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>> reporter: there are concerns that even if a vaccine is ready by december, it may take longer to make the viales and other things. the nation's top infectious disease doctor say that work needs to start now. >> you don't wait until you get an answer before you start manufacturing. you're at risk. proactively start making it, assuming it's going to work. >> that got our attention as well, steve. hearing from dr. fauci that you got to be proactive, start production soon. the we for folks at home is when will the federal government know which vaccine they want to take a gamble on, which vaccine should be mass produced? >> reporter: they're hoping they have that answer in a couple of months. once they learn which vaccine is more safe and more effective. david? >> steve, thanks to you. as america slowly re-opens and businesses try to get their customers back, the new study tonight showing the potential distance this virus can spread. the study looked at a family in
>> reporter: reade's allegations have been heavily promoted by president trump's campaign, but today the president seeming to come to biden's defense. >> i guess in a way you could say i'm sticking up for him. >> reporter: the president, who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault, including rape, says his rival may be falsely accused. >> i would just say to joe biden, just go out and fight it. >> reporter: joe biden just sent a letter to the senate officially asking that they search for any alleged complaint and make public what they find, including any complaint and all related documents. >> mary bruce, thanks to you again tonight. when we come back, breaking news coming in on north korea's kim jong-un and any news for any american planning to fly. your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can save for an emergency from here. or pay bills from here. so when someone asks you, "where's your bank?" you can tell them: here's my bank.
>> you had what's called a pulmonary embolism. a big blood clot that went to the lungs. and we're seeing that even in some healthy young people who had covid. so you're a pretty tough guy to get through all that. >> reporter: and a symbol of sacrifice. 66-year-old paul cary, a paramedic from colorado, who raced to new york to volunteer, died from coronavirus. >> so many people came to help, but paul gave his life for us. >> reporter: tonight, the fda fast-tracking the first potential treatment against coronavirus for emergency use. remdesivir, after early trial results, showed it could cut the disease's course from 15 to 11 days. tonight, that wet market in wuhan back in the spotlight, as the head of the european union joins calls for a probe into the origin of the virus. just yesterday, president trump suggested he's seen evidence to support a theory being pushed by some conservative outlets, that the virus originated in a lab in wuhan. today, trump responding to questions about those claims.
biden had, quote, made her feel uncomfortable. but she says she did not mention an assault, and she has no record of the complaint. she says she shared similar concerns with three other staffers in biden's office. all three of those staffers tell abc news that's not true. biden prides himself on being an advocate for women's rights and is adamant that women should be heard. today, he was pressed on why this complaint against him is different. >> women are to be believed, given the benefit of the doubt. and there are so many inconsistencies in what has been said in this case. look at the facts. and i assure you -- it did not happen. >> reporter: biden now calling for any record of the complaint to be released. >> i'm asking the secretary of the senate today to identify whether any such document exists. if it does make it public. >> reporter: but he says he will not make public his senate papers housed at the university of delaware. >> they don't contain personnel files. they are public records.
california warning about the dangers of this disease. >> i can't stress it enough that people take it serious. >> reporter: dad, guillermo, dying from covid-19. eleven other family members getting sick, except for daughter alexia, who couldn't even get close to her mother to comfort her. >> she just sat down and was crying and said, that's it, your dad's gone. your dad's gone. and i couldn't even hugger. i just had to watch her cry. >> reporter: across the country, at least 32 states now easing some restrictions by the end of next week. but cases of the virus still rising in at least 18 states. in texas, today, restaurants filling up with customers in houston. and shopping malls opening too at 25% percent capacity just a day after the state saw its deadliest day. in oklahoma, crowds flocking to malls. some people not wearing face masks. but tonight, a lockdown in gallup, new mexico, after a spike in cases. one of the highest infections
second wave and other spikes along the way. >> reporter: david, those researchers say the spikes could be worse in the future than what we're experiencing right now. but meantime i want to mention when you referenced earlier this emotional sendoff here at javits center for the final patients here -- this was converted into a military field hospital, a facility closing its doors today, but there is concern about that possible second wave, so the fema equipment and supply wil s will remain here just in case. >> whit johnson, thank you. meantime, the race for a vaccine tonight. president trump launching what he's calling operation warp speed, aiming to get a vaccine in the u.s. by the end of the year. dr. fauci saying you need to start production now. how do you decide what vaccine will work? steve osunsami at the cdc in atlanta tonight. >> reporter: what you're seeing here tonight are the volunteers who are helping everyone on the
thank you. joe biden breaking his silence after the allegation of sexual assault. president trump saying today about biden, in a way i'm sticking up for him. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: addressing the allegations of sexual assault for the first time publicly, joe biden today with an emphatic denial. >> would you please go on the record with the american people -- did you sexually assault tara reade? >> no, it is not true. i'm saying unequivocally it never happened and it didn't -- it never happened. >> reporter: tara reade was staff assistant in biden's senate office in 1993 when she says he assaulted her. she has detailed the alleged incident in interviews with abc news and other outlets, including democracy now. >> i was up against the wall. and i remember his hands underneath my blouse and underneath my skirt, and his fingers penetrating me as he was trying to kiss me and i was pulling away. >> reporter: reade tells us that at the time, she complained to the senate personnel office that
was the least we could do. >> reporter: and at the tomb of the unknown soldier, in arlington national cemetery, they are still standing watch. >> it doesn't matter if it's a pandemic, we're always here. we're always guarding. >> reporter: army captain harold earls commons the guard. >> the unknowns deserve that. our country deserves that. this place represents the very best of this country. >> 21 steps. then a 21 second pause. 21 -- a symbol of highest military honor to those who served and sacrificed. >> present arms. >> reporter: the changing of the guard now with social distan distancing. >> i can look out and see row upon row of headstones. each one of those are heroes. there's also heroes there on the front lines and the first responders. i think the beautiful thing with ♪ ♪