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, jake, jake -- let's be honest here. the health officials did not say dark winter. those were joe biden's words. >> he was quoting a health official. i think william -- >> when we look -- when we look at the number of cases increasing, what we have to do is make sure that we fight it with therapeutics and vaccines, take proper mitigation factors in terms of social distancing and masks when we can, and when we look at this, what we're going to defeat it, jake, because what we are, we are americans. we do that. and this president is leading while joe biden is sitting there -- >> mark, the president is holding rallies all -- >> that's correct. >> over the country. >> that's correct. we are leading -- >> no masks required. no distancing. there already been, according to health officials, contact tracing. there already been cases of individuals in minnesota and in washington, d.c. and in oklahoma that got the virus at these trump rallies that dr. fauci himself called a super-spreader event, the one at the white house. that is

i'm jake tapper. one of the state it's president trump visited week was ohio where he debated democratic nominee joe biden. it's unclear if the president was contagious at that time. my next guest met with the president that home state though he has tested negative for the coronavirus. ohio governor republican governor mike dewine. governor dewine, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> president trump, first lady first lady, top aide hope hicks now have coronavirus. they may have been contagious in ohio. the white house is telling me that they think that the time that all of these people got it was at the event two saturdays ago at the white house, the supreme court event. has the white house called you, if so when, to let you know that they potentially were carriers of the virus and did not abide by safety protocols when they came into the great state of ohio? >> well, no. i think the basic facts are pretty well known what happened. >> they didn't call you? >> i wasn't there for the debate. i was t

i'm jake tapper. we begin with the 2020 lead, final presidential debate will kick off in a few hours w 12 days until the election, it is likely neither president donald trump nor democratic nominee joe biden will have another chance to make their final pitches to as many voter as tonight will offer. tonight, there are new adjustments. the nonpartisan debate commission has announced new enforcement of the rules by muting candidates' mics during some portions of the debate and plexiglass barriers will be separating the candidates. first lady melania trump is making her first public appearance today following her coronavirus battle as well. trump advisers have been, we're told, pleading with the president to try a different strategy than his frequent interruptions during the first debate. trump sources tell cnn they want him to stay on message, touting his accomplishments and avoiding attacking dr. anthony fauci, as the president has been doing in recent days. team biden, meantime, is preparing the democ

i'm jake tapper. and we begin today of course with the shocking news delivered in the wee small hours of the morning. president trump and first lady melania trump have tested positive for covid-19, marking the greatest known health threat to a sitting u.s. president since ronald reagan was shot in 1981. both president trump and first lady trump are showing mild symptoms we're told. and now there is a growing number of positive cases inside the white house. let me start by saying on our broadcast today that of course everyone here at "the lead" is hoping for a full and speedy recovery for president trump, first lady melania trump, trump aid hope hicks, republican senator mike lee, the white house staffer who sits in the west wing and, frankly, anyone out there who has contracted the virus. but we must acknowledge, president trump has refused to abide by his own administration's health experts about how to avoid contracting this disease. in recent months and as recently as the debate tuesday night, the

so, jake, no matter which way you slice it, the two biggest counties already setting records. jake? >> all right, kyung lah in arizona with 11 electoral votes. >>> a new word from fauci about when we'll get back to normal. we'll tell you what he says. plus, trump's claims on covid and testing disputed by the man in charge of testing. stay with us. insulin injections can make diabetes complicated. meet omnipod - it delivers insulin through a tubeless pod. just one small pod replaces up to 14 injections! and today - you can get started with a 30-day omnipod dash trial at omnipod.com. no more daily injections. it's game-changing! get started with a free 30-day omnipod dash trial today. go to omnipod.com for risk information, instructions for use and free trial terms and conditions. consult your healthcare provider before starting on omnipod. simplify diabetes. simplify life. omnipod. ♪ ride... ♪ relax... now you're cloud surfing (record scratch) ♪ ride... ♪ relax... >>> international lead, the coronavirus pandemic going from bad to worse in this country, adding more than 73,000

i'm jake tapper. judge amy coney barrett appears to be on something of a glide path to the u.s. supreme court with republicans on the senate judiciary committee all but certain to vote this woke to send her nomination to the full senate for a vote ahead of the election. now democratic nominee joe biden says seeing how that process plays out could determine whether he will consider supporting a push to add more justices to the court next year if he wins. joining me now, a close friend of biden's, democratic senator chris coons, also a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator coons, thanks for joining us. we have a lot to get to. first, i want to get your reaction to what you hard from the president's senior adviser, lara trump, even we she said, and is not qualified to diagnosis such a thing, that vice president biden suffered a cognitive decline. >> thanks for the opportunity to be on, jake. that was just a remarkable statement by lara trump. unfounded. inappropriate. when you pressed her abo

. >> no, jake, jake. >> in terms of new infections. >> let's be honest here. the health officials did not say dark winter. those were joe biden's words. >> i think he was quoting william hasletine. >> we need to fight it with treatments and vaccines, take proper social factors, and when we look at this, we're going to defeat it, jake, because what we are, we're americans. we do that. this president is leading while joe biden is sitting there suggesting we're going to mandate masks. >> the president is holding rallies all over the country. >> that's correct. in fact we're leaving -- >> no masks required, no distancing. we have already been, according to health officials contact tracing, there have already been cases of individuals in minnesota and in washington, d.c., and in oklahoma that got the virus at these trump rallies that dr. fauci himself called a super-spreader event. that is not -- >> that is -- jake there's been contact tracing from reporters, some with your own group, where they actually have other than masks religiously. what i'm here to tell you

i'm jake tapper. we begin today with the politics lead, president trump this afternoon spending nearly two hours -- two hours -- continuing his streak of calling into what we will charitably refer to as friendly media outlets. the president hasn't been seen in person since he returned to the white house monday from walter reed medical center. the president claimed to not be taking any medications. he says he feels, quote, perfect after being infected with coronavirus. though the president did admit he continues to battle a cough. president trump also said he might not have recovered at all from the virus if not for the experimental antibody therapy that he received, one that only nine other people outside clinical trials in the u.s. have been able to get. the president is now touting this treatment as a cure, which it is not. it is not a cure. about a long history of ignorance about science, the president is claiming people will now immediately get better after being treated with it, though there is n

jake? >> they have the information. they just refuse to share it with the public. jeremy diamond, thank you so much. >>> for the biden team tonight it's about ignoring any interruptions or personal attacks by president trump. instead the campaign says joe biden will be focused on speaking directly to the american people about their concerns as cnn's arlette saenz reports. >> reporter: with the election just 12 days away, joe biden is facing a final test on the debate stage tonight as he looks to protect his lead over president trump. >> it's go time. it's the most important election in our lifetimes. >> reporter: biden spending the past three days off the campaign trail, preparing to again make his case before an audience of millions. biden's advisers say he will speak to issues that are top of mind for american families, like covid-19 and the economy. >> hopefully, he will play by the rules. hopefully, everybody has been tested. hopefully it's all worked out the way the rules are. i'm look

i'm jake tapper and we begin with breaking news. president trump has just tweeted to the world that he will be leaving walter reed medical center a short time from now, at 6:30 p.m. eastern, he says. the president in his twitter announcement writing, quote, don't be afraid of covid. don't let it dominate your life. we have developed under the trump administration some really great drugs and knowledge. i feel better than i did 20 years ago, unquote. president trump there still downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. don't be afraid of covid, he says, a virus that has now killed -- killed -- nearly 210,000 americans and infected 7.4 million people in the u.s., many of whom are still battling serious health effects. as for the president saying he feels better than he did 20 years ago, that's great, though one has to wonder how much of that is because of the steroids he has been given. should the president be leaving for the white house? that's now a question. it's now a coronavirus hot spot of its own, of course, the whit

our special coverage continues with jake tapper. >>> welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper. we begin with the national lead. it looks a lot like the second wave of the coronavirus as the united states enters the fall and winter months. we are seeing a country on this pandemic map blanketed in red. 35 states showing an increase in new cases all headed the wrinkle direction. this is up 0%, new cases at 1,000 a day. at this rate the u.s. will likely hit 8 million cases by the end of the week or 9 million by election day november 3rd. even worse hospitalizations are also rising. yesterday the number was 37,000, up nearly 10,000 from two weeks ago. and with nearly 1,000 deaths reported yesterday the death average kicked up slightly to 724 dead americans every day. 724. wearing masks in public and socially distancing remains the best way to stop the virus from spreading and to protect other people from getting covid, if you contract it. yet president trump continues to undermine that effort. he completely misrepresented a cdc study just minutes ago telling this to a crowd in green

jake? >> he calls these events protecting american seniors, yet the events themselves are the opposite of protecting american seniors. last night the president was asked about whether or not he had been tested on the day of his first and only debate so far. he tested for coronavirus, which he had been required to do. his white house communications team said he was tested not just every day, but multiple times every day. he dodged the question. he refused to answer. i assume that means the answer is likely no? >> reporter: the non-answer was telling in and of itself, right, because if he had been tested on the day of the debate, you would expect the president to remember that, especially after the weeks of speculation, and to be able to say that quite clearly. instead this is what the president said. >> reporter: did you test the day of the debate? >> i don't know, i don't even remember. >> reporter: did you take a test on the day of the debate is the bottom line. >> i probably did. >> repor

jake? >> we'll see. arlette saenz, thank you so much. >>> william mccraven, former special commander will be joining us live on "the lead" to talk about this extraordinary endorsement of joe biden that he's made. >>> nancy pelosi and secretary steven mnuchin are speaking in a last-ditch effort to come to some sort of agreement on a stimulus bill, a relief package for citizens. just hours before the deadline, millions of americans, needless to say, have been waiting months for some additional coronavirus relief, including the 8 million people who have entered poverty and 6 million people who have applied for food stamps just since may, making this bipartisan agreement crucial for millions of americans who cannot afford rent or tuition or other necessities. cnn's julia chatterley joins us now. julia, does it look like a deal will be made today? >> we have to define what we mean by deal here. there is still skepticism whether we can get a deal through congress even if they can agree on terms today. remember

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i'm jake tapper. >>> u.s. senate appears to make amy coney barrett a supreme court justice as soon as tomorrow and hope is dwindling for congress to pass any legislation to help americans struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic before election day. joining me now one of the chief negotiators of the deal, house speaker nancy pelosi. i'll get to the relief bill in a second. i want to get your reaction from what you heard from chief of staff mark meadows about the outbreak among vice president pence's inner circle. >> i wish them well and safety and hope they pay attention to the real of how this spreads. i'm sorry it's reached to close to the vice president and i hope he will and his wife will keep their distance from knows who are infected. it's really sad. now, look, they have all of the protections in the world, all of the anticipation of how this could spread, all of the prevention from it and, yet, they are susceptible. just think of america's working families and especially america's essential wor

and, jake, just another note on u.s. deaths, more research also published in jama today found that the u.s. death rate is high, even when you compare it to other countries that have high covid-19 mortality rates. we're talking about france, italy, the uk, spain. as for why the u.s. death rate is so high, well, the authors noted weak public health infrastructure and an inconsistent pandemic response in the united states, jake. >> erica hill, thank you so much. surprising new information about schools and covid. we'll have the new study about getting kids back to the classroom. that's next. >>> also ahead, dr. anthony fauci will join us. the action, he says, is asking for trouble when it comes to the pan bette midl pandemic. stay with us. >>> in our health lead as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the united states, 31 states are reporting an increase in cases from last week. an influential model is now projecting nearly 400,000 deaths in the u.s. by february. joining me now, director of division of infectious dise

i'm jake tapper. >>> u.s. senate appears to make amy coney barrett a supreme court justice as soon as tomorrow and hope is dwindling for congress to pass any legislation to help americans struggling to make end's meet during the pandemic doctbefore election day. joining me now, is nancy pelosi. i'll get to the relief bill in a second. i want to get your reaction from the mark meadows talks about the outbreak among vice president's inner circle. >> i wish them safety and pay attention to the reality of how this spreads. i'm sorry it's reached to close to the vice president and i hope he will and his wife will keep their distance from knows who are infected. it's really sad. now, look. they have all of the protections in the world, all of the anticipation of how this could spread, all of the prevention from it and, yet, they are susceptible. just think of america's working families and especially america's essential workers how susceptible they are to this virus and that is really part of our discussion on the c

i'm jake tapper in washington. the world has never before witnessed so many former top government officials warning about the president for whom they once worked. it's just never happened before, not in these numbers and not with the same stark conclusion that president trump in their view is unfit for the office he holds, the office he's asking you to return him to for a second term. it's a phenomenon that we cannot ignore. his former chief of staff, retired marine general gene kellie has told friends about donald trump, the depths of his dishonesty is just astounding to me, the dishonesty, the transactional relationship of every relationship though it's more pathetic than anything else, he is the most flawed person i have ever met in my life. retired general james mattis said earlier this year, quote, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to try. instead, he tries to divide us, unquote. this hour you will hear from trump administrat

jake? >> sara, governor whitmer has directly tied the president's refusal to condemn far right violent groups and not to mention his encouragement of protests against her. she has tied this plot and president trump attacked her and how she is governing. >> reporter: yeah, she did. look. let's listen to what some of the things she has been saying. she talked about when he was at the presidential debate and how he was unable to very clearly condemn white supremacist. she then talks about also she sees him as encouraging extremists. >> anyone who gives safe harbor to or encouragement to is com poli and what he did on the national stage in a presidential debate when he said stand by. >> reporter: she also talked about the president lambasting her for how she has handled the coronavirus and he did it again. his response to her saying that was that she has done a terrible job, that she locked down her state for everyone, and then failed to thank what he said his justice department and his federal

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there was talk of a mute button, jake. since they don't want changes on the trump campaign side, it's an open question of what it's going to look like and how they are going to resolve this since both candidates agreed to the rules they are going to set. >> kaitlan collins, thank you so much. appreciate that. here to discuss tammy duckworth of illinois. senator, president trump has been given the opportunity multiple times to clean up his comments about white supremacists who he never actually explicitly called out or said he didn't want their votes as well as calling out neo-fascist group proud boys, instead he said this. take a listen. >> done in new york, like they have done in new york. >> you've denounced -- >> i've always denounced any form of any of that you have to denounce. >> any form of any of that, but not specifically condemning what was being asked about. what's your response? >> utter disgust. the president of the united states needs to condemn white supremacy. listen, i'm not surprised, though. you're talki

i'm jake tapper. we begin the second hour of "the lead" with brand-new cnn polling from two pennsylvania and florida, two key battleground states. one final debate tomorrow for candidates to make their closing arguments to the american people. let's get right to cnn political director. david, where do the candidates stand in these two critical states? >> reporter: they are critical to the path of 270, jake. we are seeing a pattern here form. take a look at the florida numbers. brand-new cnn poll conducted there is no clear leader. a margin of error race. joe biden at 50% and donald trump at 46% but the margin of error is plus or minus four points and no clear leader in this big electoral prize. different in pennsylvania. look at that race. joe biden has a clear lead, 53% in pennsylvania among likely voters compared to 43% for donald trump among likely voters in pennsylvania. this fits where we are seeing biden has real strength in the upper midwest rust belt region of the country where the sun belt st

jake? >> and the public needs to have confidence in these vaccines before we're going to inject this stuff into our arms. j & j is behaving in the exact opposite way it needs to. new york's andrew cuomo, the governor, says he and the government has sent a letter to the white house regarding any dispute of the vaccine. what are their concerns? >> their concern is, hey, you're asking us to vaccinate essentially our entire population. we need more details from the federal government about how we're going to do that and how we're going to get paid to do that. they say they need more information. what financial help are you going to give us? what about people who are uninsured? who is going to pay for that? and you say -- you meaning the federal government -- say this is going to be free, but hey, the drug remdesivir which is on the market right now, an antiviral for covid, that was supposed to be prfree and was fe in the beginning, but now people have to pay for it. so there is a question about

i'm jake tapper. we continue with major breaking news. president trump set to be released from walter reed medical center at his own insistence. he will now recover at the white house. we heard from the president's doctors who acknowledged that president trump is not entirely out of the woods yet. they say they will be closely tracking his condition through the weekend. >> we all remain cautiously optimistic and on guard because we're in a bit of unchartered territory when it comes to a patient that received the therapies he has so early in the course. he may not be entirely out of the woods yet. the team and i agree all of our evaluations and most importantly, his clinical status, support the president's safe return home. >> the president's physician, navy commander sean conley, said his commander in chief, president trump, has not had a fever in 72 hours and will receive another round of an experimental drug remdesivir before leaving the hospital this evening, but commander conley is still refusing to answer basic questions about the pr

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jake? >> nick, thank you very much. >>> europe is already battling a second wave of coronavirus, averaging more than 100,000 new infections per day over the past week. that accounts for about one-third of the new cases worldwide. phil black is live for us in london. phil, millions of people in london will move to a higher coronavirus level, tier two. what does that mean? >> it's a big blow to their personal lives during what is already a difficult time. saturday it will be illegal for people who don't live together to spend time together indoors. it means you can't spend time with wider friends and family in homes, bars, cafes, restaurants. it's not going to be as easy to access those important relationships. meanwhile, there are regions in the north of england being nudged into an even harsher level of restriction that would see the closure, complete closure of some bars and restaurants. tonight we learned that politician from around the country, when they come from london, will have to sh

jake: mr. clyburn, i'm curious what, if democrats win the senate, which is certainly possible, and the white house, which is possible bordering on likely at this point, what will house democrats do in this realm fix what you're describing as pretty serious problems with voting across the country? what are some of those action items that you should be doing legislatively in all of democratic washington? rep. clyburn: as it relates to voting, the very first thing we are going to do is revisit what we now call the john r. lewis voting rights act. and i have my staff looking at what we have done already. fascist --, we have sent it overd hr4, to the senate, and then we went back after john's death and renamed it. now we are looking at what we need to do to address some of the issues that are showing up now, like this whole issue of whether or not we can vote by mail. i believe very strongly that we have to go to massive registrations. we do everything else online. we go to the grocery stores online

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i'm jake tapper. we begin today with the national lead, and an alarming rise of new coronavirus cases across the united states. there is not one state currently headed in the right direction, and for the first time in two months, the nation is averaging in excess of 50,000 cases every single day. however, president trump lies to the voters about the u.s. turning the corner to this pandemic, but the facts tragically speak for themselves. hospitalizations are growing in 33 states. this is the largest number of people hospitalized since the end of august, and as the number of people testing positive continues to grow, dr. anthony fauci is now warning americans there will be an even greater resurgence of covid and ultimately an increase in deaths as cnn's nick watt reports. >> reporter: a field hospital opened outside milwaukee today. why? >> over the last month, our hospitalizations have nearly tripled. >> reporter: now at an all-time high in wisconsin, similar situation in these five states. record numb

jake: mr. clyburn, i'm curious what, if democrats win the senate, which is certainly possible, and the white house, which is possible bordering on likely at this point, what will house democrats do in this realm to ensure, to fix what you're describing as pretty serious problems with voting across the country? what are some of those action items that you should be doing legislatively in all of democratic washington? rep. clyburn: as it relates to voting, the very first thing we are going to do is revisit what we now call the john r. lewis voting rights act. and i have my staff looking at what we have done already. as you know, we have passed hr4, sent it over to the senate, and then we went back after john's death and renamed it. now we are looking at what we need to do to address some of the issues that are showing up now, like this whole issue of whether or not we can vote by mail. i believe very strongly that we have to go to massive registrations. we do everything else online. we go to the

i'm jake tapper. biden's campaign has pulled all negative advertising after the president's diagnosis this week. the obvious point. biden campaign adviser symone sanders is joining me. three days since president trump and hope hicks and others in the white house have tested positive for coronavirus. at this point, has anyone from the white house or trump campaign reached out to anyone on the biden campaign about who may have been infected at the debate to ensure that everyone on your team takes the proper precautions? >> thank you for having me this morning, jake. i want to, first, start by saying, you know, we extend our thoughts and prayers to president trump and the first lady. we are sincerely hoping that the president makes a very quick recovery and we can see him on the campaign trial soon. our thoughts and prayers are with him and the family and the folks at the white house and, franklin, anyone who has been exposed as of late to this virus. no. we haven't heard to my knowledge from the trump c

i'm jake tapper and we begin today with the 2020 lead. exactly one week before election day and the candidates are revealing the state of the race and the strategies from president trump and democratic nominee joe biden. at any moment president trump will hold his first of three rallies today all happening in states that president trump carried in 2016, states he hopes to hold onto this election: michigan, wisconsin and nebraska. during a pandemic, these rallies are superspreader events the way they're being held. no masks required, no distancing, crowds gathered in tight groups. biden is looking to expand the maps to states he would like to win, focusing today on georgia after president trump carried it by five percentage points in 2016. let's begin today with cnn's kaitlan collins. president trump clearly playing a defensive role today, trying to hold onto states he flipped. >> reporter: you can see the priorities in the last several days for joe biden, and for president trump with these three stops he's making. he's actually not even c

jake? >> all right. arlette saenz, thank you very much. let's bring in dr. peter hotez. he's at the vaccine center at texas children's hospital. joe biden said he would push for quicker lab results, a contact tracing network and more ppe for health care professionals. are we not doing that enough? what do you think? what's your analysis of those proposals? >> well, jake, my big picture is i thought this was an extremely important speech, and it was important for two major reasons. the first is the timing. this is a terrible day. we just hit 75,000 new cases in the united states, which is the second highest number ever in this pandemic in the united states. so we are looking at an awful, awful fall/winter surge, and we need some guidance and direction that we haven't been getting. the other reason in terms of the timing is because it also coincides with the new report from the institution for health metrics that we're probably looking at 511,000 american deaths by february 28th unless we do

i'm jake tapper. judge amy coney barrett appears to be on something that is a glide path to the supreme court. all but certain to vote this week to send her nomination to the full senate for a vote ahead of the election. now democratic nominee joe biden says seeing how that process plays out could determine whether he will consider a push to add more justices to the court next year if he wins. joining me is a close friend of biden's chris coons and a member of the senate judiciary committee. i want to get your reaction what you heard from president's senior adviser lara trump when she said she is not qualified to diagnose such a thing but that president biden suffers from a cognitive decline. >> thank you for a chance to be on, jake. that was a remarkable statement by lara trump. obviously unfounded and inappropriate. what i also found particularly troubling when you pressed her about the michigan rally at which president trump was encouraging folks to chant "lock her up" in response to governor whitm

i'm jake tapper and we begin today with the politics lead. president trump's physician has just released a new update, brief, on the president's current condition. he says the president has reported no symptoms today and is doing, quote, extremely well. the latter is characteristically opaque with no information about president trump's temperature, his lung scans or his current course of drugs. and we still do not know, of course, when the president last tested negative, which is an important question. because if he was infected on saturday, september 26, as the white house has suggested, it's unclear if the president even was tested between then and the debate on tuesday, september 29th. it's also unclear whether we will hear from the president's medical team or the president himself today. they both, of course, have been reluctant to give the full picture of his health during his coronavirus infection. the public, frankly, has every right to know about any president. let's go right to cnn's kaitlan collins. let's go to unanswered questions

i'm jake tapper. dr. fauci is warning americans we could be in for a tough winter unless we all commit to follow strict guidelines. mask wearing and social distancing, which appears may not be happening. you look at rising rates in arkansas had a jump in cases this week, joining us now is the republican governor of arkansas, asa hutchison. governor, good to see you as always. you said cases in arkansas, quote continue to be too high, hospitalization at record levels and things will only get worse as people spend more time indoors during the fall and winter. why do you think the numbers in arkansas are going in the the wrong direction? how worried are you about what is coming? >> large part of it is simply the nature of the virus and that if you don't take the right protections, it's going to spread. secondly, we are doing a record amount of testing which is a good part of the story but you have to watch the hospitalizations. it concerns me you see those rise. we still have capacity but the onset of flu se

jake, it was what i was thinking immediately when i heard those comments. the cognitive dissidence him here in terms of forgot about waving the white flag. i think it's worse than that. i heard your interview over the weekend. this has been a pursuit of herd immunity and basically not only just wave the white flag but let this infection, you know, run through the nation and we have talked many times about how destructive that would be in terms of the number of people who would die, the number of hospitals become overwhelmed which is already happening and, jake, you know, this idea that we don't know how long the immunity lasts so people get infected. we have these terrible things that happened. then it is sort of treadmilling, you're running in place so long and not achieving anything. it was discouraging to hear this many months into the pandemic i think for you and me, jake. we have talked about this so many times. it's incredibly frustrating. >> yeah. by the way, in terms of herd immunity, we know of individuals who got the virus, then got better, then g

jake, we have got millions of people out of work. you saw what happened when they had that supplemental unemployment. it helped them put food on the table and helped them pay their bills now they have got nothing and the helt realty is these americans and these small businesses need that money now. >> alison kosik in new york, thank you. joining us to discuss is democratic senator from hawaii. senator, let's start with the president announcing this afternoon he ending the talks over the stimulus bill. nancy pelosi is talking with mnuchin. nancy pelosi tweeted the following here is the tweet from the president. what is your response to that? >> it is very clear that the president and mitch mcconnell do not put protecting american people as a priority. they make it so plain. this reminds me of trump saying i'm going to build a wall and mexico will pay for it. if people fall for his lives one more time, oh, my goodness. so that is the president. one thing one day and another, another day. >> we saw president trump last night moments aft

jake? >> all right. arlette saenz, appreciate it. let's bring in journalists to talk about this. sung win kim and melanie mizuna. 48% say they trust biden better to handle the pandemic. 38%, trump. 10% equally. might this be a determining factor as to who wins the state? >> oh, certainly. not only this state but so many other states throughout the nation that are these key battlegrounds. we know that the coronavirus pan dem ic, particularly the president's handling of it has been the major issue of the campaign. it is why it has been hard for the president to turn this into kind of a dueling campaign of two campaign visions, because so much of this campaign season has been a referendum on his handling of the pandemic. and what's interesting about the polling is that biden has kept a steady lead with seniors in the state of florida. the senior demographic, particularly in florida, is something that's broken for president trump in the past, but biden's strength in florida is being buoyed by t

jake? >> kaitlan, we should point out the event you're at right now is at a retirement community, exactly the people who are the most susceptible to the coronavirus and i don't see a lot of evidence that there are any precautions being taken to protect any of these people who are doing what you're not supposed to go doing during a pandemic, amassing into a large crowd. >> we saw a lot of people wearing masks came into the door but now they are settling in and are outside and packed close together and a lot of people are not wearing masks. there is no social distancing happening behind me. the president is up on a riser and back from the crowd but a lot of people who are part of a retirement community and are the president's supporters are not wearing masks and not social distancing even thorough we seeing cases surge across the united states. >> widely irresponsible. >>> malik henderson joins us once again. biden hammered trump's coronavirus response and explained how he would handle it dif

i'm jake tapper. the biden campaign is refusing to go along with the trump campaign's sudden push to delay the debate schedule. kate benningfield saying, quote, trump's erratic behavior does not allow him to rewrite the calendar. the trump campaign is requesting to move the debate because the president wants an in-person debate despite the fact that he has an active coronavirus infection and could very well be contagious. plus as cnn's kaitlan collins reports, he's looking to restart rallies as he makes these dubious claims that he

i mean, there is no plan, jake, right now. in fact, the most that you hear about things that they are not going to do, right? absolutely not going to mandate masks. we are not going to back into any circuit breaker lockdown mode. so it's not a plan of was we are going to do. it's what we are not. you know, you talk about the case numbers. i know why scott gottlieb is saying this. if you look what is happening in the european union versus the united states, remember, we were one to two weeks behind italy and i'm going back to april time frame now. the european union was able to br bring their numbers down a period of time and shot back up and we are one to two weeks behind them and scott think there is a rapid acceleration the next week. the point i want to make, this comes up a lot. we are doing more testing. that is why there is more cases. you've heard that over and over again. that is not the case. what you find, what is a truer sort of more consistent measure is hospitalizations and hospitalizations are going up, jake, acr

in 2018, jake wright joined the zappi race team. it's a privately run cycling team registered in the uk, but training in spain and italy and with a reputation of getting really strong results at races across europe. before he joined, jake signed a contract agreeing to live in a house with his team—mates where manager and coach, flavio zappi, would provide all the food. he was sent a meal plan showing the type of things he could expect to eat, but there were almost no details on the quantities. how are you, boys? i want my boys to make it as a big pro. this glitzy promotional video promises a tough regime for the team. every morning he would weigh us all individually in our boxers. and then from there he would set you like a target weight. so i came in injanuary at like 63kg and he was like, "60 for you is your sort of number." you are quite light already. yeah, i was already quite light. but jake says he didn't have an issue with his weight and diet before joining the zappi team. i paid attention to my eating because i was an athl

i'm jake tapper. dr. anthony fauci is warning americans americans we could be in for a tough winter unless we all commit to follow strict guidelines. you look at rising rates in arkansas had a jump in cases this week, joining us now is the republican governor of arkansas, asa hutchison. you said new cases in arkansas, quote, continue to be too high. hospitalizations are at record levels. health officials say things are only going to get worse as people spend more time indoors during the fall and winter. why do you think the numbers in arkansas are going in the the wrong direction? how worried are you about what is coming? >> large part of it is simply the nature of the virus and that if you don't take the right protections, it's going to spread. secondly, we are doing a record amount of testing which is a good part of the story. but what you have to watch is the hospitalizations. it concerns me you see those rise. we still have capacity but the onset of flu season you not only have to follow the guideline

i'm jake tapper. dr. fauci is warning americans we could be in for a tough winter unless we all commit to follow strict zooiguidelines. you look at rising rates in arkansas had a jump in cases this week, joining us now is the republican governor of arkansas, asa hutchison. you said cases in arkansas, quote, too high and things will get worse as people spend more indoors during the fall and winter. why do you think the numbers in arkansas are going in the the wrong direction? how worried are you about what is coming? >> large part of it is simply the nature of the virus and that if you don't take the right protections, it's going to spread. secondly, we are doing a record amount of test cing which is a good part of the story but you have to watch the hospitalizations. it concerns me you see those rise. we still have capacity but the onset of flu season you not only have to follow the guidelines in reference to covid, everybody needs to get their flu shot. we are continuing to do everything we can. the main

jake, for millions of americans, that is not possible. people live in apartments with multigenerational households. for someone who has the ability to stay away from other people, they need to do that. >> meanwhile, the cdc director said that it is safe for vice president mike pence to attend tonight's debate in utah. i have to say the cdc's own guidance says, quote, stay home for 14 days after your last contact with a person who has covid-19. we know the president -- i'm sorry, vice president pence was in the oval office with trump last tuesday, although nobody at the white house is letting us know when president trump last tested negative. as a general note, given all of the people in the trump orbit who have now tested positive, i think we are at 19 cases, is it safe for senator kamala harris or moderator susan page to be on the stage with vice president mike pence? >> this is one of the times you'd like to see the cdc director out front holding a press conference going through this. a letter from the cdc director says that vice presid