the biden campaign now saying they raised $26 million in the 24 hours after they announced kamala harris would be on the ticket. they then raised another $9.6 million tonight at a fund-raiser. off to the races. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. first look is up next. joe biden and kamala harris make their debut for the presidential ticket. also the president suggested this week that the u.s. is getting to the end of the pandemic, but the country has just recorded its highest number of daily covid deaths since mid-may. and on capitol hill, there's still no sign of a relief deal after talks between treasury secretary steve mnuchin and house speaker nancy pelosi hit yet another stalemate.

good thursday morning, everybody. it's thursday, august 13th, and i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're going to start with joe biden and kamala harris together for first time yesterday. it was inside a delaware gym and was truly a sign of the times, face masks and socially distant, mostly a made-for-tv moment with cameras and no audience. biden introduced his running mate and explained his selection and kamala harris explained how she came to know joe. they talked about rebuilding the country and unifying against donald trump, especially his handling of the pandemic. >> and let me tell you, somebody who has presented my fair share of arguments in court, the case against donald trump and mike pence is open and shut. when other countries are

following the science, trump pushed miracle cures he saw on fox news. while other countries were flattening the curve, he said the virus would just, poof, go away, quote, like a miracle. so when other countries opened back up for business, what did we do? we had to shut down again. this virus has impacted almost every country, but there's a reason it has hit america worse than any other advanced nation. it's because of trump's failure to take it seriously from the start. his refusal to get tested up and running, his flip-flopping on social distancing and wearing masks, his delusional belief that he knows better than the experts.

all of that is reason and the reason that an american dies of covid-19 every 80 seconds. it's why countless businesses have had to shut their doors for good. it's why there is complete chaos over when and how to reopen our schools. mothers and fathers are confused and uncertain and angry about child care and the safety of their kids at school, whether they'll be in danger if they go or fall behind if they don't. trump is also the reason millions of americans are now unemployed. he inherited the longest economic expansion in history from barack obama and joe biden, and then like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight

into the ground. because of trump's failures of leadership, our economy has taken one of the biggest hits out of all the major industrialized nations with an unemployment rate that has tripled as of today. this is what happens when we elect a guy who just isn't up for the job. >> and this is how joe biden defended harris against the president's attacks after trump called her nasty, horrible, and mean. >> you all knew it was coming. you could have set your watches to it. donald trump has already started his attacks, calling camela, quote, nasty, whining about how she's, quote, mean to his pointes. it's no surprise because whining is what donald trump does best, better than any president in american history. is anyone surprised donald trump

has a problem with a strong woman or strong women across the board? >> and president trump told reporters yesterday that he had not watched monuch of joe bide d camela hair's joint appearance but tried out new angles of attack like looking at her campaign and said she's, quote, weak on facts. >> i'm didn't watch. i saw a moment of him speaking, a moment of her speaking, and it was enough. look, he made a choice. he picked her. i watched the poll numbers go boom, boom, boom, down to almost nothing. and she left angry, she left mad. there was nobody more insulted to biden than she was. and now all of a sudden she's running to be vice president, saying how wonderful he is. i thought it was a very unusual pick because she said such bad

things, and you know better than anybody would. you all could write it, but you don't want to do that. she said horrible things about that. >> she said your refusal to get testing up and running -- i'm paraphrasing -- your flip-flopping on social distancing and masks and your delusional belief that you know better than the experts, all of that, in her words, her reason that one american dies of covid-19 every minute. what do you think of that? >> i think that's probably one of the reasons she was a terrible candidate and was forced to lead the race because she got her facts wrong. she's very bad on facts. >> meanwhile in an interview on fox news last night, mike pence reacted to biden's announcement and expressed optimism about his debate against kamala harris in october. >> you know, i think she is a skilled debater, but i can't

wait to get to salt lake city and be on the stage with her and compare joe biden 'eers nearly 50 years, the radical left, the way she's embraced her career with the results of this president and this administration. i just have to tell you, i know, i like the matchup, it's on, sean -- >> joining me now, political reporter for "the hill," julia manchester. good morni ing to you. let's talk about the president's attacks on kamala harris. it seems like he doesn't know what to make of her and how to go about attacking her. they've known for quite some time she was one of the top contenders to run with joe biden, and yet they seem confused how to move forward if

she's pro-police. he says she's weak on fact. and we know how he's misled on things. talk about what's going on in washington and the president's current attacks on joe biden and his running mate kamala harris. >> yeah, yasmin, it was surprising to see the president stumble on his attacks toward kamala harris. interesting. years ago, the president donated to senator harris and so did his daughter to her campaign, so these definitely a twist and something trump has been asked about. but in attacks going forward and what you saw yesterday not only in the briefing room but also on twitter seemed very, you know, all over the place. you know, president trump posted this tweet early yesterday morning about repealing a housing initiative under former

president obama and said he would win suburban voters, and i think that shows -- he talked about suburban voters yesterday at the briefing, and that could show how threatened he is by joe biden and kamala harris together on a ticket and how much they could galvanize that one very crucial voting block, which once was very, very loyal to republicans but throughout the trump administration, has inched toward democrats. i was talking to a number of sources and strategists who were touting harris's standing with suburban women and women in general and how much she could galvanize the vote ahead of november. >> he goes so far as to not only say suburban voters but suburban housewives. it's understandable women will be involved in that election, but that tweet was pretty loaded as to what he was saying. i want to talk about the

event yesterday with joe biden and kamala harris appearing as running mates for the very first time it. was interesting to watch the event. it was nothing like we had ever seen before. when joe biden and kamala harris walked out, there was no applause. when joe biden introduced kamala harris, there was no cheering from the crowd. there were not thousands of people excited for the ticket they were rooting for as democrats joining this event. it was incredibly interesting. and there was social distancing between kamala harris and joe biden when their masks were, in fact, off. it certainly is a sign of the times with what we're dealing with right now, but how do you think it's received? >> i couldn't help but comparing it to the 2016 announcement when hillary clinton introduced tim kaine. lots of people there. how much four years makes a difference, especially during a

pandemic. i think what joe biden and kamala harris's campaign was trying to do was separate themselves from the trump campaign and show americans how they will handle the pandemic. joe biden was asked how he would essentially campaign going forward with harris. he said, no, he would listen to the science and public health guidelines. >> all right. julia manchester, thank you. stay close. i'm going to talk to you again in just a little bit. still ahead, everybody, the president says they need funding for mail-in voting for november, but he's blocking the funding. later, the national convention gets under way next week, and the trump campaign is planning some counterprogramming. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. n your weather when we come back c'mon! hurry up!

(vo) audi e-tron. the next frontier of electric. get an exceptional offer at your local audi dealer. ...to soccer practices... ...and new adventures. you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past... they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. let's help protect them together.

because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a whole lot more. ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. here's your iced coffee! ♪ america runs on dunkin' can it one up spaghetti night? cleaning power of liquid. it sure can. really? can it one up breakfast in bed? yeah, for sure. thanks, boys. what about that? uhh, yep! it can? yeah, even that! i would very much like to see that. me too. introducing tide power pods. one up the toughest stains with 50% more cleaning power than liquid detergent. any further questions? uh uh! nope! one up the power of liquid with tide power pods.

simon pagenaud takes the lead at the indy 500! coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. they're off... in the kentucky derby. rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports.

chuck shierm and nancy pelosi are holding the american people hostage for money for the left wing agenda that the country doesn't want and won't accept. for example, they've asked for a ridiculous $3.5 billion -- that's billion -- for universal mail-in voting. so, therefore, they don't have the money to do the universal mail-in voting, so, therefore, they can't do it, i guess, right? even though they don't have the money. they're asking for $3.5 billion. they're asking for the money for the post office so they can do this, i guess, and other things. they don't have it. they don't have the money to do the universal mail-in votes. it will be the greatest rigged election, the greatest fraud ever perpetrated. >> mail-in voting that will decide the presidential election

in november, a pivotal time in this country. welcome back. that was the president at yesterday's coronavirus conference, revealing stalemate over the relief package. telling reporters the funding is being held up for schools and a significant increase in funding for the postal service ahead of the election. meanwhile more than 170 democratic members of congress wrote to the new postmaster louis dejoy that he roll things back. the impact will be serious since changes include no longer treating election mail as first class. the democrats' letter reminded dejoy of a pledge he made to party leadership to successfully

deliver election mail this season. and in other election-year controversy, the president of puerto rico deciding yesterday that the gubernatorial primary will take place. ball lots were not delivered to polling centers in time for election day. imagine that. this forced the island's commission to suspend voting and candidates including governor wanda vazquez. they say the votes from this past sunday will be counted but officials are prohibited from releasing any results until the voting is completed this weekend. let's get into this now. joining me, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. this is something, danny, folks are worried about coming november 3rd, that many, due to

coronavirus, will be using mail-in voting for this year's election. let's talk about what's going on in puerto rico and then talk about our country. do you think this decision in puerto rico could have gone any other way constitutionally, and if so how. >> it's interesting you use the word "constitutional" when it comes to puerto rico. they're one of the areas of the united states that uses the nether world. citizens don't have a right to vote in the national presidential election, but they do have some voting righting guaranteed by the constitution and their own laws and constitutions that they have in each territory. so these citizens of puerto rico in the primary, and, remember, the primary is totally different constitutionally than the presidential election because the primary is generally governed by the states or in

this case the territories. they have a lot of flexibility. some states like iowa don't have a primary. they're allowed to have caucuses. so in this case, the state of puerto rico has a leeway in fashioning a remedy. in this case they said, well, though of you who voted, voted. those who didn't, we're going to have a continuation of this election. not so sure that would happen under federal law which requires that the national election, not the primary, but the first tuesday of the election year -- monday of the election year. >> let's talk about some possible what-if scenarios come november. we've talked a lot about the fact that there are reports that this is a pending disaster we're facing come november, that we're not prepared for national mail-in balloting for a presidential election. if we end up with a scenario

like puerto rico is dealing with, where ballots are not delivered to people's homes, they're unable to vote -- you have people reporting they were not able to vote, they were not able to send in their ballots -- can the courts order a second election day if needed? >> federal law allows, requires, that the national election be held on the tuesday we discussed in november, but it also has a small out. if a state can't complete its election on that date, then that state's legislature -- not the government but the state legislature can remedy that. if they haven't finished downing the votes, they can come up with a resolution of that and continue until the election is completed, but it's unclear whether the federal courts -- they can intervene if needed. it's unclear the role the federal government plays in that situation.

>> just quickly here, danny, if -- it's one thing to not be able to count the votes, sure. so we won't have the results in time or overnight, but what if people are not able to physically vote because they don't have the boll lots to do so? what happens in that scenario? >> right. then that's an open question as, for example, the covid example, if you can't have the election at all. for some folks that's not having it at all if, for example, in puerto rico, you were turned away at the door, you never got in, let alone being turned away. that is an open question that a court may have to decide or a particular state's legislature may try to resolve. but, of course, that would be challenged in the courts anyway. and i think puerto rico would be a preview of the chaos to come, even if it's only a primary and even if puerto rico citizens have less constitutional voting rights than mainland american

citizens. >> which is a whole other conversation. danny, by the way, i'm obsessed with your daughter's picture. she seems aghast what's happening in the country in that picture. >> she's stunned. after months of publicly disagreeing with dr. anthony fauci, the president has added a new coronavirus health expert, one that appears to match the president's a bit more closely. we're back in a moment. ident's y we're back in a moment

for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. for 45 days. find your get-up-and-go. find pants that aren't sweats. find your friends. find your sense of wander. find the world is new, again. at chevy we'd like to take you there. now during the chevy open road sales event, get up to 15% of msrp cash back on select 2020 models.

that's over fifty-seven hundred dollars cash back on this equinox. it's time to find new roads, again. here's your iced coffee! ♪ america runs on dunkin' the president has added a new coronavirus adviser, one whose views closely match his own when it comes to the pandemic and reopening schools. dr. scott atlas, a senior fellow at stanford's hoover. hit plan closely aligned with trump especially when it compares to the top officials dr. anthony fauci and dr.

deborah birx who president trump has publicly spoke against when talking about the dangers and kids returning to school. let's switch gears for a moment and get a first look at your forecast with nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning, bill. man, it was muggy yesterday in the new york area. >> and stormy. oh, yeah. you know, we had storms that were lining up right through the mid-atlantic. we had delays there, you know, with all of the production that was going on in wilmington, delaware, over the announcement of kamala harris. thunderstorms were plaguing the region. we have problems once again today. we have more flash flooding concerns. let's get into it. not bad. typically this time of day, the storms are particularly weak and then they'll fire up in the afternoon. that's what's going to happen today. you have norfolk, all the way back to the mtss of north carolina and virginia.

yeah, it's going to be isolated heavy downpour this afternoon. some of the rain could be up to 3 inches possible. of course, this is on top of the tropical storm we had last week and numerous other bands of rain we've gone through in the last couple of days too. our friends in the northern plains head up, south dakota, damaging winds and hail threats with some of the strong storms, and then we've got heatwaves developing in the southwest. 63 million people are impacted by this. excessive heat and record highs are possible. it's going to be possibly 103 in the dallas area today, 103 in tucson. they're record-highs. it will continue into friday. when you see phoenix at 115 and 113 through the weekend, no relief at all in the southwest. you know, this is the busy time of year for the fire season, too, yasmin. so it's exceptionally hot. and then on top of it it's been so dry. the firefighters have their work

cut out for them for a lot of the blazes still burning. >> thank you, bill. still ahead, everybody, radical or moderate. the president's mixed messaging about kamala harris has some of his top republican allies concerned. also, the latest in the pandemic as the u.s. hits a daily death toll not seen since mid-may. we're back in a moment. seen si mid-may. we're back in a moment long-lasting protection. because your strength is supported by ours. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. here's your iced coffee! ♪ america runs on dunkin' shingles doesn't care. i logged 10,000 steps today. shingles doesn't care. i get as much fresh air as possible.

good for you, but shingles doesn't care. because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. but no matter how healthy you feel, your immune system declines as you age, increasing your risk for getting shingles. so what can protect you? shingrix protects. for the first time ever, you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. the most common side effects are pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and upset stomach. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about protecting yourself with shingrix. shingles doesn't care. shingrix protects. shinglthis is xficare. this complete from xfinity.ade. you'll get the xfi gateway with advanced security, so your connected devices are also protected. and stay out!

plus with unlimited data, you can stream and scroll more than ever. and we'll ensure that you get the most wifi coverage throughout your home. this is xfi complete. simple, easy, awesome. get the security, unlimited daa and wifi coverage you need. plus, xfi customers can add xfi complete for $11 a month. click, call or visit a store today.

welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're going to begin this half hour with some of the president's top allies and advisers expressing concern

about the campaign strategy to take on kamala harris in the coming weeks. despite the california being chosen as joe biden's running mate, trump's campaign has offered a series of contradictory and sometimes confusing messages, quite frankly, about harris from her record as prosecutor to her position inside of the democratic party. while some label harris too tough on crime, some describe her as a tool of the radical left, but then rnc argued liberals were revowing against her. one told nbc news they struggled to attack her when she was running and they'll struggle to attack her now. trump has resorted to his usual placebook of sexist and racist attacks. he's repeatedly called harris nasty and is stuck in a

fictionalized version of the 1950s, and the president is expected to hit the road next week as counterprogramming for the mostly democratic national convention, two officials involved in the planning telling nbc news, he's going travel to several battleground states including minnesota, wisconsin, arizona, and pennsylvania. on the same day vice president mike pence will travel to wisconsin and likely accuse democrats of, quote, abandoning the state for pulling most of their convention from milwaukee just houring before biden will be headlining the final hours of the dnc from his home in delaware because of the pandemic. joining me once again, political reporter from "the hill," julia manchester. so i don't think any of us were surprised to hear the president

was going to do some of this counterprogramming as we are now learning as the dnc gets under way. especially interesting that he's going to go to pennsylvania where he feels like he's going to hurt joe biden in his hometown. what can we expect from the president next week? >> yasmin, what's so interesting is that in a number of these states where you've seen vice president mike pence not only travel for official business but also political business and campaigning, you know, joe biden is leading in those states in a number of battle ground polls, so i'd like to put that out there also. but i think you're going to see vice president tr him criticize biden. he's going to talk about his past appeal to blue collar voters t manufacturing sector.

you'll probably hear quite a bit of talk about china and the trump administration's record with that and attacking biden and maybe how president trump thinks biden would be weak on china. so you're definitely going to hear a lot of that. and i think maybe we'll see some of the more concise message at that point about the biden/harris ticket ads a whole because obviously we've seen over the course of the week as vice president bide hans selected harris, president trump hasn't honed in on a specific attack on harris. it seems to be all over the place this morning. >> it's interesting. as i was watching joe biden and kamala harris, i was thinking about how they were honing in on the president's response or lack tlofr of the pandemic and how 160,000-plus americans have died because of the steps he has or has not taken in the last five

or six months. juxtapose that to the president's strategy and how he plans to attack biden and harris, and he doesn't necessarily seem to have a strategy. he doesn't necessarily seem to be able to talk about the fact that, you know, boast about the economy that he has built because the economy has now completely fallen apart in front of us. so what type of strategy does this president has going forward? what tools does he have to go forward in combatting a biden/harris ticket because he is where he is with this pandemic? >> right now you're seeing president trump on defense, very different from four years ago where even though it might not have been a detailed strategy, he had a clear message, "make america great again." however, with the pandemic and fighting the polls, we see that message hasn't been that concise

or as directed. i think what you're going to see president trump do is be on the defensive and try to pick holes in some of biden's and harris's message. >> all right. julia manchester, thank you as always. great to see you this morning, julia. i want to get to the latest on the covid pandemic. the u.s. has reported its highest number of deaths since mid-may at nearly 1,500. this comes as the pretty pushes to continue to reopen schools. yesterday georgia had more deaths. in texas, now the fourth in the country for coronavirus deaths behind new york, new jersey, and california. also attempted to revive stalled coronavirus testing led to more finger-pointing.

pelosi and senate minority leader schumer accused the president refusing to budge. it reads in part, this. democrats have compromised repeatedly. we have made clear to the administration that we are willing to come down $1 trillion if they will come up a trillion dollars. however, it's clear the administration still does not graps the magnitude of the problems that american families are facing. mnuchin said, her statement is not an accurate reflection of our conversation. she made clear that she was unwilling to meet to continue negotiations unless we agreed in advance to her proposal, costing at least $2 trillion. the president weighed in,

essentially deeming them dead. >> they don't want to talk about it because we can't give them the kind of ridiculous things that they want that has nothing to do with the china virus, nothing to do with the china virus. >> whees going to get hurt most by this? small americans. we want to mention house speaker nancy pelosi will be a guest later on "morning joe." you don't want to miss that. still ahead, wall street continuing rally. we're going to get some insight into why that is. also bill karins telling us about the flood warnings yesterday. here's some new video from arkansas after getting drenched with record-breaking rainfall. we're going to find out what's in your forecast a little bit later. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. ack in a mo.

a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum. congressman adam kizlinger from illinois is speaking out against

the group qanon. he said the far right conspiracy movement has no right in congress. in a tweet on tuesday he called it a fabrication. the tweet comes a day after marjorie taylor green, an avid qanon supporter won the election in the state of georgia. green has previously praised qanon. she's widely expected to win the 14th congressional district in november. a trump member questioning kinzinger, calling it russian propaganda. let's switch gears once again and get a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, let's talk about the covid numbers before we talk about the weather. of course, another day. more alarming numbers. >> yeah. we're kind of in this weird

position now, yasmin, i don't know if anyone knows whether we're going to go up or down. we've been kind of stationary in the last two weeks after the big surge, end of june, all of july. let me show you where we are. you see the seven-day average and the yellow line. you see where we've been over the last week or two. we had the little uptick where we went up in fatalities and now we've been lingering near this 1,000 number average deaths we've been dealing with. yesterday was 1,386. in the middle of the week, we get the higher reports. that's why we give you a seven-day average. you see we're barely going up. you see on the case curve too. we had the big surge where we got up to 70,000 new cases. yesterday was 54,000 new cases. we've kind of leveled off. it will be interesting to see if

he's continuing drop or go back up. maybe this is just it for a while. as far as the weather goes in the tropics, we do have possibly josephine forming later on today. it looks to miss puerto rico and the virgin islands, and then this looks like it will curve out to sea. it looks to be a pretty weak storm. nothing that's a lot of alarm. as far as the forecast, we mentioned the flood threat from philadelphia to d.c. to baltimore and then the really exceptional heat from texas all the way through the southwest in the days ahead. yasmin, i know you complained a little bit about the high humidity we've had in the mid-atlantic and northeast. this weekend it gets much better. i think you'll appreciate it. >> thank you, bill. still ahead, everybody. new word on obstruction of apps and possible interference in the election. we're back in a moment. election we're back in a moment

no sweat! try it and love it or get your money back. the first and only full prescription strength non-steroidal anti-inflammatory gel available over-the-counter. new voltaren is powerful arthritis pain relief in a gel. voltaren. the joy of movement. here's your iced coffee! ♪ america runs on dunkin'

♪ it's totally not the same without you. we miss your let's do this look, the sound of your laugh cry screams, and how you make every day here the best day ever. we can't wait to get you back so we've added temp checks, face coverings, social distancing and extra sanitizing to get the good times going again. it's time to roll out the red carpet and kick open the universal gates. we're finally back... and can't wait until you are too. welcome back.

the s&p 500 closing at nearly an all-time high yesterday as stocks rebounded on news of a potential government stimulus and declining coronavirus cases. cnbc's karen tso joining us live from london. what's going on, karen? if we talk about the stimulus relief bill, it seems as if they're at a stalemate, and we had one of the worst days when it comes to deaths as a result of covid since mid-may. >> yasmin, what we've got going on with the markets, many have taken the view that the stimulus will be coming at some stage, given the economy, especially the unemployment rate. when it comes to the infection rate, there's sop hope stabilization is taking place. worth noting yesterday, we saw a switch out of some big tech names. we briefly popped above the all-time highs we saw back in

february '19, but we didn't hoechltd we whisked it off the all-time record as we closed up shop at 1380. worth noting as we begin the trading to get highly political as we count down to the election and there's a few we may see more volatility in the trade from here. and focussing on the attention from the delay in the market on the delay of the college football and advertising dollars to the tune of $1 billion, that would have followed through to networks such as espn and fox sports. among those lobbying for the fames to continue has been the president himself he hoped there would be a resumption but we are seeing the big ten and pacific 12, some of the conferences have pushed back start dates.

and with the president we're looking at what happened with the chinese technology names. mike pompeo suggesting this may be beyond tiktok, and my encompass their owners, byte dance. so the market is watching closely on any restrictions doing transactions with those two particular owners. so what to watch out for in the market. busy day today. >> yes. thank you, karen, good to see you. karen mentioning the chinese apps that mike pompeo was talking about, fake accounts were reported that were bashing president trump in english. the network of fake accounts uses artificial intelligence to

create fake faces for profiles on social media and since july the network is making one video per day. for instance, the one three-minute video portrayed trump bashing china and threatening to ban tiktok to bolster husband re-election chances after a disastrous financial episode from the handling of the pandemic. up next a look at axios' one big thing and coming up on "morning joe," senator kamala harris embraces her role as vice presidential candidate, her stinging rebuke against donald trump. and also house speaker nancy pelosi will be our guests as negotiations over pandemic relief stalled. "morning joe" is moments away. d

"morning joe" is moments away. c'mon! hurry up!

(vo) audi e-tron. the next frontier of electric. get an exceptional offer at your local audi dealer. and they're actually pulling out the minerals from the enamel. i like to recommend pronamel to my patients. pronamel will help push the minerals back into the enamel, to keep the enamel strong. i know it works. and i hear nothing but great things from my patients that have switched to it.

welcome back, everybody. joining us from washington with a look at axios a.m. editor in chief for axios nicholas johnson. thanks for being with us. give us today's one big thing. >> the real estate gold rush. as we've seen, talking with folks in the real estate industry telling us about the huge demand of folks looking for bigger houses and different locations such as those from the city center. those people are realizing what living arrangements they need for their life. so as we've gone through the summer and schools are remaining closed and many offices are work from home possibly indefinitely people have rearranged how they want to live their life. most people want larger houses with more outdoor space, bigger

back yards and pools and access to bike trails and beaches. inside looking for home gyms, home offices maybe even two home offices where there are two parents working from home. and space to care for kids who won't be in schools. and this is causing people to move from city centers and suburbs are big on the list. folks aren't looking to be close to retail and restaurant since a lot of those things are closed, people are getting used to delivery and takeout so being near those kinds of retail businesses isn't as important as it was in the past. this is being driven by record low mortgage rates. home sales up more than 20% in the last month. real estate officials are telling us their phones are ringing off the hook as people are trying to figure out what kinds of homes they want to buy to live in this new lifestyle. >> if you're lucky enough to be

still employed and are able to make the move and have young kids to deal with, it's understandable you want to get out of the city centers. >> absolutely. >> let's talk about mail-in voting. you have millions that usually vote in person but they are going to be turning to mail-in ballots because of the pandemic. what are the concerns you are finding. >> this is a new election for millions of americans because of pandemic and coronavirus fears, they'll be voting by mail instead of in person. today i am launching a map for people to understand what the rules are if their state. there's a mix of what kind of remote mail-in voting you're allowed to do, what kind of reasons you need to give, whether you need to postmark it by a certain time. some states require your mail-in ballots to be notarized. so we're tracking it so people

can figure out what they need to do, mail-in votiing starts in a couple week in had a few states and there's a handful of states that everyone is going to get a ballot mailed to them, not just an application, so hoping people cut through the rules. we have that going up this morning at axios and we'll keep it updated as rules change and we get closer to election day. >> finally, quickly, nick. i know that axios is reporting the coronavirus outbreak is finally slowing down after a surge in cases over the summer. when are we likely to see a wave two. >> that's the open question. our weekly map looking pretty good in green but that means we're slowing down from the rapid surge we saw over the summer. as we mentioned earlier in the hour, the next question is what comes next as the trend continues to get us back down to more sustainable levels of

growth, as the flu season ramps up are we going to see the numbers spike again and testing is also falling. we saw a lot of that from increased testing as we get a better scope of the size of the virus, as testing falls we may be missing some cases. so may be keeping an eye on that to see if that increases again. >> nicholas, johnston, good to see you this morning. i'll be reading axios in a bit you too can read the newsletter go to signup.axios.com. that does it for me this morning i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts now. >> so when you sit at home in a basement looking at the computer your brain starts to wither away. it's 99.9% of all fat-ilities are