Growing nationwide as hospitals are seeing more and more patients the pandemics impact on voters. Hurricane zeta crosses mexico janessa is projecting the pagent. Santa ana gusts at almost 100 miles an hour forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. Voters across the world and how theyre being impacted by the economy after the pandemic its tuesday early today starts right now good morning im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. After a heated debate and a 5248 vote, the Republicanled Senate narrowly confirmed Amy Coney Barrett, and later today chief Justice John Roberts will lead a private ceremony where shell officially become Justice Amy Coney barrett. Reporter she celebrated as the newest member of the u. S. Supreme court. The ceremonyial oath administered by the courts most senior and perhaps most conservative member, Justice Clarence thomas. The oath that i take tonight means at its core i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. Reporter President Trump celebrating a milestone, seethe his third justice on the nineperson court. The American People put their trust in you and their faith in you. Reporter republicans rushing to seat barrett ahead of a critical challenge to obama care she could play a key force in ruling on gun laws, abortion, and lgbtq rights. The American People will suffer the consequences of justice barretts far right out of the mainstream views for generations. Reporter Amy Coney Barrett poised to take her place on the Supreme Court and in history the watch is exactly one week away, and whether Amy Coney Barretts confirmation will affect the voting remains to be seen meanwhile the candidates are racing along the campaign trail. President trump will hold a trio of valleys today while bind stays with his stronghold. Tracie potts has more. Seven days left. Hey, frances. Yeah, we dont have a lot of time left. President trump picked up 50 of the vote last time around in georgia. Not the bigger majority republicans weve seen in the past and now theyre thinking they can make a bid for this very red state so biden today is headed to take a look at getting votes in georgia, rural votes, urban votes. Hes headed to atlanta for a drivein rally meantime President Trump has yet again three rallies on his schedule today in wisconsin and in michigan. Hes sweeping the midwest, which he won unexpectedly last time around hes trying to hold onto those states and coronavirus continues to be the big issue on the campaign trail. How the administration has dealt with it and whether or not they can get rid of this pandemic. Were rounding the turn what progress weve made on it too. We understand it we have the best testing in the world. Thats why we show so many cases. We do more testing than anybody else were doing great. Ooh. Excuse me. Here i am. Im here too what progress weve made on it too. We understand it. The white house chief of staff mark meadows went on television to admit to the country that the administration wasnt even trying anymore to deal with the pandemic no caveats, just a deadly admission. Ive been saying for months as you well know that he waved the white flag all the way back then and this as cases around the country and in most states, frances, continue to soar. Its going to be a crucial next seven days. Tracie, thank you. The Supreme Court has issued a lastminute voting change in wisconsin seven days before the election on monday the justices issued a 53 ruling that the state cannot count mail blallots that arrive well after the polls closed. It comes after a judge said they would accept them six days after the election they had sued to extend the dead looirn krooigt absentee ballots and coronavirus. Dueling rallies aired in westside michigan and both sides showed up armed. Each blamed each other for stirring divisions nbcs dasha burns is there in michigan good morning. Reporter hey, frances, what we saw over the weekend is the example of how these deep divisions are actually manifesting on the ground in this politically critical area where tensions and stakes are incredibly high. I want to play for our viewers just an example of what we saw and heard. Listen. Look. As a person of color, its a fact that we often are intimidated just exercising our Constitutional Rights, and i think it takes a strong person another of color, to empower another person and they feel weak. Just the fact there is millions more votes in a way that this state has never dealt with before. So as a citizen, i want to be involved in the process, and thats part of my Constitutional Rights by getting involved versus being kind of a bystander and, oh, it will just work out. Reporter and, of course, not far from anyones mind was election day on the right i heard a lot of concern about protecting the vote on the left, a lot of concern about protecting the voters. The American Patriots Council rally, they were recruiting volunteers to work as poll challengers and watchers, and on the left at the justice for black lives rally, people were signing up people to be poll buddies to escort people to the polls who were concerned about voter intimidation interestingly both leading to similar actions, people looking to be at the polls on election day and do more than just vote frances. Were seeing that in other communities as well. Dasha, thanks. Tens of thousands of people in Southern California have been forced to flee their homes as fastmoving wildfires tear through orange county. The two fires are being driven by santa ana winds at 100 miles an hour and caused two firefighters to suffer critical injuries nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more. Reporter its not just the size and power, these wildfires blowing out of control, but the epic winds fanning them, creating the perfect recipe for disaster, fighting flames in Southern Californias notorious santa ana winds, the Critical Air Force was grounded the power of a category 2 hurricane. This was the race to escape as at least 60,000 were forced to escape irvine, even firefighters struggling to stand their ground, two in critical condition. Braced for an unprecedented wind event across the state, more than a million have had their power cut to prevent the very kind of disaster that could unfold our thanks to miguel for that report. Well, the president says we are rounding the corner with the coronavirus. It is exploding in many parts of the country. Infections have surpassed 8. 7 Million People, and the death toll continues to climb, nearing 227,000. Hospitalizations are up 40 in the last month our Meagan Fitzgerald is in Salt Lake City with the latest. Reporter fran circumstances Health Officials here are calling the cases dire cases are surging. Just like on friday, they saw a Record Number of cases in just one day, nearly 2,000. Hospitals are overrun across the state. Icus at or approaching capacity. Doctors even going to the governor last week letting him know if the state continues on this trajectory and cases continue to rise, theyre going to have to start prioritizing care what this means, for example f you have a younger patient and older patient with equal level of illness, the Health Care Workers would have to prioritize the health of the younger person the states not there yet, but they say they could be weeks away, which is why Health Officials, doctors, nurses, the governor are pleading with the public to try do their part to stop the spread of the virus. Weve got fire, ice, and, yeah, a hurricane all getting tracked by janessa webb this morning. Thats a lot on your plate this morning, janessa good morning. Good morning. We have a lot going on hurricane zeta is the focal point this morning it continues to gain steam we saw landfall in yucatan peninsula and its going to race to the gulf. By tomorrow morning well see sustained winds picking up right now theyre at 75 miles afternoon hour, the National HurricaneWeather Center turnings this back into a cat 1 tonight and then returns to the gulf coast right now southeast louisiana, you are on our radar i do want to put the coastal areas of mississippi as well into the mix of this, where we couls this afternoon still that heat is building from t tampa to the carolina this day thats storm is going to cause some disruptions today we should talk than coming up. Trouble there all right, janessa thank you. Still ahead, our lester holt is crisscrossing america to hear. Voters about the election an iconic song hits new records. New no7 advanced retinol night concentrate. From americas number one serum brand. Five times more retinol than the no1 retinol serum. Yet formulated to be gentle on your skin. New no7 advanced retinol night concentrate. Are my smile cant compete. On for this . Yet formulated to be gentle on your skin. 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Perhaps no battleground state is still reeling from the covid shutdown like nevada with a 12. 6 unemployment rate, the second worst in the country, and so its where my journey begins, talking to people about jobs, the economy, who they think is best positioned to lead us in a path to recovery my first stop, a failing business we meet mrna donato at a used bookstore shes owned for more than 40 years. Youre calling it quits. Im calling it quits. Our wonderful governor shut it down for two months and a Small Business cannot survive being shut down for two months. Your customers must be theyre devastated as i am because some of my customers go back 39 years. Reporter murtaugh told us shes voting for President Trump. I really believe that he has americas best interest at heart and he wants to keep the Small Businesses going he knows what its like to meet payroll. Reporter across town we meameet yvonne and his wife. They have an 8yearold daughter with special needs and jovans Unemployment Benefits recently ran out. Are you making hard choices on a daily basis we lost our vehicle. Reporter the andersons are both democrats leaning, they say, toward joe biden. Im like his professionalism. I like that hes had experience in the white house as vice president. If youre sitting here talking to joe biden and President Trump, what would you want to tell them right now . Consider our family think of it on a personal level as if it was happening to you or your son, daughter, sister, or brother, and how would it make you feel if they were struggling day to day. Reporter a major flashpoint for both candidates, those continuing covid restrictions. I will end this i will make sure we have a plan. All he talks about is shutdowns. No, were not going to shut down. Reporter citing improving covid number, last months bars were allowed to reopen in nevada at 50 capacity. 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