TODAY News, October 5: Trump on Campaign Trail Ahead of Midterms | Cornell President Releases Video Statement as New Details Emerge on Sexual Assault Investigation | Mounting Plague Safety Concerns after Russian Lab Worker Dies

As new polling suggests Republicans are facing an increasingly uphill battle in the Midterm elections, President Trump ups his campaign efforts. Also, Cornell University’s president speaks out for the first time on the heavily discussed 2024 sexual assault investigation as tensions on-campus rise. Plus, growing health concerns as news of a researcher’s death at Siberian lab after possibly being exposed to a pneumonic plague concerns health officials worldwide. And, Olivia Dean is accused of copying Bill Withers’ “Just the Two of Us”, in the latest example of artist taken to court over similar claims.