Morning. Shattering records. Coronavirus cases growing across most of the nation. Each death a painful loss. To tell her that he wasnt going to make it, its just not something that you want to have to tell anyone ever. The new rules for travelers heading to new york. Femas Field Hospital in el paso. And this illegal Halloween Party packed with people. Gaining strength. Tropical storm eta in the Caribbean Sea tying 2005 for the most named storms in a season. Our weather team tracking its path. And touching tributes to sean connery. Bond, james bond. From the dashing 007 to the role that earned him an oscar. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. The magical moments on screen and how hollywood is remembering him this morning. Good morning. If youre waking up in parts of the country that use daylight savings time, we hope you enjoyed that extra hour of sleep. I know i did. The mood. I didnt even realize it was happening. I woke up and was like, that felt good. Best morning of the year. Were a little biased because we dont get as much sleep as we like. That is all happening as both campaigns make every hour count making their final push for votes in the battleground states. Yep. Joe biden had two events in michigan on saturday joined on the trail by his former boss, barack obama. Today biden has two events scheduled in philadelphia, and his Campaign Says he plans to spend the final 72 hours of the race in pennsylvania. And President Trumps day was all about pennsylvania. A crucial state where polls suggest hes slightly behind there. He held four rallies there, and First Lady Melania Trump also hosted an event in the state. Today, though, he has a fiveevent blitz scheduled in michigan, iowa, North Carolina, georgia and florida. We have reporters in the battleground states across the country and start our coverage with abcs rachel scott in detroit. Rachel, good morning. Reporter whit, good morning. This is the final frenzy. With just two days to go, democrats are fighting to rebuild that blue wall that President Trump shattered. Trump trying to hang on to those states that propelled him to victory in 2016, and Neither Campaign is leaving anything up to chance. Overnight in michigan joe biden trying to do what the Democratic Party couldnt in 2016, win the midwest. Its time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home. Reporter ripping into trump for falsely suggesting doctors were inflating the coronavirus death toll for profit. What in the hell is wrong with this man . Excuse my language. But think about it. Its perverted. He may believe it because he doesnt do anything other than for money. The people in this nation have suffered and sacrificed for nine months. Reporter in the final 48 hours of the campaign, bringing in democratic firepower, hitting the trail with former president barack obama for the first time this election cycle telling supporters theyve got to outhustle the other side. We can leave no doubt. We cannot afford to be complacent, not this time, not in this election. Reporter across the country early voters coming out like they never have before. More than 92 million americans have already cast their ballot, and that turnout could make all the difference in a state like michigan where President Trump won by roughly 10,000 votes. Outside of bidens drivein rally in detroit, some of his supporters are growing anxious. President trump won here by a very thin margin. Im not sure of anything. I think this could go either way. I really do. Reporter President Trump on a battleground blitz stopping here in michigan today too overnight holding four rallies in pennsylvania packing in supporters. [ crowd chanting ] reporter stoking fear about the election. Youre going to be waiting. Youre going to be waiting for weeks. Reporter and gloating about this incident in texas posted on social media, showing Trump Supporters surrounding a Biden Campaign bus on the highway forcing the democrats to cancel some events in the lone star state. Did anybody see the picture of that crazy bus driving down the highway surrounded by like hundreds of cars . There were all trump flags all over the place. What a group. Its like a hot its like a hot thing. See, thats really number one trending. Reporter but as the democratic ticket frames this race around President Trumps response to the virus he covered it up. He told the American People it was a hoax. Reporter the president insists he took strong action against covid19, claiming the worst is over. Were rounding the turn. Were rounding that turn. Were rounding it. Reporter hours after the u. S. Hit a record high in daily cases, dr. Anthony fauci telling the Washington Post, quote, were in for a whole lot of hurt. Its not a good situation. A white house spokesperson accusing fauci of playing politics just days before the election calling it unacceptable and in sharp contrast to President Trump, Vice President mike pence with this warning were still going through this, men and women. We know it. The winter is coming on. Were starting to see cases rising. I just promise the people of North Carolina were going to keep moving heaven and earth to make sure our doctors and nurses and hospitals have all the resources and medicines they need. Reporter it is a fight to the finish. President trump will be doing ten rallies over the course of the next two days, stopping right here in michigan today. And on the heals of trumps visit in pennsylvania, biden will be holding a Campaign Event there today. Both campaigns at this point making that lastminute push to get their supporters out to the polls. Eva . Rachel scott in michigan. Thank you. And the candidates have been focusing a lot of their attention on florida. Lets start with Victor Oquendo in miami. Good morning to you, victor. Reporter good morning, eva. Today is the last day to vote early here in florida. This polling location behind me in westchester has actually been the busiest in the state and thats saying something where more than 8. 2 million votes have already been cast. We saw people lining up well before this place opened up just a few minutes ago right at 7 00 a. M. All signs point to another close race here in florida so you have the candidates, their running mates and surrogates all making lastminute stops in the all important battleground state. Former president barack obama will be in florida monday. Vice president nominee Kamala Harris was here in south florida on saturday making it clear that the path to the white house leads through florida. Her campaign stopping in miami gardens, a predominantly black area, urging the community to get out and vote. The early numbers showing democrats leading by a narrow margin. Theyre hoping for a higher turn out among black voters in florida. President trump will be right back in south florida for an event late tonight targeting another key demographic, latinos. Hillary clinton carried the latino vote by a wide margin in 2016, but the numbers this time around indicate a much closer race. Cubanamericans make up the Largest Group of latinos in the state. And they are backing the president. Traditionally this is a group that votes republican. Now there have been some reported issues with mailin ballots, mostly with black and latino voters. Those issues include missing signatures or signatures that dont match whats on the record. So youve got Election Officials reaching out to those voters and the good news is that you can still fix these issues. You have until november 5th to do so. Again, if you voted by mail, you can check the status of it online. You still have a few days to fix any problems with your ballot but at this stage in the game in this election, why wait . Dan . Why wait, indeed . Victor, thank you very much. Really appreciate it. Lets turn to texas now where polls suggest the race is far closer than republicans would like. Abcs marcus moore right there in dallas this morning. Marcus, good morning to you. Reporter dan, good morning. The early voting numbers in texas have been truly extraordinary. I mean already the number of people who have voted has surpassed the total vote from 2016. More than 9 Million People have cast ballots here in texas. And each and every vote is crucial because according to recent polling, texas is a tossup state now. We did learn overnight a federal judge will hear arguments brought forward by texas conservatives who are challenging the 100,000 ballots cast at ten different drivethrough polling locations in Harris County. Thats in the houston area. And that county is the states most populous and democratically leaning county. And official there is actually expanded the voting options in response to the covid19 pandemic. It is important to point out that a similar challenge was already rejected by the allrepublican texas Supreme Court, and this group is alleging that curbside voting violates state and federal election laws. And they are asking that the ballots be thrown out and now that is a decision that would force voters there to go back to the polls. We have heard from the Harris County clerk, chris hollands. He issued a statement late saturday night reiterating that the drivethrough voting is, quote, safe, secure and convenient. A judge is set to hear the arguments on monday, but this comes amidst the recordbreaking numbers. Heres a remarkable statistic. 30 of the people who cast ballots in texas did not vote in 2016 and that gives democrats hope that they can turn texas blue. Guys . Marcus moore for us, thank you so much. We go to pennsylvania now where President Trump is putting in an impressive amount of time and energy in the final days of the campaign and where the Biden Harris Team is also concentrating their focus and energy as well. Abcs alex presha is in philadelphia. Alex, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, whit. So pennsylvania, the keystone state, could very easily be the key to victory for either campaign, and both these candidates know it. Joe biden will be here in philly later today. President trump had four rallies across the state yesterday. The first lady was here, and then both campaigns will be here again in full force tomorrow, and heres why, pennsylvanias critical 20 electoral votes, joe biden looking to build back the blue wall that democrats lost in 2016 when the president won this state by just over 44,000 votes. To do that women and independents are critical here. Biden is leading with both by double digits. Now Trumps Campaign is focusing on mobilizing more White Working Class voters in factory towns, farming and mining communities but it could be difficult to get a read on the state on election day. 2. 3 million have already returned their mailin ballots here. Multiple counties wont start counting them until after tuesday and a Supreme Court decision allows mailin ballots here to be counted for three days after the 3rd. This is also one of several battleground states where a federal judge ruled the post office take extraordinary measures because too many mailin ballot delays this past week. So those measures could include drivethrough ballot postmark and dropoff locations and even sunday collection today. Dan. Alex presha, thank you very much. So much to talk about as we head into this pivotal week in american history. So lets bring in our chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, who is going to be hosting this week later this morning. Hi, dan. Which states are you watching most closely . If you have to pick two, the two biggest are florida and pennsylvania. We have new polls out there this morning showing donald trump has a small lead over joe biden in florida, 50 to 48. Basically a tossup. Right now its four points in our last poll and biden has a sevenpoint lead over the president in pennsylvania. It was nine in our last polls. Basically those two states are must win for President Trump. Joe biden doesnt have to win hospitalizations are florida, and if he holds and even if he loses pennsylvania hes got some other possibilities. He could pick up North Carolina. He could pick up georgia. He could pick up arizona, all those are close right now. He flips any one of them, that could make up for a loss in pennsylvania. Joe biden at this point has more at this point. When the president warns though, im quoting, you will be waiting for weeks for election result, how likely do you think that is . Its possible. Its happened before. Remember back in 2000 we were waiting for weeks to determine who won the state of florida that made george w. Bush president in 2000. Look, this extraordinary surge in early voting and absentee ballots, it could take some time to count those ballots, especially in the blue wall states of michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. But its not guaranteed that its going to take a long time either. If theres a clear result in florida on election night, we could know on tuesday night who the next president will be. Same goes for North Carolina and georgia and, you know, we were just talking about texas. If by some if joe biden somehow flips the state of texas, this election is over. After all this tumult we may also at this point need some patience, maybe. Its going to take some time. George, thank you very much. Really appreciate it. Dont forget to watch this week later this morning. George will go oneonone with senior advisers for both campaigns. Jas jason miller for the trump camp and anita dunn for the biden camp. Thats coming up on this week later this morning right here on abc. Also want to remind you well have complete coverage on election night. All night long as the results roll in, george will be leading our team with live coverage. And well also have the Powerhouse Political Team standing by with them. Thats tuesday, november 3rd starting at 7 00 eastern. Thank you, george. Whit, over to you. Dan, we want to turn now to the pandemic dominating the campaign and prompting new warnings from Health Officials. Deaths in the u. S. Hitting 230,556. And according to an internal memo from the department of health and Human Services obtained by abc news, cases are on an upward trajectory in just about the entire country. Abcs trevor ault reports from new york city. Reporter this morning as states repeatedly shatter coronavirus records, officials continue to sound the alarm. This disease is unrelenting. It doesnt care about what the location is. Reporter according to an internal hhs memo obtained by abc news, 48 states, all except nebraska and delaware, are seeing cases rise, and deaths are climbing in 29 states. This is an incredibly dangerous virus. Reporter kathy james says she and her soninlaw doug were ridiculed for Wearing Masks in south dakota. After doug got sick and lost his fight with the virus, she had to break the news to his wife, her daughter katrina. To tell her that he wasnt going to make it, its not something you want to have to tell anyone ever. Reporter new york will now require outofstate travel visitors to get a negative test before they visit as this weekend nyc officials broke up this illegal Halloween Party packed with nearly 400 people. In el paso fema setting up a Field Hospital to treat the deluge of patients in the same tents previously used to house separated Migrant Children at the border. Whenever fema comes into any community, its not a good thing. It means that their resources have been strained to the breaking point. Reporter the virus still taking an unimaginable toll. Kentucky Sergeant Michael keen, a veteran with no preexisting conditions, died from covid just days after his son was born premature. The baby now in critical condition. Mother and wife nicole left picking up the pieces. He was my world, he was my everything. Our entire life has changed in just a matter of a couple weeks. And nothing for us will ever be the same. Reporter and Health Officials continue to say small gatherings with friends and family are a major source of viral spread. Dr. Deborah birx would not go as far as to say people should avoight getting together for thanksgiving, but she says its incredibly important everyone stays apart for the next several weeks. Eva . Something everyone is watching as we head into the holidays. Trevor, thank you. Lets bring in dr. Ashish jha, dean of the Brown University for public health. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me on. Im curious. Whats your reaction to dr. Faucis comment to the Washington Post that, quote, were in for a whole lot of hurt in fall and winter . What dr. Fauci is voicing is what all of us have been worried about. The experts around the country but also the hhs memo that you referenced that over the next 6 to 12 weeks were going to see a surge in infections, hospitalizations which are already rising are going to continue to rise, and were going to see a lot of americans dying from this disease. It was all preventable, but thats where we are unfortunately. Were seeing doctors reporting some patients who have both covid19 and the flu. What kind of a challenge is that for doct