♪ ♪ eric: president trump boasting, quote: i beat this crazy, horrible i china virus. he slammed joe biden an hour ago telling fox news the democratic nominee will drive gasoline to $6 a gallon, and he warned that biden wants to take your car away. he also said he's no longer contagious for coronavirus and is immune. medical science, though, has not yet proven conclusively that covid makes all patients immune, and the white house still has not said whether or not the president has tested negative for the virus. his doctors, though, say he is symptom-free and return to the

campaign trail, is set to do that tomorrow at a rally in florida, one of three battleground states the president will visit in the coming weeks as the biden campaign and mr. biden courted blue collar voters in pennsylvania yesterday with 23 days to go before election day. hello, everyone, and welcome to "america's news headquarters" on this sunday, i'm eric shawn. hi, arkansas think -- arthel. arthel: hi, everyone, i'm arthel neville. the president and former vice president biden were set for a second faceoff thursday, but the debate commission canceled it after the trump campaign rejected switching to a virtual format. both candidates addressing the economy in the past 24 hours. the president telling our maria bartiromo it's a mistake for biden to end his tax cuts, and biden explaining where that money would go. >> that means $2,000 plus, plus, plus, and that doesn't even include the $1,000 child tax credit that everybody gets. so you're talking about $2,000

plus child tax credit, plus many other things. >> we're going to raise over $3.7 trillion by eliminating that tax cut for the super wealthy. and, folks, we're going to fix water pipelines, replace lead pipes, upgrade treatment plants, we're going to construct 1.5 million new affordable housing units. arthel: we have fox team coverage for you. jacqui heinrich is with the biden campaign in wilmington, delaware. alayna treene is standing by with analysis, but first let's go to mark meredith live at the white house. hey, mark. >> reporter: good afternoon. the president spent much of last week recovering from coronavirus, this weekend it appears he is much more eager to get back out on the campaign trail because time running out to reach undecided voters. the president called in to "sunday morning futures" with maria bartiromo. he talked about a number of subjects, but he also talked about his health. >> i have to tell you, i feel fan tsa clue.

i really tool good. and i even feel good that the word with immunity means something having, having really a protective glow. it means something. >> reporter: the president this morning, he held his first in-person event yesterday on the south lawn, hundreds of supporters showing up en masse to hear from the president. he spoke from the balcony, as you can see, the crowd further away on the lawn. but today even though the president says his health good, there are still questions. the white house has yet to say if the president has tested negative for covid. we did get an update from the president's physician last night, and the physician writes, quote: now from symptom onset, fever-free for well over 24 hours and all symptoms improved, the assortment of advanced diagnostic tests reveal there is no long i evidence of actively replicating virus. the president has a busy week, he's got three rallies this week starting tomorrow in florida outside of orlando in sanford,

florida, also in pennsylvania tuesday, wednesday going to des moines, iowa. the president was supposed to be in florida on thursday, miami specifically to debate joe biden. that debate was canceled last week after the debate organizers wanted to do a semi-virtual format. the trump campaign says it's disappointed by the outcome. >> these two men should be on stage. there is no reason that they shouldn't be. 175 doctors told "the new york post" that they think that the president without a doubt should have been able to do this. >> reporter: we're still waiting to see what the president may do thursday night instead. i'm told his campaign's going to be holding a grassroots call within the next hour focusing not only on the president's campaign schedule, but also the looming fight on his supreme court nominee. arthel? arthel: mark meredith, thank you very much. eric? eric: well, now let's go to jackie houston rick following the biden campaign -- jacqui heinrich. last night the former vice president was speaking to the plumbers' union in gary.

what's on the schedule this week? >> reporter: joe biden just announced travel to ohio tomorrow with stops in toledo and cincinnati. he holds a very narrow lead over president trump in that state in the real clear politics average. just about half a point. it's a significant announcement, this trip, because the latest poll by "the new york times" and cnn showed about 7% of ohio voters are undecided. biden is making a play after president trump tested positive for coronavirus, and the survey shows by wide margins voters believe the president did not take adequate precautions to protect himself including a sizable share of his own base. trump carried ohio by 8 points in 2016, and until recently biden's campaign didn't focus much attention on ohio, but dedicated ads and campaign stops to strategic markets in michigan and pennsylvania that would carry over somewhat into that state. later this week the spotlight is back on pennsylvania, a crucial battleground that president trump won by less than a single point in 2016 where biden's now

made more than a dozen trips since becoming the democratic nominee. he's participating in a town hall after the second debate which was a town hall format was canceled. biden's been eager to take questions from voters after the commission on presidential debates announced they would not be changing the format of this third debate to a town hall as biden had hoped. biden's last town hall hosted by nbc faced criticism after it was revealed that participants billed as undecided voters were biden supporters, and he never got a single question about court packing. biden has outright refused to answer that question saying republicans and president trump want it to become a distraction. yesterday he even cut off a reporter who asked don't voters deserve an answer. biden said, no, they don't, we're not going to play this guam. he gave a fuller -- this game. he gave a fuller explanation before that trupp. >> it's not constitutional what they're doing. we should be focused on what's happening right now. the fact is that the only

packing going on is this court is getting packed now by the republicans after the vote has already begun. i'm going to stay focused on it so we don't take our eyes off the ball. >> reporter: now, biden's surrogates like delaware senator chris coons have argued over the last four years president trump has packed the court, they say, by appointing a number of federal judges. he's appoint some 200 judges over the course of his term, and the democrats are arguing many of the appointments before were based on ideology and not on qualifications. eric? eric: yeah. and fdr tried it and failed way back when. jacqui heinrich, thank you. arthel: right now we're going to bring in alayna treene, white house reporter for axios. if you don't mind, i want to look at a new abc news/washington post poll that was released just this morning. it shows joe biden up 54-42 over

president trump nationally. the former vp leads 59-36 among women. the widest margin, by the way, in this poll since 1976. and a slight edge for the president, voters trust the president 48% on handling of the economy to joe biden's 47%. so, elena, as president trump starts his full court press tomorrow with this event at an airport hangar in sanford, florida, which is the first of three rallies in three days, as you well know, just ten days ago president trump revealed he had coronavirus. so how does he shed the negative reviews he has gotten on his handling of the pandemic and appeal to voters that he is good for the economy? >> well, arthel, it's a great question because the last few weeks the president's been, you know, he's very restless to get back on the trail. he's been cooped up inside whether it was at walter reed, in the hospital, or in the white house residence.

he's eager to get back on the trail. so the next few week, we're only 23 days away from the election, the president wants to hit the trail as much as possible. remember, back in 2016 in the last month before the election he was hitting the road 3-4 days a week, holding campaign rallies. the campaign wants to do the same thing this time around. and i do think, you know, there's only so much time now, 23 i days, to really rebrand and find a rebound, but that's a what the campaign and the president's trying to do particularly after he had the coronavirus, but also debate performance the week before last. republican strategists said that wasn't his best performance, so they're looking for an opportunity to reframe the narrative, reframe the messaging, and, you know, get out exactly as you said, talk about the economy, talk about his accomplishments, talk about his second term agenda, things that we we saw them do fatherly well during the republican -- fairly well during the

republican national convention. arthel: and, of course, joe biden, kamala harris, they're also sprinting in this last leg of campaigning. how do they maintain their lead -- at least according to the polls -- and avoid tripping at this critical part of the race? >> i think that's avoiding any missteps. biden is doing very well, you cited those polls this morning, but in the polls nationally -- and, again, can't overly rely on polls, especially after what we saw happen in 2016. whether you look at national polls, internal polling, state polls, they all do show the former vice president with a healthy lead. and so i think what the biden campaign is trying to do is really maintain and finish off this race, continue what they're doing. they're not as board about -- [inaudible] i think so far they've always kind of gone on with their own messaging despite the negative criticism if from the right. they're going to continue to do that in the next 23 days.

arthel: according to a memo released by the white house last night, dr. sean conl e y says president trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus. they did not say whether he had specifically tested negative. do swing voters care? is it a better gamble for the president to be on the campaign trail instead of inside the white house? >> that's what the campaign is betting on, and the president himself is asking his campaign to let him continue, as we're going to see next three days, back to back rallies in battleground states. i think that undecided voters, i will say i know that people in the campaign are worried about how seniors in particular have been taking the messaging to coronavirus, particularly the president saying that he thinks that it's not something to be afraid of, things like that. that messaging and rhetoric on covid that he has, i think it didn't play as well. it'll be significant to see how he speaks about it especially when he goes to florida tomorrow. but that gamble is, yes, getting back out on the trail will be

better than him remaining in the west wing. so we'll see how that plays out. arthel: and finally, is joe biden's health a concern for the majority of voters at this point? >> i i think it's hard to say. i think 100% people are, do recognize that both candidates are in their 70s and it makes it more interesting because they're no longer understudies waiting in the wings. but honestly, both the health of the president and vice president biden. i'm not sure that's a key thing at least from what we've seen in data with our discussions with both campaigns, swaying voters. but it's definitely an important issue, especially in the middle of a pandemic when you have someone who is fairly old and could be impacted greatly if they contract the virus. arthel: right. so do you think the president will lay off on that? earlier he was kind of pushing joe biden as feeble, kind of out of shape, etc., now that the

president has contracted coronavirus, although it looks at this point that he has recovered, and we done that he has completely, is that something, that comparison that the president will continue to try to make? >> definitely. we've seen it from the campaign, from the president himself just as late as this morning when he was on fox news with maria bartiromo. he was speaking about the former vice president's health. and i think we're going to continue to hear him saying, he thinks he's immune to the virus. i know doctors may argue otherwise, but he has seemed to have recovered, which is great. i think he's going to say now that he's had the virus and seemingly has recovered from it, he's in a better, stronger position now whereas someone like the former vice president could still contract it. it's an interesting message to take. i'm not sure, we haven't really seen how that's playing, so i don't expect that to change. arthel: alayna treene, thanks a lot. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: eric?

eric: a big day kicks off tomorrow morning, what promises to be a contentious senate judiciary committee confirmation hearing for judge amy coney barrett, president trump's pick, as you know, to replace ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court. judge barrett plans to talk about her family and her mentor for whom she clerked, the late justice antonin scalia, doing that in her opening statement. david spunt has a preview, he's live in washington. hi, david. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. just moments after the late justice ruth bader ginsburg passed away, the fight to replace her kicked off. tomorrow it's really going to get into high gear across the street at the capitol, as you mentioned, as republican rush quickly to make judge amy coney barrett into justice amy coney barrett. if confirmed, she would be the fifth woman to serve on the u.s. supreme court, of course, sandra day o'connor was the first nominated by president ronald reagan back in 1981. i want to talk to you about a couple topics over the next few

days, abortion, gun rights, immigration, also health care. democrats, eric, expected to heavily focus on health care during barrett's hearing, her views on the affordable care act well known and documented. she's no fan of that act. democrats worry that republicans want to get rid of the aca in the middle of this pandemic. listen. >> when i spoke with a constituent here in delaware last week, someone with a pre-existing condition, she said i thought this was settled. i thought years ago that the supreme court upheld the affordable care act. i said, that's right. but republicans in the senate and president trump keep trying to overturn it. >> reporter: meanwhile, republicans argue the president has every right to appoint a supreme court justice while he's serving as the president. listen here. >> she's very clear about her injuries prudence. she's an originalist and a textualist which means when she puts on her black robe in the

morn, she know -- morning, she knows what it is to be a judge. our judges don't wear red or blue jerseys. they don't advocate for policy beings. >> reporter: -- positions. >> reporter: when i write an opinion, i read every word from the perspective of the losing party, i ask myself how would i view the decision of one -- if one of my children was a party i was ruling against? would i understand the decision was fairly reasoned and grounded. that gives you kind of an idea how she goes through some of these important decisions. she also said it's not up to the supreme court to decide every little bit of policy that comes out of washington, d.c., that's why you have the white house, that's why you have the u.s. capitol. again, this all kicks off tomorrow morning. eric? eric: and we'll be covering it. david spunt at the supreme court, thank you. and we will have more on judge amy coney barrett in just a few moments later on in our newscast. arthel? arthel: well, one state with major implications in the election winning the latest court battle to limit absentee

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♪ ♪ arthel: the state of texas winning a temporary stay to continue governor greg abbott's order that each county will have only one dropoff location for absentee ballots. the state's attorney general plans to appeal friday night's ruling against the order. a federal judge said it puts a travel hardship on older and disabled voters. steven dial from our dallas affiliate fox 4 has more. >> i want to take this opportunity to thank all of the men and women who are going to be out joining with all of us today. >> reporter: governor greg abbott was in dallas saturday making campaign calls for local and statewide candidates. a federal judge ruled against his plan to limit absentee voting locations to one per county. >> to be clear about the facts, i expanded voting in the state of texas. did not contract it. >> reporter: harris county has 12 new dropoff locations, in the

travis county it's about 6. governor abbott says most mail-in ballots are mailed in, and he sees no need for extra dropoff locations. >> what my order did, it maintained the law. if you want to cast a mail-in ballot, cast it by mail or turn it in on election day to that one location. but i also gave them every single day during early voting to turn in that ballot. so unlike the law before, i expanded the time period during which people could turn in a mail-in ballot. >> reporter: the back and forth court debate has no influence on how mail-in is doing in four other counties. in north texas, melon/dallas can only be dropped off at the location or mailed. on saturday texas the' attorney general said he will appeal, in a saint, quote: the court's order undermines our election security but offered no

evidence. governor abbott had this to say: >> i have no doubt when the final arguments are heard, i will once again win in court. arthel: thanks, stephen dial. eric: what's left of what was hurricane delta is drenching parts of of the southeast right now. louisiana governor john bel edwards will speak about the state's recovery and rebuilding efforts later on this afternoon. we'll be covering that. casey stegall live in lake charles, louisiana, so hard hit by hurricane laura just six weeks ago. map, now they've got a double dose, casey. s what is it like this morning? >> reporter: eric, there is a lot of suffering here on the ground, and there is a lot of loss not just in lake charles, but in southwest louisiana as a whole. areas that were just absolutely devastated from hurricane laura six weeks ago, and now folks are having to start from scratch,

starting from ground zero, basically, to rebuild their lives once again and get back on the road to recovery. most of the mandatory evacuation orders are starting to be lifted. the governor here says that more than 9,000 people are in shelters or hotels, some 8,000 of those victims of laura. officials say delta was more of a flooding event versus a wind event, and there's talk of consolidating the two storms for fema assistance and insurance claims. a great deal of damage also happened further inland. some 60 miles from the coast the city of jennings, louisiana, taking a big hit. a tree crashed into this woman's mother's home just feet from where she was sitting, riding out the storm with friends. >> oh, i, i'm just so grateful because if the tree would have fell any more to the right, it would have landed on all of us, and we would have -- may not

have beening having this conversation. >> reporter: can you imagine? now, as of right now, no fatalities have been reported with delta or serious injury, for that matter. crews here from all over the country working to get the power turned back on. more than 340,000 the across the state of louisiana are still in the dark right now, but the numbers are going in the right direction. the number is going down from more than a half a million who were without electricity at the peak of the storm. but it's going to take a long time to rebuild. eric? eric: it is so heartbreaking they are going through this twice. caseying thank you. arthel? arthel: lots of prayers and rosaries being said for the people of louisiana. well, europe is still off limits to americans, but talks are underway to make an exception for travel to at least one major city overseas. we'll tell you where up next. ♪ ♪

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arthel: here are some headlines we're following this hour. the democrat challenging senator lindsey graham in south carolina raising what his campaign says is the most money ever by a senate candidate over a three month span. jamie harrison. federal exchange commission records show in the second quarter just 7% of his funds and 0% of graham's -- 10% of graham's came from supporters or groups within south carolina. the trump administration reportedly working with counterparts in europe to allow limited travel overseas. "the wall street journal" citing administration sources, reporting early talks are focusing on allowing travel to london and locations in germany starting late next month. passengers would be tested for coronavirus before and after their flights. and india surpassing a grim milestone, becoming just the

second nation other than the u.s. to report 7 million coronavirus cases. the country expected to surpass the u.s. totals in coming days. >> judge kavanaugh, this is your field, judicial nominations -- >> let me ask you -- sorry. >> there has never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the in connection night before or part of what happened? >> if you're asking about blackouts, i don't know, have you? i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out, and i never sexually assaulted anyone. this whole two week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit. eric: well, remember that? supreme court use disbrett kavanaugh's -- justice brett kavanaugh's heated nomination hearing. democratic senators are expected to make amy coney barrett face tough questions about her stance on a share few of issues

including health care and abortion. angelo ety nova joins us now, yes e nova, he has represented candidates in the past. thanks for joining us. what do you expect the judge's confirmation will look like starting tomorrow? >> well, i think we'll see the senate judiciary committee approach this in a very measured way, but it will be with fireworks, i would suspect, because i think the judiciary committee has an obligation to determine what, what judge barrett believes and how she would apply herself as a judge of the highest court in the land, our supreme supreme courta lifetime-tenured position. so i would expect the senate members to be thorough e, to exhaust all inquiries to determine what her sensibilities are. you know, one of the comments that were made earlier on the show by a republican that you

interviewed talked about judge barrett approaching her judicial duties with not cloaking her opinions in personal views. i think the charge of the judiciary committee is to ascertain whether or not those personal views which she has expressed in scholarly writingings, in public statements will find their way into her judicial decisions. and i think that's the ultimate charge of the judiciary committee, and i think they'll meet that charge. eric: one of the main issues, certainly, is roe v. wade. she has said she does not believe it should be overturned, but she has supported the right to life in the past. she has spoken out about that the, and she has signed her name to that cause. let me read you that advertisement back in the south bend tribute in 2006. she signed her name to the ad, and that's what the ad said, quote: we, the citizens of indiana, oppose abortion on demand and defend right to life from fertilization to natural death. pleasen continue to pray to end

abortion. 1200 people did sign that, is she's one of 1200, and she has spoken out about that issue. what do you expect the democrats are ask her, and what do you think she'll answer? >> to the point that you made, she has written on the subject, and what she has said in a jacksonville, florida, speech back in 2016 is that the core of roe v. wade, she believes, will remain. but she was also clear to suggest that things like late-term abortions and other restrictions on abortion would get revisited. so i would suspect that she brings that sensibility to her judicial philosophy. and like all judges, she brings a frame of reference, but she's going to be responsible for distancing herself from those personal views in assessing roe v. wade or any case independently of those personal views. in terms of the advertisement, that advertisement was pretty clear and suggests to me strong personal views with regard the abortion. i think the language that was

used specifically was at the time to end the barbaric roe v. wade decision, i think that was the exact quote in the ad is now. that's a pretty strong statement of a person's sensibilities and views. and whether or not she will carry those to the bench is fair game for the judiciary committee to inquire of. you know, what we look for in justices of the supreme court is a sense of judicial neutrality and open mindedness, and i suspect that the senate judiciary committee is going to explore that. eric she has talked about just that. here she is when she was announced, our nation was announced in the rose garden last week. >> i clerked for justice scalia more than 20 years ark but the lessons i learned still resonate. his judicial philosophy is mine too. a judge must apply the law as written. judges are not policymakers, and they must be resolute in setting

aside any policy views they might hold. eric: all right. decades from now what do you think her legacy potentially if she's confirmed will be? >> well, if i could comment on that, on that statement first, and i can suggest that her prior statements might suggest her legacy. but let's start with the fact that president trump has made it very clear that his appointment to the united states supreme court would be pro-life judges. so it starts with a presumption that the president created, his own rhetoric has suggested that somehow judge barrett's views are preordained. secondly, to the extent that she takes the view and embraces completely justice scalia's view of jurisprudence, i'd have a question for her if i were on the judiciary committee. what, if any, opinion of judge scalia of his many opinions on the decades he served on the supreme court would you disagree with? that may give us some insight as

to whether or not she's a female version of justice scalia in terms of what we can expect from her in her legacy. in terms of her legacy, i think her service on the seventh circuit has revealed that she tends to be more conservative than not. but time will tell. but i do think in the end there's enough in the record to suggest to nation and to the judiciary committee that we should take great with caution in an appointment of judge barrett to this lifetime-tenured position especially since this is occurring in the midst of an election, in the midst of a pandemic and at a time when we should be deferential to the majority public opinion which is this nomination should be delayed until after the election. eric: angelo, thank you. we'll see, certainly, if a senator does ask that question. i'll bet your bottom dollar that question will be asked, thanks. >> thank you. arthel: president trump at odds with attorney general bill barr over the status of the justice

department's investigation into the origin of the russia probe. axios reports barr has told the white house and top republicans that u.s. attorney john durham will not release his findingsing before the election. here's what the president said earlier on "sunday morning futures." 9. >> documents are being release at a level now that nobody's ever seen before. things that nobody thought were going to get released have been released, and you're seeing it. you're seeing what's going on. we caught them cold. we have them kohl. arthel: alex hogan is tracking these developments for us, and here she is now. alex? >> reporter: hi, arthel. well, president trump criticizing attorney general bill barr after finding out that the origins of the russia probe are not yet ready, and they will not be ready by november 3rd. the president pushing back. take a listen. >> i'm very disappointed. i think it's a terrible thing, and i'll say it to his face. that's a disgrace.

i think it's a disgrace. it's an embarrassment. this is what i mean with the republicans, they don't play the tough game. they don't play the tough game. >> reporter: the president says he believes it has been more than a year and a half into the connecticut attorney john durham's investigation looking at the organizations of the russia probe. republicans had hoped for explosive findingses before election day. now, the president has said he believes former president barack obama abused his power to look into whether trump asked for russia's help in 2016. attorney general barr has stated neither obama or presidential candidate joe biden are under criminal investigation. so far in durham's probe there's been one arrest, and that is of an fbi lawyer who pleaded guilty to altererring a government e-mail. director of national intelligence john ratcliffe is now declassifying some documents, papers that could show involvement but not necessarily lead to any illegal activity. the president today saying more documents will come out shortly.

the fbi began the russia investigation in 2016 and concluded in 2019. robert mueller's report releasing findings that russia did help the president win but not necessarily providing any proof of conspiracy. and as far as durham's probe, trump's allies are pushing for the release of any kind of documents, again, before election day. we did reach out to the department of justice this morning, and they say as far as a timeline, there's still no comment. arthel? arthel: live from new york city, or alex hogan, thank you. eric? eric: well, it's being called a coronavirus emergency in the upper west. one state seeing such a startling rise in cases that it's about to open a makeshift hospital on state fairgrounds. we'll talk to a doctor on the front lines there and where coronavirus is spreading. ♪ ♪ people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®.

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eric: well, coronavirus cases again rise in the midwest and the great plains. you know, the u.s. is seeing more than 50,000 new infections now for a fourth straight day. it turns out that north and south dakota are reporting more cases per capita than any other state in the nation. in fact, north dakota's rate is nine times higher than formerly hard-hit new york and new jersey. so far more than 26,000 cases of coronavirus, 340 north dakotans have died. you know, it was in april when we warned about the looming danger to that state. we read part of a plea that was published in the minot news from a doctor, harvard-trained, here in new york city who was infected with covid-19 and he wrote in part, quote: there are these lessons for minot, unless there is a vaccine, things will not get back to normal. anticipate that covid-19 will also get there.

social distancing applied ration aally to allow schools and businesses to function will remain a necessity. i envy you for being relatively untouched by the virus, but you are at risk. sadly, as we have seen in the last two weeks, we all can be at risk. so, please, heed the advice of health experts as we start to enter the season. arthel: meanwhile, there's an a alarming rise in coronavirus cases in wisconsin putting some hospital intensive care units at capacity. it has forced officials to turn the state fairgrounds in suburban milwaukee into a field hospital with more than 500 beds that opened this week. now, wisconsin's governor tony evers says the state's health care systems are, quote, on the brink of collapse. a top health official in brown county, home to the highest infection rate in the state,

explains why. >> what we're seeing near brown county is a lot of covid-19 fatigue. people need to think about how their actions are affecting others. arthel: a university of wisconsin medical director of infection control is also professor of medicine and pluck health at the university. -- public health at the university. thanks so much for joining us. and before we get to that field hospital, if you would, give us an idea of how such a surge in coronavirus cases in one state taxes health care capabilities. i mean, what does that mean for the influx of the new covid pa patients, for the patients who don't have covid but need critical care, and for the medical staff trying to take care of everyone? >> i think from the health system's perspective, health systems everywhere have a finite capacity, and at the moment they're being asked to take care of not just covid-19 patients, but also other the medical patients. and we don't want one to have to come at the cost of the other.

systems are really teetering on the edge of being able to provide the kind of care that they would like to. arthel: and tell us about this 530-bed field hospital and the plans to prepare for this influx of icu patients. >> so the goal for the field hospital, i think, is a laudable one. it will decompress the health system to the extent that when patients have recovered somewhat, they might need initial care in a very dedicated facility, but once they can make do with general medical care, the field hospitals will come in handy because it will open up beds for those patients who are critically ill and still need the health system to take cower of them. arthel: does it have have to be this i way? how can you get this spread under control? >> i think, you know, if we look back to when the pandemic started, the midwest was relatively protected from the surge. so this is the first time that wisconsin is really having to deal with the numbers that we are seeing now.

unfortunately, it also comes at a time when there's a lot of fatigue in the population. but i think that now is exactly the time when we need to rededicate ourselves as they say in the media that allowed us to stay protected thus far, and that means limiting physical mobility, wearing masks, staying home when ill and not infecting others. arthel: i want to look at a chart showing sharp rise in cases in wisconsin over the past few months. now, the graphic is going to show 155,752 coronavirus cases between march and october with almost 3,000 cases yesterday, lawning. ing a 2 -- launching a 21% spike in 14 days. as everyone is learning about this novel coronavirus as we go, at this point what is the biggest lesson that covid-19 has taught us? >> i think the biggest lesson is that it's a virus that is very susceptible to changes in human

behavior. we know that the spread of most viruses is exponential, so what that means is you'll have 10 cases one day, and in a couple of days you'll get 20, 100, and from 100 you'll go to 1,000 quickly. the sooner we can rein this in, the better, and it's our behavior that largely determines whether it will be contained. arthel: doctor, thank you for joining us. eric: deadly violence in the rockies after a showdown between two groups of protesters. we'll have the details next. ♪ ♪ e tremendous

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♪ ♪ eric: well, one person was shot dead during a confrontation yesterday in downtown denver, that after gunfire broke out at dueling protest rallies. christina coleman live in our west coast bureau with the details. >> reporter: eric, it's a fairly common practice for tv stations to hire security when covering events with a potential for violence. in this case, police identified the lone suspect in this shooting as a private security guard who was working for a denver tv station. he was taken into custody immediately after the incident. the sound of a single gun shot was captured on several videos. >> i think it's important to be

able to -- [gunfire] our free speech -- >> [bleep] >> reporter: now, this happened in downtown denver yesterday during what was drilled as a, quote, patriot rally and a black lives matter/antifa soup drive. mace was sprayed at a man who shot him with a handgun. a journalist for the denver reportedly witnessed the incident. a verbal altercation happened before the shooting, and two guns and a mace can were recovered from the scene. police didn't identify the victim, but they did identify the suspect as a private security guard with no affiliation with antifa. denver tv station news 9 posted on their web site, quote: the private security guard in custody was contracted for pinkerton by 9 news. it has been the practice for a number of months to contract

private security to accompany staff at protests. prior to the shooting, law enforcement had a heavy presence at the dueling protests, they wanted to try and keep things safe. also officers do have police surveillance video of the incident. it remains under investigation. eric? eric: these protests can be so volatile. christina, thank you. arthel? arthel: we're going to take a break right now. none are proven stronger or more effective against pain than salonpas patch large there's surprising power in this patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. hisamitsu.

eric: that's it for now, but i'll be anchoring fox news coverage of the amy coney barrett confirmation hearings tomorrow morning. arthel: we'll be watching. we'll be back at four p.m. eastern. ♪ >> so we, i passed the highest test, the highest standards, and i'm in great shape. and i have to tell you, i e feel fantastically, i really feel good. alicia: president trump speaks out in an exclusive interview with maria bartiromo on "sunday morning futures." he says his health is great but questions joe biden's. >> if you look at joe, he was coughing yesterday horribly and grabbing his mask as he's coughing and speaking and grabbing his mask and coughing. and i don't know what that was all about.