Nov 5, 2018

New poll has Andrew Gillum up by 4 in Florida governor's race

Debate between Ron DeSantis (L) and Andrew Gillum (R). Photo: Chris O'Meara-Pool via Getty Images

Democratic nominee for Florida governor Andrew Gillum is up 4 points on Republican opponent Ron DeSantis in a new NBC News/Marist poll, within the 5-point margin of error.

Why it matters: Race has played an increasingly large role in the high-stakes Florida gubernatorial campaign, with Gillum — who could be the state's first black governor — among several candidates this cycle to be targeted by racist robocalls. Gillum led DeSantis by 5 points in September's NBC News/Marist poll, also within the margin of error.

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Fauci says U.S. may not return to normal until 2022

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, testifies during a September Senate hearing on COVID-19 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

NIAID director Anthony Fauci told the Journal of the American Medical Association on Wednesday he doesn't expect a COVID-19 vaccine to be ready until January 2021 or later.

What he's saying: Fauci said during the interview that the U.S. was in a "bad position" after failing to keep case numbers down post-summer. "We should have been way down in baseline and daily cases and we’re not," he said.

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Hurricane Zeta makes landfall on Louisiana coast as Category 2 storm

A satellite image of Hurricane Zeta. Photo: National Hurricane Center/NOAA

Hurricane Zeta is "battering southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi with life-threatening storm surge, high winds, and heavy rain," per the National Hurricane Center.

What's happening: The hurricane was producing maximum sustained winds of nearly 110 mph and stronger gusts after making landfall on the southeastern coast of Louisiana as a Category 2 storm earlier Wednesday. By nightfall, Zeta had sustained winds of 80 mph with a wind gust of 104 mph.

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