update. ritika gupta just nodded off. let's start the show with the bloomberg first word news in new york. ritika: good morning. president trump and joe biden were on tv last night at the same time, but on different channels. they held competing televised town halls, instead of debating as the schedule had originally called for. on nbc, the president said he knew that the coronavirus was a huge danger. pres. trump: i knew it was a big threat. at the same time, i don't want to panic this country. i don't want to go out and say, "everybody is going to die!" ritika: in a town hall moderated by abc news' george stephanopoulos, biden was asked if he would take a coronavirus vaccine once it had been approved. mr. biden: if the body of scientists say that this is what is ready to be done and it has been tested and they have gone through the three phases, yes, i would take it. i would encourage people to take it. ritika: the two candidates will face off next week in the final presidential...