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No country has weaponized its Cyber Capabilities as maliciously. An early blast of winter brought rare october snow to iowa. Conditions made for some dangerous driving. Oscarwinning actor jeff bridges revealed hes been diagnosed with lymphoma. Hell begin treatment soon. Cardinals shut down the cowboys. How about 80 yards to the house . Just like that and all that matters. Dr. Fauci was on 60 minutes and he was frank about trumps efforts to keep him from speaking to the public. I certainly have not been allowed to go on many, many, many shows that have asked for me. Thanks to trumump, we never t to see fauci on floor is lava. On cbs this morning. Borat stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to help combat the coronavirus. You know, theyre not theres one. Theyre not necessarily something that you can you can pound to death. I see it. Come on, come on ive got you. Q. This mornings eye opener is presented by progressive. Making it easy to bundle insurance. Now you know what you need, viewers. You need to get a magnifying glass and a frying pan. Very effective against the coronavirus. Now you know. Welcome to cbs this morning. Weve got a lot to talk about this morning. Including a new escalation in the president s attacks on dr. Anthony fauci. He now says the top Infectious Disease expert is a disaster. Were also looking at a big new change to the upcoming president ial debate. But well start with Tony Dokoupil who is continuing his swing state tour in ohio this morning for our series at americas crossroads. You have important election news from the neighboring battleground state of pennsylvania. Good morning. A very big deal. The Supreme Court has decided not to get involved in a case on mailin ballots. And thats occurred to be a major victory for democrats in pennsylvania. Heres what happened. The court turned down a republican challenge last night and now the state must count ballots received up to three days after the election as long as theyre postmarked by election day. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the three liberal justices in a 44 split that upholds a Lower Court Ruling in pennsylvania. Now this is something to keep an eye on as thousands of late arriving ballots will now be counted. Lateness was one of the major reason yes ballots were not counted in 2016. This really could be decisive in the state of pennsylvania. But now turning here to ohio, President Trump is now essentially tied with democratic nominee joe biden at 50 to 49 . Thats according to the latest cbs news estimate. Our battleground tracker. And folks here have been early voting for the past two weeks. Now why ohio . Why is it so important . Understand this. 14 times in a row the candidate who has won this state has also won the presidency. So coming up in our next half hour, well show you the issues that ohio voters care about the most and why one political scientist called this state a microcosm of america. Now about that streak, 14 consecutive times picking the president , you know, past performance is no guarantee of future success. But i will say, ohios 18 electoral votes are also one of the biggest prizes on the map, guys. Yeah, but so far, their track record is pretty good, Tony Dokoupil. 14 days and counting, we shall see. Thanks. Now to the president s attacks on dr. Anthony fauci which have reached a whole new level of increduality. He continues to sound the alarm about this pandemic. In arizona yesterday, mr. Trump said people are, quote, pandemiced out. Hes also called dr. Anthony fauci a disaster. Paula reid is at the white house with more on this story. Good morning. A lot of people are shaking their hands this morning saying how is this okay . Good morning. Well, dr. Fauci and President Trump agree that most americans are tired of the pandemic. But with 13 million americans unemployed, 80 million having fallen below the poverty line during the pandemic, the way through this is with science. But on the campaign trail monday, President Trump was focused on attacking dr. Fauci and other scientists. Biden wants to lock it down. He wants to listen to dr. Fauci. On the campaign trail monday, President Trump attacked dr. Anthony fauci almost as often as he did his opponent. He loves being on television. We let him do it. Sometimes he says things that are a little bit off. Reporter earlier on a call with campaign staff, the president unloaded on the nations top Infectious Disease expert and other scientists. People are tired of hearing fauci and all these idiots, these people, these people that have gotten it wrong. Fauci is a nice guy. Hes been here for 500 years. Every time he goes on television, theres always a bomb. But theres a bigger bomb if you fire him. But fauci is a disaster. Reporter but mr. Trumps attacks came after fauci spoke to 60 minutes. And criticized what he said was a superspreader event at the white house last month. I was worried that he was going to get sick when i saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded, no separation between people and almost nobody wearing a mask. When i saw that on tv, i said, oh, my goodness. Nothing good can come out of that. Thats got to be a problem. Reporter in an interview on monday, fauci said the war of words distracts from the battle against covid. What were trying to do is to protect the health and the welfare and the safety of the American People. The president continues to hold packed rallies despite cases rising across the country. People are pandemiced out. You know that . Theyre pandemiced out. Fauci warns that worse days could be ahead and that we need to follow the science. If things dont turn around and change, as we get into the cool months of the fall and cold months of the winter that we may be headed into some really more serious issues than weve experienced. Reporter the president s rival, former Vice President joe biden issued a statement in response to these attacks saying the American People are tired. Theyre tired of your lies about the virus. Theyre tired of watching more americans die. And more people lose their jobs because you refuse to take this pandemic seriously. Paula, thank you. Even if people may be pandemiced out, as the president says, the coronavirus continues to infect tens of thousands of americans every day and kill hundreds of them. More than 58,000 new cases were reported yesterday. Hospitalizations are on the rise in 38 states, including wisconsin. Adriana diaz got exclusive access to a hospital in madison where the number of coronavirus patients doubled in the last two weeks. This was the first time it allowed cameras inside since the pandemic began. Every day, nurse Katie Lanoway suits up to save lives. She treats patients at University Hospital in madison where all three of their covid units are now full. We had one hallway dedicated to covid and the rest out here was our regular general care. A couple of weeks ago, i left work and it was that way and two days later i came back and this entire unit became covid. Are you nervous for your own safety . I feel safer here around my colleagues than i would if i had to go to the Grocery Store. I trust the people that im working with, that theyre doing the right thing. Reporter thats because outside, more and more people are getting sick. To keep up, a new drivethrough testing site was just opened at the Major League Baseball stadium in milwaukee where they could test 2,000 people per day. A friend of mine who tested positive and i just want to make sure that im safe. Statewide, hospitals are at 85 capacity and rising. I didnt have any Covid Patients a couple of weeks ago and now my whole service is filled with patients. Reporter dr. Alexandra wick says Covid Patients coming now have more severe symptoms than those who came in earlier in the pandemic. I had a patient the other day tell me, you know, what can i do . He was so short of breath. Its hard because were doing everything that we can for him. Hes still very, very sick. Reporter nurse lanoway wants wisconsinites to get back to Wearing Masks and social distancing for everyones sake. Patient comes in and they openly and willingly tell you that theyve been out at the bars. And you think about all the people that were probably in that bar with them. And its frustrating. We dont want to see people coming in here suffering and struggling. We want people to be safe and healthy. We want people to be home. Resistance to covid safety guidelines is so strong here that citizens have sued to have them removed. A court has kept the mask mandate in place but last week a judge blocked the 25 capacity limitations on indoor dining, until yesterday when another judge kept those limits in place so the rules keep changing. It really is, adriana. But another reason to feel grateful for the frontline workers who are risking their lives to save ours. A big change has been announced to the final president ial debate scheduled for this thursday. Its all part of an effort to keep it more civil than it was last time. Ed okeefe is following this story for us. Ed, what are the changes . Cant wait to hear. Good morning to you. Good morning, gayle. This is something many will like. Others will not. And essentially it does this. Now when a candidate is answering his question for an allotted two minutes the other candidates microphone will be turned off. Its a potentially big change to whats essentially the last big turning point in the campaign with tens of millions of people potentially watching. 73 million watched the first debate. The president knows this. And last night on his way back here in washington, he told reporters he will be at the next debate. He called the rules change, quote, very unfair. Because you didnt think you should have closed our country reporter after a contentious first meeting that led to more than 70 interruptions by the president the question is the radical left will you shut up, man. Who is on your list, joe . The nonpartisan commission on president ial debates is making a change. Under new rules announced monday, President Trump and joe biden will get two minutes to respond to questions posed by the moderator. During those two minutes, the only person whose microphone will be on is the candidate who has the floor. Both microphones will turn on again during an open discussion period and that should help avoid moments like this. He still refuses to even say anything to putin about the bounty on the heads of american soldiers. You son got no, no, no. And by the way my son mr. President , your campaign agreed to both sides would get twominute answers uninterrupted. Well, your side agreed to it. The commission discussed the changes with trump and Biden Campaign aides and believes the actions strike the right balance and that they are in the interest of the American People for whom these debates are held. The Trump Campaign had already raised objections earlier monday about the debate scheduled to be held at Belmont University in nashville. Last friday the moderator said the debate will coverage a range of subjects including Foreign Policy but also climate change, leadership, race in america and the pandemic. In a letter, Trump Campaign manager bill stepien asked debate organizers to recalibrate the debate to only a discussion on Foreign Policy. Claiming it had been led to believe that would be the only focus. In a statement, the Biden Campaign said the president is afraid to face more questions about his disastrous Covid Response and is more concerned with the rules of a debate than he is getting a nation in crisis the help it needs. Remember, this was supposed to be the third president ial debate, but the second was canceled after the president refused to appear virtually in the wake of his covid19 diagnosis. And we should reiterate, these rules will only turn off a candidates microphone during two minutes that their opponent is considering a question. There will be freewheeling discussion after that. But hopefully this change will provoke a listen more listening. The Justice Department says a unit of Russian Hackers accused of interfering with the 2016 election faces new criminal charges. The indictment accuses six military Intelligence Officers inside russia of launching some of the worlds most costly cyberattacks. The hackers allegedly used malware on a Health Care Company in pennsylvania and cut off power to thousands of customers in ukraine. They are also accused of Hacking Computers at the 2018 Winter Olympics in south korea after russian athletes were banned for doping. The new indictment is seen as a warning to russia not to interfere in next months vote. Moscow denies the allegations. There are still questions this morning about a los angeles womans 12day ordeal stranded in utahs Zion National park. Rescue crews located holly cortier on wednesday after a massive search. They are saying very little about her condition. As carter evans reports, her family says she barely made it out alive. She was very dehydrated and they found out she had a concussion. And she couldnt move. Reporter holly courtiers family says the avid hiker was in such bad shape when rescuers found her in Zion National park that she could barely speak. Jillian oliver says her sister became disoriented after hitting her head on a tree early into the trip. What i was told is she was injured and didnt remember much. And that she was just staying put and she was near a water spring and that she was getting very, very little water. They noticed she couldnt even open her mouth to drink. Reporter the 38yearold was reported missing on october 8th after she failed to board a shuttle out of the park. In a statement, her daughter kailey chambers said she was without food the entire time in zion and unable to take more than a step or two without collapsing. But on monday, the National Park service said in a statement that courtier was able to leave of her own capability with minimal assistance. They declined to provide further information about her condition. What that was like, those 12 days, waiting and not seeing or hearing anyone. We were told at the time when we called her to ask very little because of her condition. And just to say were here for you and we love you and just root her on and, you know, and thats what we basically did. And im sure she has some great story to tell everyone. But we dont quite know it yet. Reporter according to the National Park service, Law Enforcement officers were acting on a tip from a park visitor when they found her in a thickly vegetated area along the virgin river. Her family confirms she was released from the hospital the same day and flew back to california last night. I want to see her and give her a hug and tell her how much i love her because i was thinking about every holiday as a family and i just couldnt imagine anything without her. Reporter for cbs this morning, im carter evans. Very glad shes been found. 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