Demi Lovato Calls On Trump.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everybody has come out to vote here. Lines around the corner.</s>CHURCH: You see them there, long lines and widespread technical issues mob the first day of early voting in Texas. The Houston metro area shattered its previous record for first day turnout. Enthusiasm is remarkably high this year. Voter registration has hit a whopping 97 percent in the Texas capital of Austin and its surrounding county. Senior voters in the critical battleground state of Florida, may suddenly be in play. They tend to lean Republican in Florida went for Donald Trump back in 2016, but four years and one pandemic later, our seniors still with him? CNN's Randi Kaye went to find out.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm definitely voting for Joe Biden. There is nothing that Donald Trump can do at this point in time that would change my mind about that.</s>RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's a huge statement coming from this lifelong Republican who voted for Donald Trump in 2016. But Steven Staruch is 67, a senior citizen and part of the group considered one of the most vulnerable to COVID-19. He's so turned off by Trump, he's now a registered independent and Biden supporter. He says Trump's mismanagement of the pandemic was the final straw. Especially his messaging on masks.</s>STEVEN STARUCH, BIDEN SUPPORTER: So the fact that he's not listening to the scientist is really concerning. And the fact that he's ignoring it, in fact encouraging the opposite is just really dangerous. He's taken people's lives into his hands.</s>KAYE: do you believe the president when he says that a vaccine is just days or weeks away.</s>STARUCH: No he's lied about it several times now. It has really affects his credibility. So whatever comes out of his mouth, you just don't believe.</s>KAYE: For the senior Dave Davidson also supported Trump in 2016, but not this year. Even though he's registered Republican. So what is it about the pandemic that he didn't handle right in your opinion?</s>DAVE DAVIDSON, BIDEN SUPPORTER: Starting with the very beginning not giving me the truth.</s>KAYE: He didn't want anybody to panic.</s>DAVIDSON: He didn't want anybody to panic. And that's a wonderful thing, however wouldn't it be nice for us to have all the information and then make our decisions?</s>KAYE: Unlike his neighbors, Republican John Calandro is voting Trump. Just like he did in 2016. At 74, he says it's about personal responsibility. That senior should know how to protect themselves. When you say the president handled the pandemic well, right now we see there's an increase in cases in 33 states, 215,000 Americans are dead. Wisconsin is now opening a field hospital they're seeing such a spike, hospitalizations are up once again, how did he handle that well?</s>JOHN CALANDRO, TRUMP SUPPORTER: We deliver health care in this country through state and local governments. The federal government has a responsibility to support that, we have to look at how those states have handled the pandemic within their own regions. And whether or not they have done a good job.</s>KAYE: So you're saying it's not the president's fault?</s>CALANDRO: I'm saying the president is not the sole responsible person for how the pandemic was handled.</s>KAYE: Tell that to Florida voter Michele Yeger who's turning 70 this week. She blames Trump's attitude and lack of action early on for the virus spread. And won't vote for him again. She was a registered Republican in 2016 when she voted for Trump. But she since switch to independent and his supporting Biden.</s>MICHELE YEGER, BIDEN SUPPORTER: Had he listen to the CDC and Dr. Fauci and the leaders who are, the science leaders, we might have been able to save many, many lives. But because of him and him being having narcissism and being ego driven, he thought it was macho not to wear a mask.</s>KAYE: Randi Kaye, CNN. Sumter County, Florida.</s>CHURCH: President Trump is taking some heat from one of the biggest music stars in the world. Demi Lovato has a new song blasting the president's handling in a number of crises. She spoke about it with CNN's Chloe Melas in this exclusive interview.</s>CHLOE MELAS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER: Demi Lovato is calling out President Donald Trump in her new song, commander-in-chief, for what she says is his mishandling of racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic. Demi Lovato spoke to CNN about the songs message. (</s>DEMI LOVATO'S NEW MUSIC PLAYING) DEMI LOVATO, SINGER AND SONG WRITER: It's very important for me that I get to use my platform for something much bigger than just singing. And there's been so many times when I wanted to write the president a letter, or sit down with him and ask him these questions, and then I thought, well, -- I don't really actually want to do that. And I think one way that I can do that it is writing a song and releasing and for the whole world to hear. And then he has to answer those questions to everybody and not just me.</s>MELAS: Lovato who has over 150 million fans in social media says that she's not looking for the song to divide the nation. She actually hopes it encourages her fans to vote in next month's election. (</s>DEMI LOVATO'S NEW MUSIC PLAYING) LOVATO: We have to show up. We have to turn up and vote, because it's so important, that our voices are heard. You know, and honestly, for me whether you are a Republican or Democrat, just get out and vote. Just get out and vote so that at the end of the day, whatever happens, whoever wins, we can actually look and say, well, you know what, at least everyone got out there and voted and did their part. And our country spoke.</s>MELAS: Lovato will be performing this song for the very first time tonight at the Billboard Awards.</s>CHURCH: And thanks so much for joining us. I'm Rosemary Church. I'll be back in just a moment with another hour of CNN Newsroom. Do stay with us.