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10/21: President Trump makes a frenzied push for votes. Former President Obama prepares to campaign for Joe Biden. Oct 21, 2020

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Tony Dokoupil is in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where both candidates are making a major push. Yesterday, it was President Trump making his pitch to voters in Erie County, a potentially decisive battleground for the 2020 election. Tonight, former President Obama will hit the campaign trail in person for the first time. A new CDC report gives fresh insight into the human toll of the pandemic, saying about 300,000 Americans who should be alive died between late January and early October. We have a new information on the Trump administration's impact on families trying to cross the U.S. southern border. Lawyers say they cannot find the parents of 545 children after they were separated at the border.

10/20: President Trump takes his feud with Dr. Fauci to a new level. Wisconsin grappling with a coronavirus surge. Oct 20, 2020

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Tony Dokoupil is continuing his swing state tour in Ohio this morning for our series "At America's Crossroads." In Arizona yesterday, President Trump said people are "Pandemic'd out," and he's also called Dr. Anthony Fauci a disaster. The nation's top infectious disease expert continues to sound the alarm about the pandemic. More than 58,000 new cases were reported yesterday, and hospitalizations are on the rise in 38 states, including Wisconsin. A big change has been announced to the final presidential debate on Thursday, as part of an effort to keep it more civil than it was last time. There are still questions this morning about a Los Angeles woman's 12-day ordeal, stranded in Utah's Zion National Park.

10/19: Pres Trump and Joe Biden barnstorm battleground states. Record-breaking early turnout may be changing the race. Oct 19, 2020

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Tony Dokoupil is on the road in three key battleground states, beginning in Michigan. This morning, he's in suburban Detroit, in one of the counties that President Trump flipped from blue to red in 2016, and is being hotly contested again. Meanwhile, the president is focused on some other critical states in the West, holding rallies in Arizona today after visiting Nevada yesterday. More than 28 million Americans reportedly have already cast their ballots in this election. Over the past week, we've seen massive early voting lines in multiple states, part of what's expected to be a record turnout. Economic stimulus negotiations are expected to resume today on Capitol Hill, after months without an agreement. The U.S. has been reporting the highest number of new coronavirus cases since the summer, as hospitalizations are up in at least 30 states. The case against five of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is heading to a grand jury.

Playwright Heidi Schreck on Putting the Constitution in Context Oct 19, 2020

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Tony-nominated playwright and actress Heidi Schreck discusses what inspired her hit-broadway show, "What the Constitution Means to Me," with CBS News national correspondent Jerica Duncan. Now available to stream on Amazon Prime VIdeo, Schreck details how the lives of three generations of women in her family was shaped by the Constitution. She tells Duncan the impact the show has had on her and audience members. Schreck shares notes the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave her after seeing the show and asking for the script. She says part of the proceeds from the film will be donated to the Broadway Cares COVID Relief Fund and to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Voting Rights 2020 initiative.

10/16: Pres Trump and Joe Biden square off -- in rival town halls. Alarming new coronavirus surge. Oct 16, 2020

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President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden held simultaneous prime time town halls, where they faced voters' questions on a number of issues. The events replaced the second presidential debate, after President Trump declined to participate virtually. America sees its worst day for the number of new cases since mid august. Colorado is now facing its worst fire in state history. The Cameron Peak fire has burned more than 160,000 acres since it started in August.

Director Julie Taymor on her new Gloria Steinman biopic Oct 16, 2020

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A new film, "The Glorias," directed by Julie Taymor looks at the life of women's right activist Gloria Steinman from her childhood growing up in Ohio to present day. Taymor joined CBS News national correspondent Jamie Yuccas to discuss what inspired her about Steinman's life story and what message she hopes viewers take away. Taymor calls the film a political movie made for our time.

10/15: President Trump and Joe Biden prepare for competing primetime town halls instead of a debate. Oct 15, 2020

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Both presidential candidates are participating in competing town hall events tonight, set to be televised at the same time. This is after the president refused to participate in a planned virtual debate. Former Vice President Joe Biden is raising record amounts of cash for the final push to Election Day. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has finished testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and appears to be on track to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A new jump in coronavirus cases pushes the total number of infected Americans to nearly eight million since the pandemic began. That includes more than 680,000 infections reported in the past two weeks. Europe is having its worst COVID outbreak since April, with an average of more than 70,000 new cases a day over the past two weeks.

Why the 2020 Election is Vital to Combatting Climate Change Oct 15, 2020

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How do the two presidential candidates stack up when it comes to combatting climate change? Leah Stokes, assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environment Science & Management, joins CBS News meteorologist and climate contributor Jeff Berardelii for her assessment of President Trump's record on the environment and former Vice President Joe Biden's climate plan.

10/14: Judge Amy Coney Barrett declines to reveal her views under intense scrutiny. Early voters turn out in massive numbers. Oct 14, 2020

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In her first day of questions yesterday, Judge Amy Coney Barrett did not discuss how she would decide cases on the high court. She repeatedly told the committee she has no policy agenda, and did not want to be used as a "pawn." Americans are already showing their determination to have their votes counted, with the election just 20 days away. We're looking at huge turnout and massive lines in places where early voting is an option, including in Texas and Georgia. President Trump was in Pennsylvania and Joe Biden was in Florida yesterday, both working to appeal to older Americans and other voters. Eli Lilly has announced a pause in clinical trials for a coronavirus drug, one day after Johnson and Johnson paused its global vaccine trial. Both companies say safety is taking priority over speed. There's new evidence that a militia's alleged plot to kidnap Michigan's governor may have been a wider conspiracy.

10/13: Pres Trump returns to the campaign trail as his SCOTUS nominee faces senators’ questions. Another vaccine trial is paused. Oct 13, 2020

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President Trump is back on the campaign trail in Florida, looking and sounding much the same as he did before he was hospitalized with the coronavirus. The Senate Judiciary Committee is questioning Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett this morning at her confirmation hearing. Many faced massive wait times in Georgia's first day of early voting, but those in line told us they were determined to cast their ballots anyway. In Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faced his Democratic challenger, Amy McGrath, in a TV debate last night. For the second time, a late stage coronavirus vaccine trial has been halted after a participant got sick. Johnson and Johnson says it paused its phase three trial after someone developed an "unexplained illness." And we have an exclusive broadcast interview with Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker.

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