celebrating with a fist bump. Heres to immunity. To immunity, people. Reporter and hes making lofty promises. The safe vaccine is coming very quickly. Youre going to have it momentarily. Reporter but experts warn a vaccine likely wont be authorized until january or later and in a newly released recording Jared Kushner bragging to Journalist Bob Woodward that trump was, quote, getting the country back from the doctors, putting political strategy ahead of public health. But hes been saying that, dont fall into the same trap we fell into the first time. The states have to own the testing, but the president is also very smart politically with the way he did that fight with the governors to basically say, no, i own the opening because, again, the opening is going to be very popular. Reporter biden wednesday briefed by his coronavirus experts slamming the president s handling of the pandemic. Im not running on the false promise of being able to end this pandemic by flipping a switch but what i can promise you is this. We will start on day one doing the right things. Well let science drive our decisions. We will deal honestly with the american people. And well never ever ever quit. Reporter and then he went off to vote. Now, even with more than 75 million ballots already cast, both candidates are still scrambling to get out the vote. In the coming days, the president will be spending a lot of time in the midwest while joe biden is planning to hit three critical states that trump won in 2016, iowa, wisconsin and michigan, while his running mate, kamala harris, is heading to texas tomorrow hoping to turn that red state blue. Michael. All putting in the final push, mary, thank you so much. And now to the battle for congress in the senate. The parties fighting for the majority, the democrats hoping to flip four seats to win back the senate. Our Senior National correspondent terry moran has a look at the key races and some of them are getting nasty in the home stretch, terry. Good morning. Reporter it always does, doesnt it. Good morning, michael. The battle for the senate as you say coming down to the wire. Democrats feel they have the wind at their back but republicans throwing everything theyve got into what Mitch Mcconnell is calling the dog fights. Those fierce contests that could decide the outcome. As political ads blanket the air waves this election season could become the most expensive ever, with several senate races surpassing 200 million each, and now some democrats are sensing victory. In arizona, republican senator Martha Mcsally fending off a strong challenge from former astronaut mark kelly, the husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords. As americans we endeavor to build lives than better before. Reporter mcsally is the incumbent appointed to succeed senator john mccain and shes had to distance herself from President Trumps harsh attacks on mccain. Quite frankly, it pisses me off when he does it. Reporter in south carolina, trump ally, senator Lindsey Graham is in the fight of his political life begging for cash on fox news. The internet is melting down. There is an absolute desire to take me out. Lindseygraham. Com. I need your help now more than ever. Reporter graham is getting outspent by an unexpectedly Popular Democratic challenger, jaime harrison. He shattered fundraising totals and unleashed a barrage of attack ads. Hes attacking us, opposing help for south carolinians and refusing to extend the covid Unemployment Benefits saying over our dead bodies this will get reauthorized. Reporter showing a number of incumbents in jeopardy. In maine, republican senator Susan Collins infuriated many voters with her vote to confirm Supreme CourtJustice Brett kavanaugh. Shes struggling to hold on against democrat sara gideon who raised nearly 400 million in just three months, making this is one of the most costly senate races in the country. And in North Carolina, where senator thom tillis tested positive for coronavirus after attending the white house announcement of Amy Coney BarrettsSupreme Court nomination, hes still trailing his democratic challenger Cal Cunningham even after he was caught in a sexting scandal. Overnight in the Supreme Court, democrats scoring two victories there. Three days after in pennsylvania, nine days in North Carolina the republicans wanted to stop that. The justices said they didnt have enough time, but they could revisit those cases after the election. The bottom line is, if you want to vote by mail it may be too late. Your best bet put it in a ballot box. Just vote. I agree, just vote, terry. Thank you so much. George will anchor our live coverage of Election Night with our Powerhouse Political Team at election headquarters in new york, d. C. And delaware on tuesday, november the 3rd, starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Robin. Okay, michael. We turn to that breaking news overseas. A deadly terror attack in france. Ian pannell joins us now and has the latest. Good morning, ian. Reporter yeah. Good morning, robin. This is a rapidly developing story. What we know so far is that at least three people have been killed and a number wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack in a church in the southern french city of nice. It happened at notre dame basilica, 9 00 local time and the suspect who is reportedly been injured is now in police custody. The authorities appear to have arrived rapidly on the scene storming the church as youd expect. The area is now cordoned off with a heavy Police Presence there, armed police on the scene. President macron is also going to go down to nice and to try and assess whats going on. Remember, this comes just under two weeks after that terrible beheading incident in paris, france, that this is another stark reminder of the threats that exist in the city and a country that has a terrible history of this kind of incident. Michael . Thank you so much, ian. Now were going to turn to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. An hhs memo obtained by abc news shows 500,000 new cases in the u. S. Between last wednesday and tuesday, a nearly 22 increase. Our chief National Correspondent matt gutman has the latest. Reporter this morning, the frenzy of the covid floor breeding unseen collateral damage. Staff fatigue. Theyre tired. Theyre exhausted. Reporter in utah, 1 of 45 states where cases are increasing, this doctor says the caseload is becoming unsustainable. Our biggest resource limitation is health care, care givers, and so its the people that are taking care of the patients not the beds. Reporter yet, the parade of new patients is ceaseless. For icu nurse Michelle Marshall each patients death feels personal. When i fail its really, really hard, you know, and im sure the doctors and everyone in the Health Community can relate to that, but its just it doesnt get easy. Reporter the u. S. Is now averaging about 70,000 cases a day. Hospitalizations up in 38 states, including arkansas, where 14 lawmakers and the states Surgeon General have also been infected. As cases rise covid fatigue also appears to be hitting the northeast. 30 people apparently becoming infected in a wedding on long island, forcing hundreds into quarantine. That wedding venue now facing fines and with cases up 39 the past two weeks dr. Anthony fauci warning that if guidelines arent followed, the next few months could be worse. We have 225,000 deaths, the modeling tells us were going to get 100 or more thousand as we get into the winter. That is just something thats unacceptable. Reporter despite the White House Task force urging the use of masks, some businesses here in utah opting out of the recommendations. Some people even calling it a hoax. What do you make of that . Its, quite frankly, insulting to healthcare workers and to scientists and i havent been spending the last seven, eight months of my life away from my family, away my kids because of a hoax. Reporter now the doctor is saying that masking up alone is not going to be enough to stop the onslaught of the virus. What they are very quietly calling for is renewed state lockdowns. You know, labs like this process 5,000 tests a day and they have had to hire new staff and covid cases ticking up so quickly that an association of hospitals here in utah actually reportedly sent the governor here a letter saying that they are planning to triage care basically giving the patients with the better chances of survival the best care if need be. George . The crisis is back. Okay, matt, thanks very much. Lets welcome back dr. Ashish jha, dean of the Brown University school of health. Dr. Jha, thanks for joining us again. We have this powerful covid wave running smack into covid fatigue. Whats your biggest concern right now . My biggest concern is that were not ready for this wave thats coming in front of us and people are tired. I think theres a lot people can do to protect themselves. Mask wearing, social distancing but eight months into the pandemic, george, this is not where we should be. It certainly is not. As we look to europe weve seen france announcing a new lockdown yesterday. Germany announcing a new lockdown yesterday. The french president warning that the deaths are going to increase there. Is what europe is going through now our future . Yeah, they started rising about a month before we did, and they didnt take action seriously, and now they find themselves with no choice, and this is exactly what we want to avoid. Before we go into thanksgiving and the holidays, we do not want to have to look into a lockdown, but thats where were heading if we dont act urgently. So i guess that is the question right now. We heard matt say some of the doctors on the scene are saying even Wearing Masks is not going to be enough, lockdown is inevitable. Well, i dont know if its inevitable, george. I think mask wearing is certainly a critical first step. Were not going to make any progress without that, so that has to happen. I do think we can peel back a little bit on some things. I think indoor dining, bars, those will get us into trouble and we have got to pull back. I do think we can get through this without a lockdown, but its going to be tough. Thanks for your insight. We are following a lot of other headlines including dodgers star Justin Turner under investigation now after he came back on the field to celebrate the world series win after being pulled for testing positive for covid. Now lets go back to ginger in mississippi. Yes, the chilly cities sponsored by mass mutual. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. After another chilly start thanks to Clear Conditions out there, it will be sunny and warmer than average this afternoon. That will continue into next week, which is november. Heres a look at our temperatures, mid to upper 60s along the coast. Low to mid 70s around the bay. Tonight were back in the 40s and 50s. Some of our deepest valleys in the 30s. My accuweather 7day forecast, warmest november 1st and 2nd, sunday