>>> TONIGHT, THE BATTLEGROUND BLITZ WITH JUST THREE DAYS
TO GO.
>> BOTH CANDIDATES
MAKING THEIR CLOSING
ARGUMENTS.
>> JOE BIDEN TARGETING
THE MIDWEST.
REUNITING ON THE TRAIL
WITH BARACK OBAMA FOR
THE FIRST TIME THIS
CAMPAIGN
>> TRUMP CARES ABOUT
FEEDING HIS EGO.
JOE CARES ABOUT
KEEPING YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY SAFE!
>> THE NEW EFFORT TO
REACH AFRICAN-AMERICAN
VOTERS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP
GOING ALL IN ON
PENNSYLVANIA, MAKING
FOUR STOPS JUST TODAY.
>> THIS IS THE STATE
THAT WILL SAVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM
>> AND WHY NORTH
CAROLINA IS MORE UP
FOR GRABS THAN EVER.
>>> NEARLY 100,000 NEW
COVID CASES IN ONE DAY
ALONE.
A NEW RECORD
AND THE NEW FEARS OF
SPREAD THIS HALLOWEEN
NIGHT.
A PARTY OF HUNDREDS
BROKEN UP IN BROOKLYN.
AND THE BIG FOOTBALL
GAME TODAY WHERE CASES
ARE SURGING.
>>> LOCKDOWN AGAIN
ENGLAND CLOSING BACK
DOWN AS CASES THERE
THE WORLD REMEMBERING THE ULTIMATE MOVIE STAR
>>> AND A HALLOWEEN
WITH HEART
THE GHOULISHLY CLEVER
WAY THESE CHILDREN’S
HOLIDAY DREAMS ARE
COMING TRUE.
>> THIS IS "NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
JOSE DIAZ-BALART
REPORTING FROM
CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA
AND KATE SNOW FROM
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
>>> GOOD EVENING
KATE AND I ARE IN
BATTLEGROUND STATES
TONIGHT, AND WE ARE
NOT ALONE.
WITH JUST THREE DAYS
LEFT, IT WAS AN
ALL-OUT BLITZ TODAY
WITH CANDIDATES, VP
CANDIDATES, SPOUSES
AND MORE BLANKETING
SWING STATES
THE GOAL RIGHT NOW, TO
GET EVERY LAST ONE OF
THEIR VOTERS TO THE
POLLS.
>> ALREADY WE’VE SEEN
RECORD EARLY VOTING.
MORE THAN 90 MILLION
AMERICANS HAVE CAST
THEIR BALLOTS.
WE’RE HERE TALKING TO
VOTERS ABOUT WHAT
MATTERS TO THEM.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST
ISSUES, COVID.
PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE ALSO
WORRIED THAT HALLOWEEN
CELEBRATIONS COULD
LEAD TO A NEW SURGE.
>> WE ARE SPREAD OUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TONIGHT.
WE BEGIN WITH GEOFF
BENNETT WITH THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN
>> Reporter: A SPRINT
TO THE FINISH TONIGHT.
JOE BIDEN AND BARACK
OBAMA IN BATTLEGROUND
MICHIGAN, MAKING
SEVERAL STOPS TOGETHER
IN PERSON FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN THE 2020
RACE
>> JOE BIDEN IS MY
BROTHER.
I LOVE THIS -- I LOVE
JOE BIDEN.
AND HE WILL BE A GREAT
PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: THEIR
PUSH AIMED AT BOOSTING
SUPPORT AMONG BLACK
VOTERS, INCLUDING A
PERFORMANCE BY R&B
LEGEND STEVIE WONDER
♪
>> OBAMA HITTING HARD
ON THE CORONAVIRUS
CRISIS
>> TRUMP CARES ABOUT
FEEDING HIS EGO.
JOE CARES ABOUT
KEEPING YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY SAFE.
>> HERE’S THE TRUTH,
MICHIGAN
THIS PANDEMIC WOULD
HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING
FOR ANY PRESIDENT.
BUT THIS IDEA THAT
SOMEHOW THIS WHITE
HOUSE HAS DONE
ANYTHING BUT
COMPLETELY SCREW THIS
UP IS NONSENSE
>> Reporter: OBAMA AND
BIDEN CONDEMNING THE
PRESIDENT’S FALSE
CLAIM THAT DOCTORS ARE
INFLATING THE COVID
DEATH COUNT.
>> YOU KNOW, OUR
DOCTORS GET MORE MONEY
IF SOMEBODY DIES FROM
COVID.
>> WHAT IN THE HELL IS
WRONG WITH THIS MAN?
THE PEOPLE OF THIS
NATION HAVE SUFFERED
AND SACRIFICED FOR
NINE MONTHS.
NONE MORE SO THAN THE
DOCTORS ON THE FRONT
LINES AND HEALTH CARE
WORKERS.
IT’S MORE THAN
OFFENSIVE.
IT’S A DISGRACE.
>> Reporter: BIDEN’S
EVENTS WITH OBAMA SHOW
THE CAMPAIGN IS
LEAVING NOTHING TO
CHANCE
POLLING PUTS JOE BIDEN
AHEAD IN MICHIGAN BY
MORE THAN SIX
PERCENTAGE POINTS.
BUT DEMOCRATS FEAR A
REPEAT OF 2016, WHEN
MR. TRUMP WON MICHIGAN
BY FEWER THAN 11,000
VOTES.
>> I DON’T CARE HOW
HARD DONALD TRUMP
TRIES.
THERE’S NOTHING -- LET
ME SAY IT AGAIN.
THERE’S NOTHING THAT
HE CAN DO TO STOP THE
PEOPLE OF THIS NATION
FROM VOTING IN
OVERWHELMING NUMBERS
AND TAKING BACK THIS
DEMOCRACY.
>> AND GEOFF JOINS US
NOW FROM DETROIT
GEOFF, WHERE IS THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN HEADED
NEXT
>> Reporter: JOSE,
BIDEN’S RUNNING MATE
KAMALA HARRIS HEADS TO
GEORGIA TOMORROW,
WHERE DEMOCRATS ALSO
HAVE A COMPETITIVE
SENATE RACE, AND JOE
BIDEN RETURNS TOMORROW
TO PENNSYLVANIA AS HE
TRIES TO BUILD BACK
THAT BLUE WALL THAT
DONALD TRUMP TORE DOWN
IN 2016.
PENNSYLVANIA, A
CRITICAL STATE FOR
BOTH CANDIDATES.
JOSE, KATE
>> GEOFF BENNETT,
THANK YOU.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
ALREADY IN
PENNSYLVANIA TODAY
WITH FOUR STOPS IN THE
KEYSTONE STATE
HE’S FOCUSED ON
KEEPING HIS SUPPORTERS
FIRED UP
OUR KELLY O’DONNELL IS
TRAVELING WITH THE
COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND
HAS THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: AIR FORCE
ONE TOUCHING DOWN IN
PENNSYLVANIA
FOR A FULL DAY,
FOUR-EVENT TOUR.
IN THIS LAND OF 20
ELECTORAL VOTES.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT’S
LOOKING GOOD
PENNSYLVANIA’S LOOKING
GOOD
>> Reporter: THE
PRESIDENT SHOWING
ANGER AND ANXIETY
ABOUT WAITING FOR
ELECTION RESULTS, WITH
A VAGUE WARNING TO
PENNSYLVANIA’S
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR.
>> OPEN UP THE STATE,
GOVERNOR
OPEN UP THIS STATE
AND DON’T TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THOSE
BALLOTS, GOVERNOR.
DON’T DO IT.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT
TRUMP DELIVERED A
STRIKING REBUKE OF THE
SUPREME COURT THAT HE
HELPED SHAPE AFTER A
DECISION THAT IN
PENNSYLVANIA’S CASE
THE COMMONWEALTH GETS
THREE DAYS BEYOND
TUESDAY TO COUNT
MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
>> THIS IS A HORRIBLE
THING THAT THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT
HAS DONE TO OUR
COUNTRY.
AND I SAY IT AND I SAY
IT LOUD AND I SAY IT
PROUD.
>> Reporter: THE
PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO
REPEAT A VICTORY HERE.
AS POLLING SHOWS JOE
BIDEN’S CONSISTENT
LEAD TIGHTENING.
NOW TO FIVE POINTS
WITHIN THE MARGIN OF
ERROR.
>> THIS DOESN’T SEEM
LIKE SOMEONE WHO’S
GOING TO COME IN
SECOND
>> Reporter: FIRST
LADY MELANIA TRumP ON
A SOLO TRIP IN
WISCONSIN AND HERE IN
PENNSYLVANIA
TAKING ON BIDEN.
>> APPARENTLY WHEN YOU
HIDE IN A BASEMENT YOU
FEEL SAFE
COMMUNICATING YOUR
WISHFUL THINKING
>> Reporter: THE
PRESIDENT WHO CALLED
COVID SERIOUS AND
TOUTED HIS PANDEMIC
MANAGEMENT ALSO MADE A
PUNCHLINE OUT OF COVID
HITTING HIS OWN
FAMILY
>> AND OUR GREAT FIRST
LADY TESTED POSITIVE
THAT’S -- WELL, AT
LEAST THOSE RUMORS
THAT WE DON’T LIVE
TOGETHER TURNED OUT TO
BE FALSE
>> KELLY JOINS US NOW
FROM BUTLER,
PENNSYLVANIA
KELLY, THE PRESIDENT
IS COMING BACK TO
PENNSYLVANIA ONE LAST
TIME BEFORE TUESDAY,
RIGHT?
>> Reporter: THAT’S
RIGHT, KATE.
HE’S ON THE STAGE NOW.
AND THERE WILL BE ONE
MORE STOP IN
PENNSYLVANIA AFTER THE
FOUR EVENTS TODAY.
THAT HAPPENS ON
MONDAY
AND HE HAS TEN RALLIES
IN A VERY HECTIC
SCHEDULE ACROSS A
NUMBER OF BATTLEGROUND
STATES IN THE FINAL
TWO DAYS OF
CAMPAIGNING.
KATE
CAMPAIGNING. KATE >> KELLY O’DONNELL,
THANK YOU.
>>> NOW TO THE COVID
CRISIS AND FEARS THAT
HALLOWEEN PARTIES
COULD BE THE NEWEST
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS.
THE NUMBER OF CASES
SMASHING RECORDS,
INFECTING MORE
AMERICANS PER DAY THAN
EVER BEFORE.
SAM BROCK HAS LATE
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT’S
HALLOWEEN SCARE,
RECORD-BREAKING COVID
CASES AND DISTURBING
PHOTOS OUT OF
BROOKLYN WHERE POLICE
SAY HUNDREDS OF
PARTIERS PACKED INSIDE
OF A WAREHOUSE SHUT
DOWN FOR BREAKING NEW
YORK ORDERS ON
GATHERINGS AS THE
PANDEMIC RAGES
THE U.S. HITTING
NEARLY 100,000
INFECTIONS FRIDAY, AN
ALL-TIME HIGH, AND NOW
CROSSING 230,000
DEATHS
SOULS STOLEN FROM
THEIR FAMILIES
LIKE GARY GAVIN, A
LOVING FATHER FROM
NORTHERN WISCONSIN,
WHOSE DAUGHTER SAYS HE
WAS ALSO BATTLING
CANCER
>> I FEEL LIKE HE HAS
JUST BECOME A
STATISTIC THAT NOBODY
REALLY CARES ABOUT
I’VE HAD PEOPLE TELL
ME, WELL, YOU KNOW,
IT’S LESS THAN 1% OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING.
IT’S STILL 230,000
PEOPLE
AND IF IT’S YOUR LOVED
ONE, DOES THAT MAKE IT
OKAY
>> Reporter: ILLINOIS
JUST SMASHED ITS DAILY
RECORD OF CASES.
ALMOST 7,000
1 OF 14 STATES
REPORTING NEW
SINGLE-DAY PEAKS ON
FRIDAY
AS CASES IN
ONCE-BATTERED FLORIDA
HEAT UP TO LEVELS NOT
SEEN SINCE AUGUST.
>> MANY TIMES YOU SEE
A RESURGENCE, AND WE
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING
IN EUROPE, AND WE WENT
THROUGH THAT SECOND
BIG WAVE IN THE
SUMMER
YOU’RE ALWAYS
CONCERNED.
>> Reporter: IN TEXAS
AND CALIFORNIA BOTH
STATES ZEROING IN ON A
MILLION CASES.
AS HOSPITAL SYSTEMS
REMAIN UNDER SIEGE
>> LAST NIGHT I DIDN’T
SLEEP FOR MORE THAN
THREE HOURS IN A ROW
BECAUSE THE CALLS KEEP
COMING
>> Reporter: THE SURGE
IN COVID COINCIDING
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF
HALLOWEEN AND DEEP
CONCERN ABOUT CAMPUS
SAFETY
FROM RIVALRY COLLEGE
FOOTBALL GAMES TO
POSSIBLE PARTIES
SAN DIEGO AREA
STUDENTS HIT WITH
CEASE AND DESIST
ORDERS WHILE OTHER
SCHOOLS PROHIBIT
OFF-CAMPUS GATHERINGS.
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC --
>> FROM THURSDAY UNTIL
THE START OF DECEMBER
YOU MUST STAY AT HOME.
>> Reporter: ENGLAND
ABOUT TO START A
SECOND NATIONAL
LOCKDOWN, JOINING
FRANCE AND BELGIUM
WITH A FRESH WAVE OF
THE VIRUS STRIKING
EUROPE
RESTRICTIONS
EUROPE RESTRICTIONS TIGHTENING HERE AND
ABROAD
>> I JUST DON’T THINK
THAT THE SACRIFICES
THAT ARE ASKED TO BE
MADE ARE AS BIG AS THE
SACRIFICE OF LOSING A
FAMILY MEMBER.
>> AND SAM’S WITH US
SAM, TODAY GOVERNOR
CUOMO IN NEW YORK
ANNOUNCED RULES ABOUT
TRAVELING TO NEW YORK
STATE.
>> Reporter: KATE, YOU
KNOW HOW MUCH TRAVEL
THERE IS BETWEEN
FLORIDA AND NEW YORK
NO MORE QUARANTINE
LIST
INSTEAD WHAT YOU NEED
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO
NEW YORK IS A NEGATIVE
COVID-19 TEST WITHIN
THREE DAYS OF ARRIVING
IN NEW YORK.
THEN YOU WAIT THREE
MORE DAYS, GET A
SECOND NEGATIVE COVID
TEST AND YOU DON’T
HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR
TWO WEEKS.
KATE AND JOSE, BACK TO
YOU.
>> SAM BROCK IN MIAMI,
THANK YOU.
>>> I AM HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT
BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST
BATTLEGROUND PRIZES
THIS ELECTION.
BUT IT USED TO BE A
RELIABLY REPUBLICAN
STATE.
THAT CHANGED PARTLY
DUE TO VOTERS HERE IN
CHARLOTTE, WHICH ARE
RELIABLY DEMOCRATIC
AND GETTING BIGGER BY
THE DAY.
JUST LOOK AT
CHARLOTTE’S SKYLINE,
AND YOU CAN SEE THE
CHANGE
>> IF YOU HAD COME
HERE 25 YEARS AGO, YOU
WOULD HAVE SEEN MAYBE
ONE OR TWO TOWERS.
>> Reporter:
EVERYWHERE YOU TURN IN
THIS CITY ANOTHER
BUILDING GOING UP.
THIS CONSTANT INFLUX
OF PEOPLE, DOES IT
CHANGE THIS CITY
>> WE HAVE A HUGE
IMMIGRANT POPULATION
HERE FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
WE ALSO HAVE BOOMERS
THAT COME.
BUT WE’RE GROWING MOST
QUICKLY WITH
MILLENNIALS.
>> Reporter: TAMMY AND
DARREN BRATT MOVED
HERE FROM CONNECTICUT
THREE YEARS AGO FOR
WORK
ARE YOU A NORTH
CAROLINIAN NOW
>> I WOULD LIKE TO
THINK SO AT LEAST.
>> Reporter: HAVE YOU
DECIDED WHO YOU’RE
GOING TO VOTE FOR?
>> I HAVE.
I’VE ACTUALLY ALREADY
VOTED.
AND I VOTED FOR JOE
BIDEN.
>> Reporter: WHAT
ABOUT YOU?
>> I ALSO PRE-VOTED
FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> Reporter: AND THAT
MAY BE ONE OF THE
REASONS THIS
PREVIOUSLY DEEP RED
STATE IS NOW A VERY
MIXED PURPLE
120 PEOPLE MOVE TO THE
CITY OF CHARLOTTE
EVERY SINGLE DAY
THAT’S NEARLY 50,000
PEOPLE A YEAR.
AND 60% OF THE
RESIDENTS OF THE
COUNTY THIS CITY FITS
IN WERE BORN OUTSIDE
THE STATE.
IN THE TOWN OF CARY,
JUST OUTSIDE RALEIGH,
THE EARLY VOTING LINE
SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE A
GEOGRAPHY CLASS.
>> I GREW UP IN
DELAWARE
>> NEW YORK.
>> MICHIGAN.
>> NEW JERSEY.
>> I’M FROM SOMALIA.
>> Reporter: THE TOWN
HAS BECOME SUCH A
MAGNET FOR
TRANSPLANTS, LOCALS
JOKINGLY CLAIM CARY
ACTUALLY STANDS FOR
CONCENTRATED AREA OF
RELOCATED YANKEES.
>> THERE’S PROBABLY $5
BILLION WORTH OF
CONSTRUCTION UNDER
WAY.
>> Reporter: CARY SITS
IN THE AREA KNOWN AS
THE TRIANGLE, WHICH
HAS BECOME A BOOMING
HUB FOR TECHNOLOGY AND
PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. >> THERE WERE 33
ACTIVE PROSPECTS
LOOKING AT THE
TRIANGLE REGION.
>> Reporter: THOSE
JOBS DRAWING NEW
RESIDENTS.
>> THE PROJECTION IS
THAT OUR CURRENT RATE
OF GROWTH WILL ADD
ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE
BETWEEN NOW AND 2040
THAT’S AN ADDITIONAL
80% OF WHAT WE HAVE
HERE NOW
>> Reporter: YADIRA
SALAMANDER AND HER
HUSBAND SEAN MOVED
THEIR FAMILY FROM
INDIANAPOLIS TO CARY
LAST YEAR.
>> I’M A CHEMICAL
ENGINEER
MY BACKGROUND IS IN
PHARMACEUTICALS.
THERE’S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY HERE
THIS AREA IS GROWING
>> Reporter: THEY SAY
NOT ALL NEW RESIDENTS
LEAN BLUE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S
A MIXED BAG.
I’VE ENCOUNTERED BOTH
REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS IN THE AREA.
>> Reporter:
REPUBLICANS LIKE MIKE
SIMEONE WHO MOVED HERE
FROM NEW YORK.
>> I PRE-VOTED LAST
WEEK, AND I VOTED FOR
TRUMP.
>> Reporter: WHY
>> I THINK HE’S DONE A
GREAT JOB.
>> Reporter: EVEN THE
BRATTS SAY THEY COULD
AT SOME FUTURE POINT
SHIFT AND VOTE
REPUBLICAN
NORTH CAROLINA’S
CONSIDERED A PURPLE
STATE.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU
SEE STAYING FOR A
WHILE?
>> CHARLOTTE’S
EXPECTED TO GROW
ANOTHER 300,000 PEOPLE
BY 2040.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT
SHAPE WE WILL BE BUT
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE
BIT DEEPER BLUE.
>> Reporter: AND
ACCORDING TO THE
LATEST NBC NEWS POLL,
BIDEN IS CURRENTLY
AHEAD HERE BUT WELL
WITHIN THE MARGIN OF
ERROR.
>>> FROM NORTH
CAROLINA TO THE
BATTLEGROUND HERE IN
OHIO, UP NEXT, MY
CONVERSATION WITH
ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS >>> WE’RE BACK IN A
MOMENT WITH WHY SOME
FEAR THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN ISN’T
REACHING ENOUGH BLACK
VOTERS HERE IN OHIO.
>>> WE’RE BACK FROM CLEVELAND TONIGHT. OHIO IS ONE OF THE
TIGHTEST BATTLEGROUND
STATES
NO REPUBLICAN HAS EVER
WON THE WHITE HOUSE
WITHOUT WINNING OHIO
AND THE STATE HAS GONE
WITH THE WINNER OF
EVERY ELECTION SINCE
1964
BUT POLLING HERE NOW
SHOWS A STATISTICAL
TIE.
TO HAVE A CHANCE OF
WINNING OHIO JOE BIDEN
WOULD LIKELY NEED
SUPPORT FROM BLACK
VOTERS HERE IN
CLEVELAND.
>> SIXTH FLOOR,
PLEASE
>> Reporter: AT AN
EARLY VOTING SITE IN
DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND
EVERY VOTER OF COLOR I
SPOKE WITH WAS
CHOOSING VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
>> ANYBODY BESIDES THE
GUY IN OFFICE RIGHT
NOW.
>> WE’RE GOING TO BE
SUPPORTING BIDEN
>> BIDEN/HARRIS.
>> ARE YOU EXCITED TO
VOTE FOR BIDEN
>> NOT REALLY.
>> Reporter: THAT LACK
OF ENTHUSIASM HAS SOME
DEMOCRATS CONCERNED.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HISTORICALLY VOTE
OVERWHELMINGLY BLUE IN
CUYAHOGA COUNTY WHERE
CLEVELAND IS, 1 IN 4
VOTERS IS BLACK,
HELPING MAKE IT A
DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD.
BUT IN 2016 HILLARY
CLINTON SAW A STEEP
DROP-OFF IN BLACK
VOTER TURNOUT COMPARED
TO FOUR YEARS EARLIER
FOR OBAMA.
AND HERE’S THE THING
ABOUT VISITING A
POLLING PLACE.
THEY’RE VOTING
STORM BANKS DOESN’T
PLAN TO VOTE AT ALL.
AS YOU LOOK AT THIS
ELECTION, WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING
>> I DON’T HAVE ANY
THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
I DON’T THINK EITHER
ONE OF THEM, LIKE I
SAID, IS WORTH THE
HOOPLA OR WORTH GOING
TO THE POLLS TO VOTE
FOR.
THEY’RE NOT ADEQUATE
>> Reporter: CLEVELAND
COUNCILMAN BASHEER
JONES SAYS HIS
COMMUNITY KNOWS
DEMOCRATS DEPEND ON
THEM
>> AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HAVE HAD THAT UNDUE
PRESSURE HERE IN
AMERICA FOR A LONG
TIME TO BE THE ONES TO
FORGIVE AND TO BE THE
ONES TO STAND UP FOR
OTHERS EVEN THOUGH WE
HAVEN’T BEEN STOOD UP
FOR.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER.
PERIOD
>> Reporter: HE’S
WORRIED THESE ADS, THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN JUST
STARTED RUNNING IN
OHIO, COME A LITTLE
LATE
24-YEAR-OLD DERRECK
McKINNEY VERY MUCH
PLANS TO VOTE BUT FOR
A THIRD PARTY, NOT JOE
BIDEN.
>> WHEN HE WAS IN THE
SENATE WITH HIS ’94
CRIME BILL, IT
DESTROYED COUNTLESS
BLACK FAMILIES
IF HE WANTS THE BLACK
VOTE TO COME OUT IN
MASS NUMBERS LIKE WE
DID IN 2008 AND 2012,
HE NEEDS TO COME OUT
WITH A SPECIFIC BLACK
AGENDA AND A
COMMITMENT TO
REPARATIONS.
FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF
AMERICAN SLAVERY
>> Reporter: DERRECK’S
MOTHER TIA WILSON HAS
BEEN TRYING TO
CONVINCE HER SON TO
VOTE FOR BIDEN BUT
THERE’S A GENERATIONAL
SPLIT.
ARE YOU ON THE SAME
PAGE
>> NO.
>> NO?
>> NO.
I AM A DEMOCRAT.
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A
DEMOCRAT
I’VE ALWAYS VOTED
DEMOCRAT
AND I’M VOTING FOR
BIDEN.
>> VOTE EARLY!
VOTE EARLY
>> Reporter: AND WHILE
FAITH LEADERS LIKE
REVEREND JIMMY GATES
ARE ORGANIZING TO GET
OUT THE VOTE --
>> VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE
DEPENDS ON IT.
>> Reporter:
COUNCILMAN JONES, WHO
WORKED AS A FIELD
DIRECTOR FOR THE OBAMA
CAMPAIGN, SAYS THINGS
WERE DIFFERENT THERE
>> WE WORKED AS IF WE
WERE BEHIND ALL THE
TIME
>> Reporter: AND
COMPARED TO THIS YEAR?
>> COMPARED TO THIS
YEAR, I THINK IT’S
ALMOST EXPECTED THAT
BLACK PEOPLE WILL GO
FOR JOE BIDEN.
AND THAT’S
UNFORTUNATE.
THAT’S UNFORTUNATE
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT
YOU’RE TAKING THAT FOR
GRANTED.
>> Reporter: JOSE, THE
NUMBER OF BLACK VOTERS
WHO TURN OUT IN THIS
CITY COULD BE CRITICAL
FOR BIDEN.
I’VE BEEN ALL OVER
OHIO RECENTLY, AND
I’VE SEEN STRONG
SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN MORE RURAL
AREAS.
IN JUST THREE DAYS
WE’LL KNOW HOW IT ALL
ADDS UP.
>> INDEED, KATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> THERE’S A SIMILAR
DYNAMIC HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA, KATE, AND
THAT MAY AFFECT THE
BALANCE OF POWER IN
THE SENATE
A NEW NBC/MARIST POLL
SHOWS DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE CAL
CUNNINGHAM WITH A
TEN-POINT LEAD OVER
FIRST-TERM GOP
INCUMBENT SENATOR THOM
TILLIS
>>> UP NEXT, HALLOWEEN
WITH HEART
HOW THESE MAGICAL
COSTUMES CAME TO LIFE
FOR KIDS AT ONE
HOSPITAL
>>> THERE’S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT AND
THOSE HELPING MAKE IT
A LITTLE EXTRA SPECIAL
AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED
IT THE MOST.
>> TRICK OR TREAT!
>> HAPPY HALLOWEEN
>> Reporter: IN THE
MIDST OF A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC THIS
HALLOWEEN IS LOOKING A
LOT DIFFERENT.
>> THANK YOU
>> Reporter: BUT THE
SPIRIT AS STRONG AS
EVER
LIONS AND TIGERS AND
BEARS TAKING OVER AT
U-MASS MEMORIAL
CHILDREN’S MEDICAL
CENTER WHERE
VOLUNTEERS MADE
SPECIAL HATS FOR
BABIES IN THE NICU,
MAKING THIS FIRST
HALLOWEEN HOPEFUL FOR
NEW PARENTS.
>> THEY WERE SO
EXCITED AND IT BROUGHT
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
NORMALCY TO OUR
OTHERWISE CHAOTIC
ENVIRONMENT.
>> Reporter: TRICKS
AND TREATS FOR OTHER
LITTLE ONES, TOO
LIKE CARE PACKAGES
FROM STAFF
BRINGING SMILES TO
PATIENTS AT MICHIGAN’S
CS MOTT CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD.
YOU LOOK GREAT
>> Reporter: AND AT
SHRINER’S HOSPITAL FOR
CHILDREN IN SALT LAKE
CITY, PHYSICAL
THERAPIST MATT LOWELL
JUST ONE OF MANY THERE
CREATING CUSTOM
COSTUMES FOR KIDS WHO
USE WHEELCHAIRS.
>> IT’S A CHANCE FOR
THEM TO REALLY JUST
EMBRACE BEING A KID
AGAIN AND NOT HAVING
TO BE SO FOCUSED ON
MASKING AND DISTANCING
AND EVERYTHING LIKE
THAT
>> Reporter: THE
LONG-TIME TRADITION
NOW CAPPED OFF BY A
VIRTUAL PARADE
>> HAPPY HALLOWEEN
>> Reporter: A RARE
CHANCE FOR KIDS LIKE
SKYLER SCUSA TO LET
LOOSE DURING THESE
DIFFICULT TIMES.
>> THIS IS SKYLER’S
COSTUME.
HE CHOSE TO BE THE
BLACK POWER RANGER
>> THE BLACK RANGER.
>> YEAH, THIS YEAR
>> I’M A POWER RANGER
FAN.
IT WAS OBVIOUS
>> Reporter: SMALL
ACTS OF KINDNESS
WRAPPED UP IN SPOOKY
SURPRISES.
>> THAT’S ALL CANDY.
SO SOMEONE’S GOING TO
GET A SUGAR HIGH
>> Reporter: JIMMY
MUDIE TURNED HIS
CALIFORNIA HOME INTO A
SOCIALLY DISTANCED
DESTINATION, RAISING
MONEY FOR A FAMILY
FRIEND WITH CANCER
BUT AT THE HEART OF
THE HOLIDAY IN THIS
UNUSUAL YEAR A MOMENT
TO REMEMBER THE JOY OF
SIMPLY BEING A KID
AGAIN.
>> WITH ALL THE CRAZY
IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW
LET’S JUST TAKE ONE
DAY.
NO POLITICS, NO
MADNESS.
LET’S JUST HAVE FUN
WITH THE FAMILY.
>>> AND A REMINDER,
FOR MOST OF YOU
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ENDS
TONIGHT SO SET YOUR
CLOCKS BACK AN HOUR
TONIGHT.
I’M JOSE DIAZ-BALART
>> I’M KATE SNOW
WITH THANKS TO JACOB’S
PAVILION AND THE
GREATER CLEVELAND
AQUARIUM FOR HOSTING
US
TOMORROW I’LL BE IN
PENNSYLVANIA WITH JOSE
IN FLORIDA
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRIVILEGE OF YOUR
TIME
AND GOOD NIGHT
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK
>> GOOD.