hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, the white house outbreak of coronavirus shows no sign of slowing as another top aide to president trump tests positive. plus, the vice presidential candidates prepare to face off as joe biden questions whether the next presidential debate should go ahead. and bracing for impact. hurricane delta bears down and how the u.s. gulf coast might

also be impacted. good to have you with us. well, the white house covid-19 cluster is growing. president trump's hard line impri grace advisor steven miller is the latest member of the inner circle to be tested. you can see miller boarding the marine one helicopter last week with hope hicks. she tested positive earlier in the week. they are more than the dozen of allies and aides to test positive. jim acosta has more. >> reporter: the president's health cloaked in secrecy, his lead physician dr. sean conley

said the coronavirus patient in chief is doing just fine. he reports no symptoms. overall he is doing well. back at the white house he's throwing his weight around saying he's ending the talks of the coronavirus relief bill. i've told them immediately after i win we will pass a major stimulus bill. sources say there is still lingering concerns about the president's health after he appeared to be having trouble breathing after he stood on the balcony following his return. in a white house video mr. trump downplayed the virus yet again. >> i know there's a risk, a danger. now i'm better. maybe i'm immune, i don't know. don't let it dominate your lives. get out there. >> reporter: the president is super spreading misinformation. flu season is coming up. every year 100,000 despite the vaccine die from the flu. are we going to close down our

country? no, we are learning to live with it. most populations far less lethal. twitter slapped a warning label on the tweet saying it violated the twitter rules about spreading misinformation related to covid-19. the fact is more people in the u.s. have already died from coronavirus this year than from influenza during the past five flu seasons combined. aides to the president are making blatantly false claims as well defending mr. trump insisting he was all alone when he removed his mask. >> the president is alone on the balcony outside, he takes his mask off. staff photographers and aides nearby. mr. trump is claiming he is a leader nearby. >> this president has led on the issue at every single turn and right now is no different. that's also false. mr. trump has mocked democrat joe biden for using them. >> every time you see him he has a mask. he could be speaking 200 feet away and he shows up with the biggest mask i've seen.

>> reporter: the president is sounding more desperate for a coronavirus vaccine. mr. trump has been pressuring some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies to speed up a vaccine as he keeps promising americans one is coming quickly. >> we have the best medicines in the world. it all happened shortly. it's all getting approved. the vaccines are coming momentarily. >> reporter: the vice commandant of the u.s. coast guard has tested positive forcing the vice chief of staff and others to isolate at home. out of an abundance of caution, all potential contacts are self-quarantining. no pentagon contacts have tested positive. no positive tests to report at this time. as for the spread of covid at the white house, a fourth press aide are coming up positive. still, a federal health official says west wing aides have been rejecting help to do contact tracing after a rash of positive

tests following the announcement of amy coney barrett for the supreme court. the white house is dismissing the notion that the event was a super spreader. >> several of the people who tested positive were at that event, but so many of these individuals interact with me on a daily basis certainly when it comes to the white house staff. there's no way to put a pinpoint on it. >> house speaker nancy pelosi slammed the president saying clearly the white house is in complete disarray. it had an immediate effect on financial markets as the dow posted a big drop, an indication that the president's decisions that are coming are having a major impact across the country. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. and cnn's john defterios joins us now with more reaction on president trump's decision to suspend stimulus talks until after november's election. john, good to see you. so we saw a sharp selloff on wall street, but asian markets

are taking this in stride. are investors starting to discount the president's actions? >> yeah. more theatrics than actions i think, rosemary, is how the investment community is seeing it. a shot across the bow that hit wall street and then the president got on a call with senate republicans saying he wants a deem and he's going to put $1.6 trillion up on the table. let's take a look at u.s. futures. they're right at the high. gains of 2/3 to .7 of 1%. they think there's still room for a compromise. this bravado is a dangerous game for the american people, especially those struggling as we have 26 million still collecting unemployment benefits. that's one in seven of the work force in the united states. 75,000 jobs in corporate america were sliced last week alone. the airlines have said we need a deal so we don't have to furlough the workers. now they'll have to proceed with up to 50,000 layoffs so where do

we stand? let's look at the major players. nancy pelosi, the majority leader in the >> when we got to the

laundromat, i got to her. i want to be one of them. >> i live check by check, but now it's not a check, it's a box. a box and a hand stretch out. >> that powerful report still ahead on "cnn newsroom." joe biden says there should be no second debate if president trump is still infected with covid-19, but the u.s. democratic presidential nominee says he'll decide to participate based on the recommendations of medical experts. biden was back out campaigning tuesday at a symbolic site. cnn's jessica dean has our report. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden delivering an empassioned plea for unity. >> today once again we're a house divided. that, my friends, can no longer

be. we're facing too many crises. we have too much work to do. >> reporter: with the back drop of the gettysburg battlefield, the site of so much american bloodshed and division, biden made the case america can come together once again. >> there's no more fitting place than here today in gettysburg to talk about the cost of division. >> reporter: the speech highlighted a consistent theme of biden's 2020 run, his belief the election is a battle for the soul of the nation. >> let's conduct ourselves as americans who love each other, who love our country, who will not destroy but will build. >> reporter: biden also calling for unity around the covid crisis. >> wearing a mask is not a political statement, it's a scientific recommendation. social distancing isn't a political statement, it's a

scientific recommendation. testing, tracing, the development and all of the approval and distribution of a vaccine isn't a political statement. it is a science-based decision. we can't undo what has been done. we can't go back. we can do so much better. >> reporter: biden's unity speech comes as a new cnn poll taken after last week's debate and mostly following trump's covid-19 diagnosis shows the former vice president increasing his national lead over president donald trump to his widen margin in the election so far. biden receiving 57% to trump's 41% among likely voters nationwide. >> i wanted to take a moment to remind you what's at stake. >> reporter: meantime, one of the biden campaign's most effective surrogates, former first lady michelle obama, offering her closing argument for the democratic nominee in a new video. >> we can no longer pretend that we don't know exactly who and be

what this president stands for. search your hearts and your conscience and then vote for joe biden like your lives depend on it. >> reporter: obama, speaking as a parent and a black woman in america, criticizes president trump for stoking fears about black and brown americans. >> so what the president is doing is once again patently false, it's morally wrong and, yes, it is racist. but that doesn't mean it will work. >> reporter: still, biden hopes his message of unity will prevail. >> i do not believe we have to choose between law and order and racial justice in america. we can have both. >> reporter: jessica dean, cnn, gettysburg, pennsylvania. well, meantime, vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris will face off in their own debate in less than 24 hours.

they will be separated by plexiglass. harris's team requested the barrier as a covid safety precaution. pence's team initially opposed the barrier but has now agreed to harris's demands. earlier i spoke with larry sabato, the director for the center of politics at the university of virginia, and i began by asking him what the u.s. needs to hear from the vice presidential candidates tonight. >> vice president pence has the tougher job because his boss, president trump, just threw away the opportunities he had in the first debate and left a terrible impression. the polling is very clear now the loser was donald trump. so it's up to pence to try to make up some ground. it's tough to do that in a vice presidential debate, and he's debating a woman, and we know from past debates involving women at the vice presidential level, the male candidate really has to be careful, has to be

tough but not too tough, can't be insulting the way he might be for a male candidate as pence was with vice president -- with senator tim cane four years ago. so i think it's tough on pence. he'll be well prepared. he sometimes sounds robotic. he's got to avoid that. kamala harris has a great opportunity here because while people in politics know her, the average person in the united states really doesn't know that much about her still so they're going to see her up close and personal, even more than they do when she's examining a judicial candidate as a member of the judiciary committee in the senate. so when she goes after pence, she has to do it in a way that focuses on the issues and the substance. make it not personal so that it's very different than the presidential debate we just had but also win the debate, and she's very good at that. she is a tough, tough

inquisitor. >> so what all is at stake here for the debate process itself? >> well, let's remember that vice presidential debates rarely change that much because people don't vote for vice president. and a week after this debate few people will remember much from it, and certainly not many votes will be determined by it, but this does have an impact on the second or third presidential debate, assuming we have them, if the vice presidential candidates set a better tone than president trump did, then the pressure is on him to improve. now whether he can is questionable. you know, he may need a personality transplant, and they're not available yet. >> larry sabato, always a pleasure to chat with you. many thanks. >> thank you, rosemary. so as you heard, the next debate will be between democratic vice presidential nominee senator kamala harris and vice president mike pence.

cnn's special coverage begins at 7 p.m. on the u.s. east coast. midnight in london, 3 a.m. in abu dhabi and 7 5u78 in hong kong. if you miss it live, you can tune in for a replay of the debate at 8 a.m. london time, that's 11 a.m. in abu dhabi and 3 p.m. in hong kong. hope you got all of that. so coming up, coronavirus cases in germany are rising to levels not seen since last spring. we are live in berlin with the details. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. ♪ ♪

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countries in europe. the high in april.

if you compare that to the numbers in, for instance, france and spain and in the czech republic, germany still isn't doing too bad. one of the things they are realizing is cases are on the rise. angela merkel has said she fears that at some point there could be a very fast acceleration that could happen. on the whole there has been a rise in the country, especially in the west of germany, especially where i'm sitting in berlin, specifically the center of berlin. one of the other things that's really causing concern for the german government, german health authorities as well, is the amount of people who are in intensive care in hospitals has also drastically risen in the past week or two, has gone up by a lot. so certainly germans are seeing the indicators are going in the wrong direction. if we look here in berlin, the authorities believe it's berlin's party seat that's been driving the new coronavirus

cases here in this city and of course in many other places in germany as well. many new infections happening in bars and restaurants. many things they did hear is they are saying that bars, restaurants, stores need to shut down from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. and also that alcohol sales are going to be banned during those times. there's some other measures that the german government is putting in place, limiting the amount of people who are allowed to be together. limiting, for instance, get togethers or events that happen both outdoors and in private spaces as well. so the german government is saying they see this is on the rise and they are trying to stay ahead of the virus out of fear that things could get out of control, rosemary. >> fred pleitgen bringing us the very latest there from berlin. many thanks. elsewhere in europe, the second wave of coronavirus is still dominating the headlines. italy's health minister wants masks to be required outdoors. he says a nationwide mandate is

necessary to combat a rise in cases in the country. the new rule will likely take effect on friday and in the u.k. prime minister boris johnson is reflecting on his own experience with the coronavirus. mr. johnson, who was in intensive care back in march, says he struggled so much with the virus because he was overweight. cnn's scott mcclain is standing by in london, but let's start with cnn's melissa bell following developments from paris. so, melissa, tell us what the situation is across france and more specifically at restaurants in paris. >> reporter: well, across france things continue to worsen. the positivity rate now at 9% nationally. in terms of the number of people in icu, rosemary, that figure continues to worsen as well. just looking at that, it has over the course of the last month gone from about 420 neem

icu to 1,417. so in a month the number of people in icu's number of covid-19 patients in icus has risen. that is threatening the system because you have the localized phenomen phenomenon. some of france's cities are the hardest hit. they have seen the number of people in icu double because it is rising significantly. you mentioned italy. france slightly ahead of those countries in terms of the severity and measures taken. we have had masks obligatory in public spaces for several weeks and that has not been enough to bring the figures back under control. the further tightening of restrictions, bars, cafes and that's being expressed from within. that will be enough to get the numbers back to where they need to be. >> right. scott mcclain, let's go to you in london. as we mentioned, boris johnson, the prime minister in brittain,

has admitted how the sort of toll covid-19 took on him and the reasons why. talk to us about that and of course the situation across brittain. >> sure. first off, rosemary, british prime minister boris johnson is going to have to depend his handling of the pandemic. this handling saw some 16,000 new cases of the virus go uncounted which meant that the people who tested positive never had their contacts traced. that's a big deal because the u.k. is now reporting more new cases of the virus per capita than the united states is. 40% more in fact. it's also reported its highest new daily death toll since july 1st. the prime minister has always said that his main priorities are to keep the economy moving and keep schools open. he's already limited social interactions, the size of social gatherings. he's forced bars and restaurants to close early. he's running out of options he

can use without infringing on or slowing down the economy or maybe even looking at closing down schools. in that speech yesterday to his own conservative party he also talked about the fact that he really regrets having to infringe on people's liberties. he, as you mentioned, talked about his own bout with the coronavirus. the virus almost killed him. since then he's lost some 26 pounds. he's one of the few people on earth who really understands what president trump is going through, world leader battling this virus in full public view. he used this as a metaphor and one of the things quickly, rosemary, scotland will be announcing its own brand-new set of restrictions later on today. >> listen for that. scott mcclain, melissa bell, many thanks to both of you. as covid spreads at the white house, melania trump's office is responding to reports staff are concerned about their safety. we will have the details plus this --

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well, returning to our top story now. the covid-19 outbreak raging through the president's inner circle and its political fallout. senior advisor steven miller is now one of at least a dozen of the president's close contacts who have tested positive. meanwhile, vice president mike pence has agreed to plexiglass

barriers at tonight's debate with kamala harris. pence's team originally questioned the need for the barriers when the two would be socially distanced, but they have agreed. joe biden is questioning whether his second debate should even go ahead if president trump is still infected. >> well, i think if he still has covid, we shouldn't have a debate. i by the way, i think we're going to have to follow very strict guidelines. too many people have been infected and it's a very serious problem and so i'll be guided by the guidelines of the cleveland clinic and what the docs say is the right thing to do if and when he shows up for debate. >> and for his part, donald trump says he wants to debate

and even return to the campaign trail, but for now mr. trump is at home in the white house. and that house is staffed by people now coming in close contact with the president and first lady, both infected with covid-19. the first lady's office has had to respond to claims employees are concerned for their safety. they say staff have worn masks since april and are tested regularly. masks have been upgraded to full ppe recently. there's even a well-being consultant to help with mental health issues. joining me now is kate anderson brouwer. she is a cnn contributor and the author of "the residence," a book about the staff who work behind the scenes at the white house. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so president trump returned to the white house monday night still infected with the coronavirus and adding to an ever increasing list of those

infected on his staff. you've spent considerable time at the white house. just how vulnerable are the various members of his staff, not the top aides but the cooks, the cleaners, the but the letters? and are they even able to socially distance in that building? >> well, it's a really interesting question because there are about 90 to 95 resident staffers. as you say, these are florists, cooks, engineers. they make the white house run, but it's really the butlers on the second floor of the white house which is where the first family lives, that's where their bedrooms are, living rooms, kitchen and dining room. there's not a lot they can do to distance themselves because it's the butler who's serving the president and the first lady. the white house has come out and said there's a skeleton crew. just several people, eight to ten people on rotating shifts, but to answer your question,

there is going to be some exposure to the president and the first lady in the residence. >> so how can the white house guarantee the safety of any of these people? and how can they work to ensure that they don't get infected? because even with the skeleton staff, you need to be wearing masks, you need to be socially distancing, and they're working with someone -- two people at least directly with the first lady and the president who are actually infected. >> well, you know, the white house staff is so loyal to the presidency. they work from one administration to the next, and they usually serve for decades. many of whom that i interviewed, more than 50 of them for my book, they have been there for 20, 30 years. they love their jobs and they would do anything for their jobs, including sacrifice their own health potentially. but the white house does say that they wear ppe, so they're wearing masks.

there is hospital grade cleaning equipment in use. just today melania trump's office came out with that statement because people are so concerned about the resident staff. these are not people who come from money. they're making between 30 grand and 100 grand a year. they're not people who are doing this for the money and so the fact that they're putting their lives at risk for the presidency i think is deeply troubling for people. >> yeah, indeed. when you're talking about people who have been there for up to 30 years, you're talking about a vulnerable group. they're probably in their 50s and 60s. >> exactly. that's exactly right. many of the butlers are african-american historically. it's been a very prestigious job in washington, to have this job, and to work directly with the president of the united states. they're often very, very close with the president. i know that one of the butlers who was very close with obama and bush is also close with

president trump. so there's this sense of allegiance to the institution of the white house and not to the person. they're very protective of the family. they do not speak to the press. it's incredibly hard to get them to talk. the current staff has been told not to ever talk to the press and we know two housekeepers tested positive for covid several weeks ago. they're working in a bull's eye, petry dish and everyone is concerned about them. >> finally, how would you rate the way the white house has dealt with the outbreak so far? >> i think it's been too little too late. i think that president trump going back to the white house and exposing the staff to the virus is irresponsible and reckless. i think that it's surprising to see what's happening right now. i think making them make the kind of awful decision, they can't say no to coming to work. this is their paycheck. they have mortgages to pay,

right? but -- so they're being forced really to do this. i think it's a terrible position to be put in by the president of the united states. >> kate anderson brown, thank you so much for shining a spotlight on this. appreciate it. >> thank you. while many americans were already living paycheck to paycheck before the pandemic hit, and they have been hurt the most by job losses. now that president trump has halted negotiations, there's no hope for a stimulus check any time soon. cnn's kyung lah met a single mother who's struggling to feed her family. >> good morning. time to go to school. >> reporter: the morning routine for rose rodriguez and her three girls. 3-year-old allejandra and 12-year-old terry sleep in one

bed. 13-year-old yolisa sleeps on the coach. breakfast is what she's scrounged from the day before. it's good? yeah? >> i eat whatever is left over. >> reporter: everything has changed since coronavirus. >> the pantry, that's all i have. >> reporter: before coronavirus was this full? >> every day. >> reporter: this was rodriguez at lax and she made more than $20 an hour. >> i thought everything would be good. i thought, you know what, i have money for my rent. i have money for my food. i don't have to worry about the girl's health. i never thought that on wednesday i'll show up to work, it wasn't that way. you could lose your job at any time. >> reporter: how about the food? how much -- >> the food, that's a struggle

more. >> tell me about that struggle. >> the struggle is something to eat. >> reporter: what she manages is cheap, unhealthy food. rodriguez says she's applied for 50 jobs. 30 interviews later, still nothing. her unemployment application stalled. part of the more than 1 million stuck in a log jam in california's system. her car and most of her furniture repossessed. she's months behind on rent. >> when we go to the laundromat, we see homeless. one day i'm going to be one of them. we all live check by check, but now it's not a check, it's a box. a box and a half to stretch out for seven days. >> that weekly box is from the la food bank and salvation army. while her older daughters learn virtually on public school,

allejandra gets free lunch at the salvation army. too young to understand. >> what she sees, i have to tell her tomorrow so she can forget. >> reporter: every day is tomorrow? >> yeah, every day is tomorrow. >> reporter: food banks across the country have seen hours long lines as record unemployment devastates working families. >> we do have all of our peas. >> reporter: the salvation army food bank have fed ten times the number of people as last year. >> it is not like it happened for a week or two weeks, it's been happening for months. even though we're trying our best to help, we know that we're barely scratching the surface because we can only do so much with the limited resources that we have. >> reporter: today, fresh food bank supplies mean their shelves are more full. >> mac and cheese.

>> reporter: but the joy is short lived. counting down the days until the next food box has gun. >> they shouldn't go through this. they don't have to worry how we can eat the next day. mama has to go look for food. has my mom eaten? and they shouldn't worry about that. like i should be working and they should be just worried about school and their future. it just hurts. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. one of the strongest storms to form in the atlantic this year is barrelling towards mexico and has the u.s. in sight. we'll tell you where it's headed. that's next. what's inside airborne? a blast of immune support that's more than just vitamin c. it's a unique crafted blend of vitamins, zinc, other minerals, and herbs.

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an extremely dangerous storm is now setting its sights on mexico. hurricane delta has weakened slightly but is still a powerful category 3 storm as it nears the yucatan peninsula. people in cozumel evacuated. cnn's mack rivers is in mexico for us ahead of the storm. so, matt, what is the situation there on the ground? >> reporter: yeah, little by little, rosemary, we've been on scene here now for hours, and we've been waiting for the storm to arrive. really over the last half an hour or so we've started to see this pick up a little bit. we know just looking at the radar that this storm is getting closer and closer, as you mentioned. a high level category three that poses quite a risk for this

area, from cancun which is a little bit north to where we are to pleio del carmen. people that live in this region are dependent on the industry. there's concern about what damage the storm will do. a big concern and focus over the next few hours is exactly where this storm makes landfall. i say that while the storm, very intense, will bring winds north of 120 miles an hour, it's relatively small when you are talking about the area. where it hits along this coast is going to be key. where the landfall is, that's going to be where the worst damage is. if you go 40 miles, 50 miles south, the damage will be significantly less. the big question is exactly where this storm is going to make landfall. that should happen in the next few hours or so bringing with it some serious winds, some serious

rain threatening people on the coast of mexico here the next few hours, rosemary, going to be crucial for the path of this storm. >> absolutely. and matt rivers, stay safe there as you wait for this. appreciate that report. let's turn to our meteorologist, pedram javaheri. pedram, what are you seeing? >> seeing a storm system here that still has potential to strengthen further as it approaches land. they say it could go right back up to category 4. minor variations, not going to make a significant difference. we know the system has more than tripled in strength from monday morning to tuesday afternoon getting to 145 miles per hour. at this point that has dropped down to about 120 miles per hour which is a very strong high end category 3. just about two hours prior to landfall here we think it will

skirt right past cozumel and an area just south of cancun. that's the second area of landfall potential sometime around 7 to 8 a.m. local time across that region. again, we could see a potential that this increases back up to a category 4 with the next update. regardless, the impact is going to be significant on the immediate coast as matt eluded to. when it comes to a storm of this magnitude, we are avenue looking at the eye wall. 120-mile-per-hour winds are going to be expected. rare to see a storm of such magnitude. when it comes to major hurricanes for this portion of mexico, only six in the past 100 years have come within a 100 mile radius so you look at this region, delta would be the seventh such form to make land fall in the coming hours. rainfall, going to see four to six inches, other areas atd to

ten inches. within ten hours it is back towards the gulf of mexico. the strongest landfall on record. you can compete with that as well. devastating category. category 3 and 4 leaves behind significant damage. concern moving forward is where does this storm end up. at this point models suggest state of louisiana has the highest likelihood of landfall. this is the tenth storm of the season to make landfall across the continental u.s. and that is the most in one season. >> pedram javaheri, many thanks for you bringing us up to date. and the music world has lost a legend. guitarist eddie van hey lalan h died at the age of 65. more on the legacy when we return. a has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators en has died at the age of 65. more on the legacy when we return.

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rock group van halen has died at the age of 65. his son wolfgang shared the news that his father had lost his battle with cancer. cnn's stephanie elam looks at the life and career of the rock and roll superstar. >> reporter: eddie van halen was one of the greatest guitarists of all time. he was a guitar god and raised the musical bar for future generations. born to a musical family, he bought his first guitar at age 12. he then taught himself how to play. >> to take lessons, you go out and buy a book which is based on a theory, whereas, you're a 12-year-old, do what you want. everything i do is based on tone and sound. >> reporter: by high school he was the lead guitarist in the band that would go on to bear his last name, van halen.

in the span of four decades van halen went on to release four albums. they sold over 10 million copies and was certified diamond. its second track featured an eddie van halen guitar solo that forever redefined the instrument. his signature two handed tapping technique allowed him to reach otherwise impossible notes. it was customized guitar. he called it the frankenstrat or franken stein. part gibson and fender. the guitar is a basic instrument. >> it reminds me of a formula one race car. >> reporter: it evolved into his own line.

there's no replicating a van halen guitar solo from panama to his eruption sequel, spanish fly to his collaboration with michael jackson's "beat it." van halen's fast ready speed solos will reverberate for all times. >> my whole life has been music. i could not imagine anything else. >> eddie van halen, a musical genius who pushed life's strings to the limit. >> and what a life and what a legacy there. thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. do stay with us here at cnn. robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wher

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. an erratic tweeting president throwing stimulus talks into disarray with the livelihoods of millions of struggling americans hanging in the balance. tonight's vice presidential debate takes on new urgency, with the president's health still in question. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. this is wednesday, october 7th, 2020. 27 days until the election. the art of no deal. president trump kills stimulus talks saying relief for millions of struggling americans will waitnt