Oxycontin pleading guilty to fueling the opioid crisis, but will the families see any of that money. Senate democrats are planning to derail a vote. A tidal wave sweeps across 39 states and impacts black patients as hospitals begin to swell. The young women racing to help us. Early today starts right now. Good morning im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. Breaking overnight, echoes of the 2016 election as the nations top intelligence officials warn that iran and russia are trying to meddle in the 2020 race. John ratcliffe claims iran is behind the threatening Campaign Emails sent to democratic voters in florida and other states. Nbcs Pete Williams has more. Reporter what seems to come from the right Group Proud Boys were actually from iran. They started showing up in inboxes to democrats in florida. It says, quote, you will vote for President Trump on election day or we will come after you. The proud bays claim they know information about the voter and acted in a threatening nature and told the parties to switch to republicans the proud boys say they had nothing to do with the emails. The director of National IntelligenceJohn Ratcliffe said they with to intimidate voters. They were designed to incite voters and damage President Trump. Both iran and russia have obtained some Voter Registration information but so far russia has not appeared to have done anything with it it did something four years ago too. Ratcliffe and the fbi director in an unusual Late Evening Television statement said iranian and russian activity was detected quickly by the Intelligence Community and voters should continue to have confidence in the security of the u. S. Election system the white house says its directed law enforcement, defense, and intelligence agencies to monitor any attempts to interfere with the election, and it says those efforts are working. A pivotal day ahead in the Supreme Court showdown on capitol hill the Senate Judiciary committee will vote to send judge Amy Coney Barretts position it will not stop the nomination process weve got a new statement from the Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer and the democrats on that Judiciary Committee objecting to all this. Theyre calling it a sham saying it is not a legitimate vote and thats why they dont want to participate. They believe that judge barrett would put health care and other issues at risk and that she brings a republican agenda now, the rules are that at least two members of the minority, in this case democrats have to be present for business to happen, but the chair of this committee, senator Lindsey Graham, says the vote is on today whether or not democrats show up. Leader mcconnell, Lindsey Graham have defiled the senate so that it may never return to what it was. It wasnt starting off in such a good place, but the bottom line is very simple we do not want to participate in an illegitimate illicit hearing. Democrats have objected to the timing of this vote happening really in the middle of an election when millions of people have already voted. They think whoever wins, joe biden or President Trump, should be the one to nominate the next Supreme Court justice. Two republicans agree and will object to her nomination, but thats not enough. They need four to stop it. So much to watch today with the Supreme Court and the final president ial debates tracie, thank you. With less than two weeks until election day, former president obama is making a rousing return to the campaign trail. This time hes not holding back, launching a blistering tout to his successor. Andrea mitchell has more. Reporter former president obama back on the trail for joe biden. Im back here tonight to ask you to deliver the white house for joe biden and kamala harris. Reporter polls show biden slightly ahead in a state that has not voted for a republican present until 1988 president obama appealing to black men, a voting block that did not give Hillary Clinton the turnout she needed. The easiest thing to do is say, well, i quit, but we cant afford to quit our ancestors, our fathers, our grandfathers, our they had a much better excuse to quit than we did. Reporter in contrast to President Trump, biden is off the trail preparing for tonights big debate, telling the wisconsin station he likes the new measure, at times cutting off their mics. I think its a good idea. I think there should be more steps taken to stop us from interrupting each other. Its a lastditch effort to smear me and my family. Reporter biden is trying to strike a closing message of unity. Theres only one america. Reporter there are warning signs for democrats in pennsylvania since june republicans have outregistered democrats and new voters by more than 21. Former president obama tells voters in pennsylvania voting doesnt make things perfect. It makes things better both need to win. Join us for the final president ial debate moderated by Nbcs Kristen Welker at 8 00 p. M. , 5 00 p. M. Pacific. The pope is endorsing civil unions for samesex couples. Matt bradley joins us. What else did pope francis say about these unions francis, he said that this would provide legal cover for the church when it comes to observing homosexuals in marriage outside of the church so all of that needs to be said. What the pope said leave as lot to be answered for, and a lot of the critic of the pope and his supporters are all waiting on tender hooks for the pope to clarify what exactly he meant by this remember, this was said in a documentary, but still as you mentioned its a monumental shift. This is the pope, the pontiff, the vicar of christ saying he supported a samesex union its not a change in the Church Doctrine it wasnt something he said in a sermon in front of st. Peters square its an opinion he stated to an interviewer. This doesnt diminish how it will change church attitudes but for those following the vatican very closely, this comes not as a surprise. Guys so many members of the church feeling excluded for so many years, this now might change that, matt thank you. In arlington, it was a hitters ballpark. The bats came to life in game two of the world series. Tampas mike lowell homering twice and the rays hitting forced the dodgers to pull their starting pitcher in just a second inning. They tried a late game comeback but tampa would close them out in the ninth evening up the series, a 64 win. Game six tomorrow night. Frigid weather out there for millions lets check in with nbcs janessa webb janessa, good morning. Good morning. This is a double dose where were seeing cold and snow moving in. Its going to be moving into the southern planes by tomorrow and spends into the area all the way until next week. First lets talk about snow. We have banding thats currently happening in the upper midwest but the brunt of this storm comes this afternoon youre going to see an accumulation pretty widespread across the country thats why weather alerts are impacting 5 Million People accumulation totals right now, the forecast icalling s fot ther overnight lows thats going to continue for tonight, but balmy weather this is mild air from the south all the way to the northeast it will be a fantastic day, thou though, for some secondses of t the country. Life after death a new track from the rapeg lend notorious big. And a new race for a coronavirus vaccine. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. 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A third surge of covid cases, we now have more than 8. 3 million americans who have tested positive for covid19 and over 2 233,000 who have died. Alex azar has good news for us. We would expect by the end of the year to have enough vaccines to be able to vaccinate the most vulnerable individuals. Azars announcement comes as new cdc reports find that it takes less than 15 minutes of close contact to become infected with the virus. A staggering numbers of cases ravaging the midwest a Field Hospital in wisconsin set a record for new covid deaths with 48 fatalities in just 24 hours as rural areas struggle with the pandemic for more, heres gabe gutierrez. Reporter some suburban businesses are facing new covid restrictions by the end of the week in the midwest, the regions second surge is spreading rapidly. In my 34 years as a physician, i have never seen so much suffering from a single disease over such a short period of time. Im tired know others are tired. Not just our bodies and our minds, but our spirits our fatigue just went up. Our patients coming are are incredibly sick. Reporter a few weeks ago this testing site in chicago was dealing with no more than 600. As day now its up to more than 1,000 in ohio hospitalizations are at a record high. At a nursing home outbreak in indiana, 44 have died 30r, 37 ae infected. It shows that the Persistent Health care disparities that exist in our u. S. Health care system have been exposed to a great disease grooe egree by co i never imagined anything like this would happen to me. Reporter at the same chicago hospital was her mother also sick she died one floor away. Having covid is horrible. Losing a mother is horrific. Its better to wear a mask than to wear a ventilator. Reporter illinois reported its highest daily death toll. When we come back, the backlash from the 8 billion settlement in the opioid crisis. They left a ton of stuff up here. Welp, enjoy your house. Nope. No thank you. 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A service is shutting down six months after launching theyll be return 3g 50 million of the 1. 75 billion it raised from investors. Patrick mahomes and his girlfriend brittany are having a baby of their own. There are new developments in the legal battle over the opioid crisis. The Justice Department has announced a massive settlement with the maker of oxycontin. Phillip, for years, Purdue Pharma has been battling in court, the Sackler Family accused of helping drive the opioid crisis. Now the department of justice says theyve reached a large settlement the 8 billion settlement, the most dramatic effort yet by the federal government yet to hold the drugmaker responsible. Our criminal investigation in this case revealed that purdue placed profits over public safety. The company says it deeply regrets and septembaccepts compe responsibility it paid doctors to write more prescriptions. The Company Agrees to be restructured with future profits on oxycontin to pay for Addiction Treatment and prevention the Sackler Family who created purdue said members who serve oddtown board acted ethically and lawfully family members would pay 225 million to resolve all civil actions but they could still face criminal charges. Critics say with purdue in bankruptcy, its unlikely purdue will ever likely play pay 8 billion. They ended up making a lousy deal it doesnt bring justice or accountability. Toni whose son died said the companys getting off easy. Everything they earned selling opioids, i believe should be paid back to families they damaged. Reporter the settlement needs to be approved by Bankruptcy Court the Massachusetts Attorney general will file a motion to try to block it. 25 tates last week urged the u. S. Attorney general william bar n barr not to move forward with any kind of settlement. Weve got much more to get st including highlights from la nights cmt awards. 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