comfortable if the election six months from this week becomes a referendum on his handling of the pandemic. the night line interview begins right now. >> i know this is your first trip back out into the country in quite some time. and you've said that the decision to open the economy is the biggest decision i've ever had to make. how do you, and i suppose this is the central question. how do you save livelihoods without risking more lives? ? well, i think actually, the decision to close the country was the biggest decision i've ever had to make. and i said that very loud and clear. we had the greatest economy in history, in the history of the world. best employment numbers, best numbers in every single way. and they said, sir, we have to close the country. i said what are you talking about "close the country", because nobody's ever heard of such a thing. and we saved millions of lives by doing it and by putting the ban on china very early. it was a big thing. but the biggest decision...

about going back, if they want to get tested to see if they've been exposed to the virus -- >> they should have no problem. we are getting even better. don't forget, the cupboard was bare, the last administration