- Well welcome to the 700 club.

We may have some good news,

caution but not fear.

That's one doctor's prescription for

the increasing surge in coronavirus cases

brought on by cooler weather.

The good news, deaths have dropped

dramatically as much as 80% since spring.

So what's increasing the survival rate?

Medical reporter LorieJohnson has got that answer.

- [Lorie] This El Paso hospital preparing

for the worst by erecting overflow tents,

2000 more Texans hospitalizedthis month over last.

- I think as we see an increase there

unfortunately, we're gonna see an uptake

in deaths as well.

- [Lorie] Utah and parts of the Midwest

also seeing sharp increases, one reason,

cooler weather drives people inside

where the disease is more easily spread

and after seven months, there's another.

- Just a general fatigue of people

for people from a cautionstandpoint, masks,

I think are a mixed bagof people's responses

and more people would ratherleave them than take them

and so as that happens, I think naturally

we're gonna see more people infected.

- [Lorie] So he prescribescaution but not fear.

- We're commanded not to be anxious

about anything in Philippians

and tells us, you know, with prayer

and supplication andthanksgiving to present

our request to God

and then he promises us that the peace

of God will rule our hearts

and minds in Christ Jesus.

- While a lot of attention is focused

on increased infections in some places,

one often overlooked statistic is

the drastic reduction in death rates,

a reported 80% since spring.

The US death rate now lower than 14 other

countries in Europe, South America,

and the middle East.

In the spring hospitalized patients here

faced a 25% chance of death, now doctors

are seeing a much lower risk of 7%.

- I'm praising the Lord for that.

You know, I think Lorie, the

two reasons for that oneis better understanding

of the disease

and the second is better therapeutics.

- [Lorie] That includesthe antiviral medication

Remdesivir which blocksthe viruses replication

and the steroid Dexamethasone used

to calm the often deadly cytokine storm,

both credited for president Trump's

fairly speedy recovery.

One of the most highly touted drugs

given to the president,a polyclonal antibody

isn't available to the general public

yet but is expected to be shortly.

In the meantime, hospitals are now using

a similar treatment, convalescent plasma.

Lorie Johnson, CBN news.

- Well that's all good news

and it does look like they're coming up on

a vaccine that several of the companies

suppliers are among them are racing to get

an injection that'll help

and we all hope and praythat that will be the case.

Well in other news Iwanna give you a quote,

a blatant lie,

that's what Will Hunter Biden's former

business partners

says about Joe Biden's denial that he had

anything to do with hisson's business dealings.

He also said that itwas quote crystal clear

that Joe Biden knew.

So why wasn't the Biden family

worried about exposure?

John Jessup has made, has more on this

from our news bureau.

- Pat, Tony Bobulinski,a former business partner

with Hunter Biden claims Joe Biden

knew about his son'sinternational business dealings.

In an interview withTucker Carlson on Fox news

Bobulinski said he met with Hunter Biden,

Joe Biden, and Joe'sbrother Jim in May, 2017

that's when he said he was recruited

to run a businessestablished in partnership

between the Bidens

and a company with tiesto China's government.

- The former vice president has said

he had no knowledge whatsoever of his

son's business dealings

and was not involved in them at all

but this sounds likedirect involvement in them.

- Yeah, that's a blatantline when he states that,

that is a blatant lie.

Obviously the world'saware that I attended the

debate last Thursday

and in that debate, he made a specific

statement around questions around this

from the president

and I'll be honest withyou I almost stood up

and screamed the liar and walked out

because I was shocked.

- [John] Bobulinski wasCEO of Sinohawk holdings,

a venture between Jim and Hunter Biden

and a Chinese energy company.

Bobulinski said he voiced his concerns

with Jim Biden about potential problems

for Joe's political future.

- I'm thinking aboutthe Biden family, like,

how are they doing this?

I know Joe decided not to run in 2016,

but what if he ran in the future?

Aren't they taking politicalrisk or headline risks?

And I remember looking at Jim Biden

and saying, how are youguys getting away with this?

Like aren't you concerned?

And he saw it, he looked at me

and he laughed a little bit and said

plausible deniability.

- Bobulinksi first came forward last week

with his unverified claims.

At that time, the Biden campaign rejected

the accusation that the former

vice president had any role in the deal

and Pat called his story, quote,

a desperate pathetic farce orchestrated

by the Trump campaign.

- Well, of course that's not true

but I think the voters, I'm not even sure

this become a big issue, they should

maybe should become a big issue

but if you listened to the debate

and you listened to the questioning

given to Joe Biden, when he was asked,

who do you think the greatest threat

or enemy to America is?

He thought for a minute,well it's gonna be Russia

and Russia disinformation,

he didn't mention China.

Why not?

Because he and his son are,

have got a tremendousamount of money involved.

The Chinese gave a large amount of money

to the university of Pennsylvania.

It was thought that JoeBiden got a cut of that

and that his son has abig, big deal in China

and Biden is just not goingto criticize the Chinese.

I mean, he didn't do itI mean, this is public

it's not something we're revealing,

but it was public

and he said, the biggest problem

is Russian disinformation.

Well that's just nonsense,

but they have the laptop, they have the,

this Bobulinski said, I've got the facts,

I've got the material, I'm willing

to testify under oath beforea congressional committee

and I think committees are being formed

to find out how come Twitter

and others have killed the story that

was running in the New York Post

but I mean, you know, we,

we're supposed to have free

and honest news, we really don't have it

as much as we should.

Yes.

- If this had been Trump

and Trump sons.

- Oh.

- You better believe the mainstream

would be covering this.

- Blown to the Heights,blown to the heights

everything Trump does they put a big,

big deal on.

Nevertheless, the election is coming up

and one of our guys was up in Virginia

trying to vote early today

in one of those polling places

and there's so manypeople he said he actually

he couldn't get in, Imean it's just amazing

how many people,

this election has activated

the people like nothing we've ever seen.

Well, John, what do you have?

- Well Pat, with election day now just

less than a week away, Joe Biden

and president Trump are racing through

the final stretch of the campaign,

both candidates focusingon key battleground

states especially Pennsylvania,

which helped put Donald Trump over the top

back in 2016.

But what's the feeling in 2020?

CBN's Jenna Browdertraveled to the Keystone

state to get a sense ofwhat voters are saying.

- Erie County is one of a handful

of swing counties inbattleground, Pennsylvania.

Traditionally a blue County, home to many

hardworking blue collar Americans,

it flipped red for Donald Trump in 2016,

and now in 2020, there's still support

for him here on theground but there's also

a lot of enthusiasm for Joe Biden

and that's somethingHillary Clinton didn't have.

- I travel a little bit sowhen I go to rural areas,

I think I see more Trump signs,

when I'm in the city it's more 50 50.

- [Jenna] And that's what we saw too,

on our rust belt road trip.

In more rural Erie County, Trump, Pence

signs dominate but in downtown Erie,

Biden, Harris signs fill the lawns.

- Well I think the 2020 election contrast

sharply with what we saw going on in 2016

here in Erie county.

- [Jenna] Joseph Morris,head of the political

science department at Mercyhurst

university says these signsindicate voter enthusiasm.

- In 2016 it was difficult to find

a Hillary Clinton signanywhere in the city.

This year, there are JoeBiden signs everywhere.

- [Jenna] Historically Erie County

votes blue in localand national elections.

- I like to describe the people who live

in Erie County as salt of the earth.

These people are hardworking,a very proud people

that unfortunately have been without jobs,

many of them have been withoutjobs for quite a while.

- [Jenna] And that's how Donald Trump

flipped it to red in 2016 promising

to bring back manufacturing jobs.

- I believe he has kept his word,

he's done what he said,he's a strong leader.

- Out of my friends we'reall Trump supporters

and we have a couple of friends who

were Biden supporters, but they have

switched to Trump this year.

- I think he's a narcissist,I think he's off his

I mean, I really dothink he's not all there.

- [Jenna] We got mixed reaction from

locals on the candidates.

Matt Xander says, he'snot thrilled with either.

- I talked to a bunch of different,

different friends and people

and I think that this year, you know,

I think that sometimeswe'll say we don't think

we have great choices but this year

I think it really exemplifiesthat this election.

- [Jenna] 15 Miles South of Erie,

this Biden Harris sign hangson Dysa Lindsey's barn.

- When you come through my small town

of Waterford, there's actually a billboard

that says Waterford isTrump country in 2020

and that made me feel really concerned

that we, it's not Trump country

there's lots of Biden'ssupporters in this area.

- [Jenna] During themonth of October poll,

after poll has shown Bidenwith a small lead here

ranging from plus two to plus seven

but since the final presidential debate.

- Would you close down.

- I would transition fromtheir own industry, yes.

I would transition.

- [Jenna] Trump hasbeen able to capitalize

on that moment especially in energy

heavy States like Pennsylvania.

- Did you see him thismorning, this morning

I didn't really meanthat, I didn't mean that.

- [Jenna] Pollster ScottRasmussen tell CBN news

Biden needs to turn out the suburban

voters of Philadelphia.

If he can do that and suppress the state's

more rural vote even just a little bit

it could spell victory for Democrats.

- This is gonna be asimple, a simple equation

do the voters in Philadelphia do so many

people show up to vote

and mail in their votes in Philadelphia

and the immediate surrounding area

to overwhelm the rest of the state

because this is a state that greatly

reflects the urban,rural split in America.

- [Jenna] Both campaigns seeErie as a must win County

and have made stops here.

- Hello Erie, rememberthat great victory we had.

- It's good to be back in Erie.

- [Jenna] Erie professorMorris says it could

test the rust belt's loyalty to Trump.

He's keeping a close eye on Erie

and Lucerne counties.

- Demographically they're very similar,

Lucerne is a little bit larger in terms of

its population but Ithink by understanding

what's going on in these two places,

we'll have a pretty darn good idea about

which way Pennsylvania is going to go.

- Most polls got it wrong in 2016

but if they're moreaccurate this time around

that's good news for the Biden campaign

here in blue collar America,

where the race couldultimately be decided.

In Erie County, Pennsylvania,Jenna Browder, CBN news.

- Thanks Jenna

and Pat, polls are also showing that

the race there inPennsylvania is tightening.

- Well, you know, we've got John Wagi

and John was with me onthe, leading up to the

last election

and everybody was saying Hillary Clinton

was going to win, everybody

and they were saying, even on Fox News,

they were saying there'sno path to victory

and John and I got together

and figured that thecounties and the things

and our conclusion was that there indeed

was a path to victory

and that Trump was going to win.

I think we were the onlypeople that did that.

And you go back in history to the election

when Harry Truman wasrunning against Tom Dewey

and Dewey was so farahead that the pollster

stopped polling a couple of weeks

before the election

and Harry Truman won outon that whistle stop train

and he was just, hecampaigned the country so hard

and when it was over, he had that

great headline from the Chicago Tribune

who said they'd alreadyput this thing together,

said Dewey wins

and they woke up that morning

and Truman was the winner.

John Wagi's gonna be with us on tomorrow,

I guess tomorrow for some of his

timeless predictions,he's checking some of the

counties that will be key

and I know you'll look forward to,

I haven't talked to him, I don't know

what he's got to say yet, but I think

it will be stuff thatwe all look forward to.

Well, John, they'resuffering down in the Gulf

I mean it really hurts you to think that

in Mississippi and Alabama and Louisiana,

those areas along the Gulf are just

taking another body blow.

Tell us about that.

- That is right, Pat, hurricane Zeta

could be a powerful category two storm

as it approaches the Gulf coast today.

Hurricane watches run from central

Louisiana coast all the way to Alabama.

The storm surge could run six to nine feet

at the Louisiana Mississippi border

and soaking rain is expected to drop two

to four inches Thursday as the storm

moves over the South and mid Atlantic.

There's also the possibility of tornadoes

in lower Louisiana,Mississippi, and Alabama,

as well as the Western FLorida panhandle

and Pat, a relentless hurricane season

on top of what's alreadya challenging year.

- Well, you know, Operation Blessing

is gonna be working downthere supplying food

and medicine and blanketsand all the things

those people need, but thesuffering is incredible

and I think we shouldpray for our dear friends

in the Gulf coast, those in Alabama,

Louisiana, Mississippi,who are in the path

of these hurricanes

and it's just like a bodyblow one after the other

and you say how much can people stand?

So Wendy and I are gonna join together,

we're gonna believe God.

Father, we pray for America.

We prayed Lord, we know that as a nation,

as was said by the prophet,I'm a man of unclean lips

and I dwell on the,

in a nation of unclean lips

but mine eyes have seen the Lord

and Lord, we know we'renot worthy as people

but we pray for the suffering that will

come about because of these hurricanes

and Lord, we ask that you would sustain

the people in that Gulf coast area

and Lord, help us to help them that

they might survive.

And we thank you for your anointing

and your blessing in Jesus name.

Amen.- Amen.