one of the main culprits for the new rise in infections and they are taking some new fairly drastic measures. they are telling stores, bars, restaurants to shut down in the hours from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and banning alcohol sales in that time as well. hello to our viewers around the world. thank you for sharing your day with us. 25 of the 50 united states are trending up in the coronavirus case count today. only three are trending down. that is a sober october reality and a certain debate flash point. vice president mike pence, senator kamala harris face off tonight in salt lake city. you see a live picture of the debate hall there. they will be 12 feet apart protected by plexiglass, that a stark reminder of today's new normal as the vp candidates debate whether an america needs four more years of donald trump or joe biden course correction. vice presidential debates don't

normally change the course of an election. but as we know campaign 2020 is like no other. last hour republican senator john barrasso telling me why he thinks this debate, yes, is different. >> i think people watching both of these candidates will be watching to say who is ready to be commander in chief, because what we know right now is that joe biden is turning 78 next year. we know the president has coronavirus. >> president trump will be watching from coronavirus isolation, confined to the white house now as he's treated for the virus he told us would disappear six months ago. the president's doctor has not answered questions since back on monday. so we are in the dark, really, about his condition and his course of treatment. he is tweeting. yesterday pulling the plug on stimulus talks rattled financial markets. the president has since backtracked some saying he does hope to cut smaller stimulus deals, smaller economic aid deals. we're told he's itching to leave the residence and return to the

oval office. the white house is short staffed because of coronavirus outbreak but aides are preparing isolation, gowns, gloves, masks, those called in to help the president if he insists on returning to the west wing. take a look here, add trump adviser to inner circulation of infections. you can see from the west wing, trump campaign. that is a partial list of all the cases now linked to this white house hot spot. we do know this, the vice president is on the stage tonight, head of the coronavirus task force. the administration wants to say they have a plan to deal with the coronavirus. the numbers tell us right now, right now the country is headed in the wrong direction. let's take a look at that map, 25 states, as i noted at the program, 25, half of the united states reporting more new infections now compared to data a week ago, trending in the wrong direction. 22 holding steady, green, only

three at the moment reporting fewer infections now compared to a week ago. again, 25 heading up, 22 holding steady. that is not where you want to be as the weather gets colder. so you see with more cases you get, sadly down the road a couple weeks more deaths. 22 states, the red and the orange again. mostly across the northern swath of the country where, not coincidentally it is getting colder. 22 states trending up, 11 holding stayed, 17 states reporting fewer deaths than one week ago. if you look at the case time line, this is what's troubling to public health experts where we are right now. above 40,000 new infections a day, 4,562 yesterday. you see that line. is it a plateau, is it trending back up a little bit? the one thing you do know, it is not trending down. that's what's so dangerous, if there is to be another surge. 25,000 before the summer surge got above 70,000. if we're starting from a baseline of 43,000, the worry is

where do you go if you start to go up again. if you look at the positivity map, this is why. this is why people are worried about this, especially in the northern half of the country. the deeper the blue, darker the bl blue, higher positivity rate. these states not as populace as california, texas, florida, which led us through the summer surge but when you have high positivity across so much of the country, you're just worried. cases today, cases tomorrow, cases into next week. if you look right here right now, the district of columbia, well, why do we show this, because the white house right here in the district of columbia is a hot spot. this is the cumulative total right now, 15,000 cases plus since the beginning, 632 deaths. one of the places being watched most closely right now is supposed to be the safest workplace in the united states of america, the white house. the president is confined. a number of his top aides can't work because they, too, have covid. the chief of staff says we're

trying. >> we do mandate social distancing as much as practical. even with some of your colleagues, a number of colleagues who may wear masks religiously, they have come down with it. so it makes us pivot back to one critical thing. we need to make sure therapeutics and vaccines are what we focused on. >> cnn's white house correspondent kaitlan collins and tamara keith. a lot of ground to cover. ladies, you heard the chief of staff saying we're okay here. we've got this. we don't know about the president's condition. we haven't heard from his doctor except vague paper statements since monday. he's not answered questions. we're told to have isolation carts outside oval office in case they get called on if the president returns to the west wing. what is the situation right now best we know? >> it's pretty chaotic inside the west wing, john, probably more chaotic than any other time in the trump presidency, which is really saying a lot.

a lot has to do with there are a few staffers there. it's a ghost town. a lot of staffers working remotely, getting different information what's going on. that's how you saw the discrepancy this morning with larry kudlow saying the president did go to the oval office yesterday and mark meadows, chief of staff, saying, no, larry kudlow misspoke. he was not in the oval office, he wanted to go to the oval office. they seem to be prepared for the president to make it over there today. that's why they are talking about ppe. it hasn't been a week since the president was diagnosed with coronavirus and first started showing symptoms. if you listen to his doctor. we're not getting daily updates from the president's physician. have you to wonder why that is. when the president was at dr. reed, you saw dr. conley come out with physicians to brief every day. the questions lacking specificity, any specifics at best, they still need to come out and answer questions from reporters.

we haven't seen that. instead we just got that paper statement from dr. conley, and we relied on political aides to give us updates on the president's conditions. those are big questions people still want to know more about. the west wing, as much as the president and white house are trying to make it seem like they are getting back to normal, it is still far from that. >> big questions, tamara keith, at a consequential moment. you have vice presidential candidates debating tonight, 27 days to the election. just yesterday the president in a surprise tweet pulled the plug on stimulus talks just when the speaker pelosi and steve mnuchin thought maybe -- just a maybe -- but thought maybe they were making some progress. listen to the house speaker this morning. he blames her, she blames him. >> it is really important for us to come to this agreement when the president just popped off and make that announcement without even informing us that's the case. he insulted the constitution of the united states. >> look, the bad blood between the speaker and the president i.

millions of americans out there struggling, a life line, stimulus check, small businesses, airline industry. the president now says he backtracked some saying he's willing to do smaller pieces of this. you know as well as i do, this is a town that can't get anything done right now. it is pretty unlikely to imagine they are going to pass an airline bill, individual bill, some other bill. am i right? it's either one or none? >> typically in this town, as you say, little things are really hard to get done. sometimes you have to do a big deal. typically the big deals are the ones that ultimately get done. the political wisdom here -- and perhaps there wasn't much, the political wisdom of the president coming out and saying out loud on twitter that he was going to just stop negotiations until after the election just doesn't make a ton of sense when there are people actively suffering right now.

the fed chairman shortly before the president came out and sort of ended negotiations, came out and said you can't go too big here. can you go too small. you can't go too big. act now. now we're in the sort of phase of uncertainty. you know, we've been through this cycle covering negotiations between the white house and the hill how many times in the course of this presidency where president trump stays out of it, stays out of it, stays out of it. jump in. everything goes to chaos. sometimes it comes back together. the problem is that election is looming and many members of congress want to be campaigning. >> right. let's add to the uncertainty the fact kaitlan collins, one week from tomorrow, the president is supposed to be at debate number two. debate one cost him and cost him dearly. public opinion polls, refusal to denounce white nationalism, constant interrupting and bullying joe biden.

co-chairman of the debate commission says i hope so but it depends on luck. >> it will depend on the president's health. he said yesterday, i understand from the newspapers, he's ready, raring to go, we'll be in miami and want to debate. it's going to depend on what the doctors say about him. not only will he be safe but will people around him safe. we're concern about staffers. we have a crew of about 65 people who work on these things. it's going to depend on what the medical evidence is. >> when the president made his return to the white house, it seemed they thought they were on the track to get him on the debate stage next week. the fact we have not seen the president live or any live appearances on video, haven't heard from his doctor to answer questions in two days, we simply don't know. right? >> no, we don't know. they are saying they are moving forward. his aides are talking about what kind of mindset on coronavirus he's going to have at this next debate. there are still so many basic questions about his health.

you've got to understand the commission on presidential debates which organizes this and does the negotiating between the two sides is going to be skeptical of the white house. you'll have to wonder how they will verify the president's negative test. so far what we've heard from the white house, john, they refused to say on the record that the president was tested last tuesday before he went to that debate. that was the understanding going in. reporters like myself had to go in advance to make sure you got tested at the cleveland clinic. of course, the way chris wallace made it sound, it was basically honor system given they have greater level of access to tests. we still don't know if the president was tested before the last debate. you can understand why there's scepticism what they are going to do and what precautions they would take before next tuesday. it goes against wisdom his doctor said about when the president would actuallyish out of the woods and when he would be through that period to make sure he's not still shedding the virus, which is obviously a concern. it's not just what the president

is going to say and how he's going to approach the debate and the politics of it but the basic facts of does joe biden feel comfortable get on the stage with the president and what steps will they take to make sure the president is in a spot where it's safe for him to get on stage with joe biden. those are a lot of questions we still don't have the answers to but things are moving quickly. we didn't think by wednesday the president would be trying to get back in the oval office just a few days after he tested positive. that's playing out in the west wing as well. even though there are very few staffers operating around the president at this point. >> uncertainty is a constant in 2020. kaitlan collins, tamara keith, appreciate the insights. let's continue with a doctor who knows what it's like to work in the west wing, dr. pena, former physician to vice president pence. thank you are for your time today. you can take us inside a white house many people don't understand. when you hear this morning, let's listen, mark meadows said the president is itching.

he's confined in the residence in his coronavirus isolation. he winston to get back to the oval office. a lot of the senior staff also has coronavirus and they are not there. they are put ting these isolatin carts together. >> we've got a number of safety protocols with full ppe, masks, goggles and the like for any direct interaction with the president in those areas. we continue to have a number of areas where we have disinfectants for hard surfaces and the like. >> if you were still working in the white house, would you advise the president it is safe to leave the residence and go to the oval office? >> no, i would not, john. thank you for having me. it's truly an honor. as a practitioner i like to be proactive not reactive. i feel like what we're seeing is a reactive strategy to what has happened, essentially that the white house has become a seeding event, an outbreak among the ranks. we know now that the white house

medical unit has allowed the cdc to help them with the contact tracing but we're still hearing reports of folks that have not been contacted or have not been followed up on. you know, this is a no fail mission. all you need is one person to be infected for another seeding event. the attention to detail is crucial. >> i get that every patient deserves privacy. it is different when you're the president or vice president of the united states. maybe more different when you're president or vice president of the united states and 27 days from an election. the chief of staff again this morning would not answer the question. when was the last time the president tested negative for coronavirus. nor listen here, last night one of the white house spokesmen on cnn. >> i'm asking do you know the answer to when the president's last negative test was? to you actually know that information, brian? >> i personally do not. i have not asked him or the doctors to go back through records of things like that. i'm not sure.

>> can you explain to our viewers, especially someone out there who might be a trump/pence supporter. why do you keep asking questions, leave them alone. why is it important everybody knows especially in context, should the president be in the oval office, should the president be on a debate stage with joe biden one week from tonight. why is it so critical to understand when he last tested negative? >> right. it's critical because we don't know if he's still shedding virus. that's why we need to know when the last negative test was. ten days ago, seven days ago, we don't know. that's going to be important to prevent him from spreading disease especially if he's going to be working out of the oval office or walking around the west wing. i will tell you, people are entitled to their privacy, john. this is the president of the united states of he's a servant of the people. there's a need for transparency for there to be trust, we should know as voters what his fitness

for duty is to hold office especially nearing an election. regarding the transparency of this white house, it has been lacking. when there have been briefs, they have been not truthful all the time. it is not our job as health care professionals to paint a rosey picture and keep in tune with what the president wants you to hear. it's our job to be unbiased apolitical medical consultants. that's why i say pills and politics just do not mix. >> one thing they have been transparent about is recklessness in the sense the president has mocked mask use, the president has been around aides even taking his mask off when he returned in close proximity to aides. the president is master of ceremonies at that supreme court event where you have 10, 11, maybe a dozen people who have gotten cases of covid who are at that supreme court rollout event. listen to dr. anthony fauci here saying none of this had to happen. >> proprietary n-- right now

207,000 people infected. globally over 1 million have died. that is not a hoax. take a look at what happened this week at the white house. that is a reality right there. every day that goes by, more people are popping up that are infected. it's not a hoax. it's an unfortunate situation when you see something like that, because that could have been prevented. >> as someone who is an excellent physician, who was the vice president's doctor, who understands the trump white house, why wasn't -- why aren't circumstances like that, dangerous events like that, prevented? is there any power of the white house medical staff to say, mr. president, please stop? >> so i know and trust in my colleagues at the white house medical unit that the appropriate counsel has been given. but at the end of the day, we're just consultants, john. it's up to the individuals

whether they want to follow our direction or directive or not. so i agree with dr. fauci. this was the perfect example of what not to do. now we're seeing the consequences of this kind of recklessness and lack of attention to preventive measures. we know as stated by dr. redfield from cdc, the best prevention right now is not actually the vaccine. i heard the chief of stat highlighting the need for vaccine and therapeutics. we don't have to get to the point where we need therapeutics. the best prevention we know is tested and true, wear your mask, social distance, wash your hands. it's works. >> leadership and common sense. dr. pena, most grateful for your time and insights today. thank you very much. thank you. up next for us what mike pence and kamala harris need to do or not to do at tonight's vice presidential debate. first unforgettable -- i'll speak -- debate moment from the 1988 vp debate. >> senator, i served with jack

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vice president mike pence, democratic vice presidential nominee senator kamala harris face off tonight in salt lake city for the first and only vp debate. we know from history two very different debating styles. >> you know, there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools. she was bused to school every day. that little girl was me. >> donald trump has built a business through hard times and through good times. he's brought an extraordinary business acumen. >> let's discuss the stakes with former press secretary of kamala harris 2020 presidential campaign and alex stewart. i want to start with you, mike

pence, no offense, he's well-known. he's been the vice president four years. senator harris in many years is getting a national introduction and a chance to present herself as the new face of the national democratic party. number two to joe biden, but an enormous moment. speaker nancy pelosi had some advice this morning. listen. >> i think tonight in the debate should be all about health care, health care, health care. it should be about health care in terms of mike pence being the head of the task force on the coronavirus. really? what level of success does he have to offer in that regard? >> is that good advice for senator harris and her focus? >> yeah, i think speaker pelosi hit the nail on the head. he's been around long enough to know what resonates with the american people. i think in this moment, and we're going to see in the debate tonight, is really a referendum on president trump and mike pence's leadership on the coronavirus.

the point has been made clearer with the president coming down with the virus himself, rampant irresponsibility and complete lack of ability to control this pandemic and the outbreaks. so i think that senator harris is going to do is talk about that failure, prosecute the case, so to speak, against mike pence's leadership against the coronavirus task force and really force him to answer some uncomfortable questions about the way they have misled the public and had false promises since march. not only that, she's going to have to talk about vice president biden, if he's successful and vice president harrisf they win, will get us out of this mess. i think that contrast will be front and center and obviously the american people's health care is at the center of that. >> alice you broke a piece on cnn.com, op-ed talking about the stakes. always three main goals of vice presidential debate, do no harm, reinforce the top of the ticket and pass the commander in chief test. i want to ask you inch good the numbers, you know the national numbers quite well, battleground

numbers quite well, does mike pence not have a bigger task trying to turn something around in this race. we all lived through 2016. if you look at the numbers right now, the republicans are worried about a bloodbath. >> certainly. one thing about mike pence, he's not a barn burner when it comes to debates but he is calm and reassuring and can certainly pass the commander in chief test and his ability to step into the role as president. the goal tonight is not so much about making it a referendum olt trump administration but show the american people the stark contrast between a trump administration and biden-harris administration. if you look at joe biden, we're looking at government-run health care, socialized medicine, looking at support for green new deal, we're looking at where does he stand on the supreme court? will he pack the court? he's not answering that question. what will they do with the filibuster. in the off chance, possibility if kamala harris were to step

into this role, look at her record. what was she saying on the democratic debate stage. she was co-sponsor for the green new deal, co-sponsor for medicare for all. a lot of her policies are far outside of what mainstream america wants. what the biden-harris administration ticket would represent is exactly what mike pens needs is to put a spotlight tonight. has he the debate skills and tone and tenor that will certainly be appropriate to make that case tonight. >> given everything happening in the country, they are likely to have a larger audience than we might expect. we asked for a favorite debate moment for contenders as to what you might expect for tonight. this is what you picked for senator harris. >> this not om points to the corruptness of the administration and need for impeachment to go forward but points to another issue and back to the question you asked

earlier, which is what does this mean for the american people, nor those working people working two and three jobs. if they don't pay that credit card at the end of the month they get a penalty. for the people that don't pay their rent they get evicted. for the people that shoplift, they go to jail. we need the same set of rules for everybody. >> alice, this is what you picked for mike pence. >> she said they were ir redeemable, they were not american. she labeled one after another "ism" on millions of americans who believe we can have stronger america here and abroad, who believe we can get the economy going again, who believe we can end illegal immigration for all. senator, this insult-driven campaign that's small potatoes to hillary clinton calling half of donald trump supporters a basket of deplorables. >> i wish we had more time

today. very interesting to see that table cakaine tsai pence debate. won't get that tonight. there will be plexiglass. we'll bring you back for another day. still ahead, confuse about the stimulus talks has millions of americans wishing washington can help, and right now can't be helpful. [birds chirping] ♪ [female announcer] food delivery just got more rewarding. now that grubhub gives you rewards when you order your fav foods. [dog barks] want a hamburger, some fries, a drink, nuggets? then, boom! rewarded, with a wendy's '4 for $4' perk. [talking sounds] ordering chipotle for the family? voila! rewarded, with guacamole and a side of quiet. grubhub gives you rewards for rewarding yourself.. with food! [doorbell rings] - [all] grubhub!

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there's a lot of the old normal in washington today. by that i mean finger pointing. president trump blew up stimulus talks with a tweet yesterday but he blames the house speaker nancy pelosi of the house speaker said, no, it was the president's twitter tantrum that blew things up. here is what a leader of the u.s. chamber of commerce says in limbo. washington's failure to north dakota additional relief will be felt on main street and at kitchen tables across the united states. those are the words of neil chambers. he joins me now. one thing they have is great antenna on capitol hill. we're in what i call old normal, finger pointing on washington. he backtracked and said i'll take small deals. stimulus checks to people, airline industry help. what is the morning after pick up the pieces today? is this dead until after the election? >> we sure hope not, john. as we said yesterday, main street american families have

been waiting long enough. this should have been done months ago. there was an opportunity for a deal months ago, and there's plenty of blame to go around on both sides. what we hope is rather than finger pointing and the blame game, which is what we normally see too often in washington in election seasons, that they can come together quickly. one of the things we've identified a quick path forward is a bipartisan proposal that came out of a group in the house called problem solvers caucus that doesn't give everyone everything they want but would provide the relief we know the economy needs and in particular small businesses needs. it's on a shelf. it can be picked up. they can come together with a deal in a week if simply there were the will to do so. >> you can get a phone call returned by the white house chief of staff. any indication they would accept that? the president's tweets today sure seem to suggest no. >> everyone is looking for alternative paths. the truth is it's very difficult

to see how single issue bills will make it through the process. truth be told, airlines need assistance, small businesses and restaurants need assistance, nonprofits, families of unemployed. one in five americans who worked in the leisure and hospitality industry in february are unemployed today. we're not going to piecemeal this together. we need to pull it all together, package and support the economy. it's doable. we've just got to stop the trading batrade trading barbs back and forth and get ink on paper. >> i like to say washington is not america and america needs help. this is from bureau of labor statistics about the impact right now of covid on the economy. still missing 10.7 million jobs that were there in february and got wiped out. make of have come back but still almost 11 million short. 80% of jobs related to the service industry loss -- of the jobs lost relate to service industry. 4 million small businesses

exhausted ppe funds, 7 million small business owners say it is economy is average or poor. people need the help. we're 27 days from the election. again, if you listen to the speaker or white house it appears this will be left to the american people at the ballot box. do you have any hope that can be changed? >> our message to speaker pelosi and the administration and anyone on capitol hill who will listen is this. the politics of getting a deal done that addresses the problems, john, that you just outlined is good for everyone. so there's plenty of other things for our elected officials to fight back and to campaign on. it would be good for everyone, and more importantly just good for their constituents to get this agreement done. i'm not saying i'm holding out hope. the trend lines don't look good. gosh, you sure hope reason and common sense will come into play here. >> reason and common sense are hard to find in this town right now, as you know full well. we shall see. neil bradley, appreciate your

time today, sir. >> thank you. coming up for us a brand-new cnn poll tells us how the american view the president's pick for the supreme court and how they view the big issue before the court, obamacare. too many are hurting.

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passing a law requiring the insurance industry to cover mental health and addiction treatment. now more than ever, californians need mental health coverage. i won't let up until the stigma of mental health and addiction is finally over. fascinating poll numbers as senate republican press ahead for nomination of supreme court nomination judge amy coney barrett. initial reactions for barrett are among the worst if you look back historical cnn and gallup polling. 42% say she should be confirmed, 46 say no, she should not, 13% unsure. look at the partisan breakdown. republicans favor her, i

understand -- independents 42%, democrats 8 pest. a big divide. justices are not supposed to be political, swayed by polls. yes, you're shaking your head already. that's good. one of the first issues justice barrett will face, if confirmed, is obamacare. it's really fascinating when you look at numbers. we asked, should the supreme court overturn obamacare. 32% of americans said yes. 61% said no. 61% again, there's a big partisan divide. 73% of republicans want obamacare tossed out but more than 6 in 10 independents and 96% of democrats say don't do that. we know she was skeptical of a john roberts ruling that kept obamacare alive. this is going to be a huge first test for her if she's confirmed,

or at least an early test. >> that's exactly right, john. i'm reminded of a question you asked me on camera right after ruth bader ginsburg, you said this must mean the end of obamacare. i said, hold on, there's a lot of ways they could go. i'm not going to be as cautious as i was that day. the new nominee is someone who expressed scepticism about the law and aligned herself seriously with justice scalia, a strong dissenter both times the supreme court upheld it in 2012 and 2015. you rightly referred to her criticism after the chief justice voted in a way that saved obamacare in 2012 when she was skeptical of that. she also said in 2015 she thought the dissenters had the better argument. i can see why democrats will pound away on this when the hearings begin.

here are the things you should remember. twice before under serious attacks, this supreme court did uphold it. now ruth bader ginsburg was in the majority to uphold it but you've got to precedents sitting out there that rejected sweeping challenges. this challenge backed by the trump administration would get rid of the entire thing. it wouldn't just get rid of individual insurance mandate that has since been zeroed out but the very popular provision that protects individuals with pre-existing health conditions like cancer and diabetes, from being dropped from coverage. so a lot is at stake, john. the other thing i would mention is just what you did. look at that strange partisan symmetry there, 83% for, 83% against. the number that intrigues me slightly more is the popularity of the law. look at what we were at in 2012 compared to now. many more people support it.

>> if you stretch that out, we can put it up on the screen may 2012, 43%, now 57%. it has grown more popular over time. again, we'll see if the justices follow the arguments. we know chief justice in the past does view overturning public opinion as dangerous ground. we'll watch this play out. thank you for the reporting and insight. up next high-stakes legal battle on absentee voting. several swing states just weeks ahead of the election. our home was burned to the ground

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one of the fascinating challenges in the final 27 days of this campaign for us and for the campaigns and political parties keeping track of the many state challenges now to efforts to expand mail-in voting, expand absentee voting. many challenges pushed by republicans who want to restrict state plans to expand these voting as we head into this pandemic election. cnn's kristen holmes joins me now. kristen, the trump campaign is pushing a lot of these cases with a lot of help from state republican parties. what are the latest big ones we know about? >> well, look, we just had some breaking news overnight regarding new jersey and montana. in new jersey a federal judge actually ruled in opposition to the trump campaign. they were trying to stop new

mail-in ballot rulings passed, one being you could count ballots after election day, even if they didn't have a post mark. we also know that republican voters in montana, they went to the courts as well. they are asking the supreme court to stop the governor from allowing counties to send mail-in ballots to anyone in any county that is a registered voter. one thing we need to keep in mind here is litigation is a key part of the trump campaign strategy. as these cases start to work their way through the system, republican officials feel more and more confident. the reason being, the makeup of the court. as we know, president trump, senate republicans, they have confirmed 200 plus judges. many of those vacancies they filled, those were on appeals courts. as we get closer and closer to the election, you are starting to see some of these state officials really push back asking for these cases to be dismissed. take a listen today to the

pennsylvania secretary of state. >> filed a motion for summary judgment in the case brought by the trump campaign and others in federal court, and we're advocating that all their claims be dismissed. we also filed an opposition to the republican party's request to the united states supreme court to stay the pennsylvania supreme court decision allowing mail ballots to be accepted if postmarked on election day and three days afterwards. we've asked the u.s. supreme court to deny that stay. >> so just a couple of things to note here, one, of course, we'll keep an eye and see exactly what happens here. number two, we are in act one of what is likely a three-act play. this is just the beginning. the litigation strategy is one that continues on election day and after election day. we know that the trump campaign ig training poll watchers to be able to talk to lawyers on the ground so they can file litigation the day of. that includes possibly

injunctions on ballot counting, john. >> we have a fascinating three plus weeks ahead and maybe a couple weeks after that as these things make their way through the courts. kristen holmes, thanks for staying on top of it for us. when we can back, big senate race in arizona, a republican incumbent in trouble. this is a tough question, what do you think of president trump? and when you get a big deal... ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. monitoring patients in hospitals around the world so that doctors and nurses can make sure you feel safe. as new challenges have arisen, we've grown to bring that same safety and support to the place that you want to be most. together. masimo. together in hospital. together at home.

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