Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020

Good morning from The Daily Beast! These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Commission on presidential debates is going to mute the mics for opening statements in the next debate, a new Joe Biden campaign ad slams Trump for mocking science amid the pandemic, Exxon Mobil says Trump’s hypothetical call with CEO never happened, mysterious brain attacks on U.S. officials in Cuba and China also happened in Russia, a woman who fatally shot her alleged rapist pleads guilty to murder as the "lesser of two evils," and Jeff Bridges has announced he is battling cancer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices