the truth and the fact is joe biden has been very clear. he will not raise taxes on anybody who makes less than $400,000 a year. >> he said he was going to appeal the trump tax cuts. >> mr. vice president, i'm speaking i'm speaking. >> the importance is you see the truth. >> the one and only vice presidential debate, with 26 days until the election. we'll tell you what all the buzz was about. a fascinating, new video from the commander in chief, as he manages coronavirus with multiple messages that have many talking. stocks soar as a possible piecemeal coronavirus stimulus package hangs in the balance, for millions in need and the naked truth about

naked ballots. it's thursday, october 8th "early today" starts right now good thursday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm lindsey reiser. good to be with you. the vice presidential debate, bringing another round of contentious clashes. but also, civility to the stage. incumbent mike pence and democratic challenger kamala harris sparred on everything from taxes to trade. though, coronavirus took center stage, just days after president trump's diagnosis. >> american people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration, in the history of our country and here are the facts 210,000 dead people in our country, in just the last several months. >> from the very first day, president donald trump has put the health of america first. when you look at the biden plan, it reads an awful lot like what president trump and i and our task force have been doing, every step of the way.

>> the challengers, also, beilod horns over the future of the supreme court. >> are you and joe biden going to pack the court, if judge amy coney barrett is confirmed >> joe and i are very clear. the american people are voting, right now, and it should be their decision about who will serve on this most-important body for a lifetime. >> overall, the vp showdown shied away from the bluster of last week's presidential debate. nbc's jay gray has the latest from salt lake city. hey, jay, good morning >> hey, there. good morning, phillip. good morning, lindsey. you could tell, from the start, this was going to be a different debate you could see it inside the hall, with the covid-19 protections. and between the candidates, who were much more civil this go-around, than the men at the top of their ticket last week. still, there were some very clear and distinct differences here

vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris wasted little time getting right to it. >> he will not raise taxes on anybody who makes less than $400,000 a year. >> he said he is going to appeal the trump tax cuts. >> mr. vice president, i'm speaking >> reporter: the debate, fast-paced at times. the back and forth, contentious but civil. >> you respect the american people when you tell them the truth. you respect the american people when you have the courage to be a leader >> reporter: covid-19 dominateth ear dominating the early discussion. >> they knew and covered it up they minimized the seriousness of it. >> we were able to see to the delivery of billions of supplies so our doctors and nurses had the resource and support they needed and we began, really before the month of february, started to develop a vaccine. >> reporter: the candidates also trading shots on familiar issues, including the economy, jobs, immigration, and racial injustice. >> the president of the united states took a debate stage, in front of 70 million americans, and refused to condemn white

supremacists >> he condemned the kkk, neo-nazis, and white supremacists, and has done so repeatedly >> reporter: in their only scheduled face-to-face meeting during this campaign, each praised the men at the top of their tickets, selling their plan for the next four years while, also, reaching out personally and directly to voters. >> joe biden has a history of lifting people up. >> we're -- we're going to work, every day, to have government as good as our people >> reporter: a final appeal, during this rare opportunity in the spotlight. >> now, as harris and pence head back out onto the campaign trail, the next debate between the men at the top of the tickets is scheduled for a week from today, in miami but it's still not clear if it's going to go on, as planned, because of the president's covid-19 infection and the outbreak at the white house. in salt lake city, i'm jay gray. lindsey. phillip. back to you, now. >> all right, jay. thank you. the most buzzed about moment

last night was the fly that landed on vice president pence's head for several minutes social media, quickly, swarmed declaring the insect the winner of the debate. parody accounts racked up thousands of followers and rand paul even got in on the fun saying the deep state bugged the debate joe biden turned the fly into a fundraiser even, launching a custom-made fly-swatter. >> new hopes for a coronavirus relief package are fueling wall street the dow had its best day since jau july, climbing 530 points after president trump tweeted hiimulu. nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: white house whiplash, with president trump now open to a series of smaller deals to provide pandemic relief only hours after torching talks on a bigger stimulus package saying he wouldn't negotiate until after the election. >> it's hard to see any clear

path on anything that he is doing. >> reporter: democrats accusing the president of playing politics with the white house now looking at piecemeal plans for things like the paycheck protection program and $1,200 stimulus checks. >> speaker pelosi continues to throw out all kinds of reason for the failure on the negotiations other than looking in the mirror >> reporter: president trump, who shifted his stance on the stimulus before, laying out his latest position as part of a tweet storm covering topics ranging from russia to religion to the race for president. pelosi calling his new stimulus strategy a missed opportunity. blaming his behavior on drugs, the president's taking for his covid diagnosis. >> there are those who say that steroids have an impact on people's thinking. >> reporter: no stimulus deal, at all, means no checks for people to cash and spend no new money for testing or for schools or to help renters no loans to mom-and-pop businesses, like many restaurants. it's estimated 100,000 of them have, already, closed

permanently. like stoddard's fine foods in boston, where the owner had to lay off 35 employees. >> the partisanship is just totally ruining everything for us we need people to come together to help us save our livelihoods. >> one area where washington could compromise relief for the airline industry. brittany riley and her husband peter hope so for their family's sake both, flight attendants. both, furloughed in massive industry-wide layoffs last week. >> what is your message to congress now and to the president >> get it done. >> at 3:00 in the morning, i was checking my phone, just worried about the future the future of my children. you know, we have dipped into savings that are supposed to be for our kids and i just don't know if there's recovering from that if nothing gets done. >> in a letter to her democrat ig colleagues, speaker pelosi called it an act of cruelty that president trump initially walked away from stimulus negotiations. >> president trump is also getting back to work in the oval office just two days after leaving the

hospital, he released a new video saying that it was a blessing from god that he got sick so he could experience how well an experimental, new treatment works. alice barr has more. >> reporter: president trump out of isolation and elisireleasings video on twitter. >> i feel great. i feel, like, perfect. so, i think this was a blessing from god that i caught it. >> reporter: democratic rival, joe biden, pushing back. >> i think it's a tragedy that the president deals with covid, like it is something not to be worried about. 210,000 people have died >> reporter: the president appearing on camera, for the first time since his return from the hospital, praising the experimental antibody treatment he received. >> it really did a fantastic job. i want to get, for you, what i got. and i'm going to make it free. >> reporter: president trump, also, stepping back into the oval office for a briefing, despite concerns over just how contagious he might still be

the president's chief of staff promised that safety measures were being taken to protect the people who work in the white house which has, suddenly, become a coronavirus hot spot. at the same time, confusion on both ends of pennsylvania avenue about another coronavirus stimulus package after president trump abruptly tweeted he was stopping negotiations with democrats on capitol hill, until after the election that sent markets into a tailspin, until the president tweeted, again, that he would support a standalone bill for stimulus checks to struggling americans. >> all he has ever wanted in the negotiation was to send out a check with his name printed on it >> reporter: democrats have long opposed a piecemeal approach to economic recovery. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >> the former minneapolis police officer accused of murdering george floyd has been released on a million-dollar bond derek chauvin is facing murder and manslaughter charges after

video showed him kneeling on george floyd's neck. he is due back in court in march of next year responding to the news of chauvin's release, demonstrators, once again, took to the streets of minneapolis. and ben crump, an attorney for george floyd's family says in a statement, this is a painful reminder that the family has not achieved justice for george. six weeks after a police shooting that left him paralyzed, jacob blake has been discharged from the hospital, and is undergoing treatment at a rehabilitation clinic in illinois blake was shot in the back seven times on august 23rd, after walking away from officers who were trying to arrest him. the kenosha district attorney is waiting for a report from an outside expert before deciding on whether to charge the officers looking a weather, now hurricane delta delivered a powerful punch to mexico and now, there are concerns that this storm is going to regain strength as it reaches the gulf coast. nbc meteorologist janessa webb is tracking delta's path janessa, good morning. >> and good morning. good morning, everyone it has started to gain strength, once again

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picture of his younger self. remember that? clutching his face recreation of that classic moment, it was just a cool way to encourage people taking precautions against covid-19 although, touching your face is probably not a good idea. >> but on the mask, it's good. do you remember, he tweeted a little bit ago, i'm 40 now, do you feel old >> yeah, and we do. >> we've all heard how politics can put a strain on relationship between family and friends heard and experienced. two neighbors in georgia are coming together to put friendship ahead of their political differences. from our savannah affiliate, wsav, has their story. >> reporter: meet patrick and frank. longtime neighbors, friends, and political rivals. >>own frank over 30 years. 30 years >> reporter: although the two have different political beliefs, it's respect they both vote for the two found themselves in the same part of town when they decided to snag this photo holding signs in support of the

candidates they're voting for in the upcoming election. >> me and frank, we gonna take a picture. he hold his trump. i hold my biden. i said because who we vote for don't mean we bad people i said, frank, you a good guy. i don't care if you support trump. >> reporter: after posting a photo, a positive reaction came from people of both sides of the political spectrum some commenting this is how everyone should be we can be different in opinions, as long as respect and humanity are shown. >> i just thought about it like, man, we need to come together as a country because there's a lot of stuff going on. >> yeah. trump's not going to get in. biden's going to get in. you know, whoever wins, wins and then, move on. >> reporter: the two say that, despite having different viewpoints, one thing they can both agree on is a continued friendship. >> we going to be friends no matter what. who wins if trump wins, you know, obviously, be upset but we'll still be friends. >> whoever wins, wins.

>> reporter: in the end, it comes down to one message. >> this is our country. >> love to see more of that. our thanks for that report and our thanks to you for watching "early today. i'm lindsey reiser. >> and i'm phillip

>> biden has been very clear he will not raise taxes on anybody who makes less than $400,000 a year. right now at 4:30, faceoff. vice president pence and senator kamala harris one and only debate now in the history books. complete coverage next on the most civil discussion we've seen yet, but the question is, did they move voters? "today in the bay" starts right now. i'm kris sanchez in for marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll get to the morning forecast with kari in just a