7 days to go in the 2020 Presidential election; Mission to prevent voter intimidation at the polls Source

Dozens of states are seeing a spike in the number of patients hospitalized with coronavirus compared to two weeks ago. Source

Zeta is gathering strength as it heads northward towards Louisiana, which has been hit four times already this hurricane season by major storms. Meanwhile, Texas and Oklahoma are cleaning up from a major ice storm. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN to explain. Source

More than 40 states are reporting increases in the number of patients hospitalized because of the coronavirus, compared to two weeks ago. Meg Oliver takes a look. Source

It’s the first to be discovered in over 120 years. Source

Tuesday marks one week before Election Day, as some form of voting is already underway in all 50 states. Source

Former President Barack Obama held a drive-in rally in Orlando to campaign for his former vice president. Source

The Senate has adjourned until November 9, making it unlikely that Congress will pass a relief bill ahead of the election. Source

Black Lives Matter Fund co-founder Latosha Brown joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the decades-old tensions between police and people of color on Election Day, as well as her organization’s efforts to mobilize marginalized communities in the final days of voting. Source

With just a week left in the 2020 campaign, the window to mail an absentee ballot and have it arrive by Election Day may already have closed. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and Washington Post political reporter Eugene Scott join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to talk about the state of the race in the final seven days. Source