i think i know the people of erie pretty well. they don't like that. our plan to kill the virus or biden's plan to kill the american dream, and that's what he'd be doing. biden will delay therapies, postpone the vaccine, prolong the pandemic, close your schools, shut down our country and by the way, pennsylvania has been shut down long enough. get you to open up pennsylvania. get your governor to open it up. he will massively raise your taxes, bury you in regulations, dismantle your police departments, dissolve our borders, confiscate your guns, second amendment. you're so lucky i'm president, you wouldn't have a second amendment. eliminate private health care, terminate religious liberty, destroy the suburbs. i'm saving the suburbs. i knocked out the regulation. [scattered applause] you don't like projects being next to your beautiful house, your american dream. so much for the american dream. and joe biden will ban fracking and abolish pennsylvania. how many times did he say your fracking and mining industries will be outlawed, exiled, eradicated and

you all see it from erie.t is why my program to build back better program is focused on working people. think about all of the people you know who got up this morning and had the following conversation. honey, i know that we need four new tires, but we cannot do it now. we've got to wait. you know what, i know we just lost our insurance, but we are going to be ok. we are going to hang in there. or, having to make a choice, literally a choice between getting a prescription or putting food on the table. if i said that 10 years ago, you would look at me like i was writing a fiction story. but that is the truth. those are the decisions that people are making today and right now. independent analysis put out by a highly respected wall street firm, of all things, moody's, projects that my build back better plan is going to create 18.6 million jobs in four years. that is not a liberal think tank, that is moody's. it is going to create 7 million more jobs than the president's economic plan. $1 trillion more in economi

it is good to back here in erie. i would to say hello to all of erie.o all local elected leaders here are joining us here. and to your next senator, we need to turn out and support for democrats down the line. folks, look. -- i want tonk thank you for coming out. foreveryone at the ua hosting this incredible training facility. i am so think to of earned the endorsement of ua. you have proud plumbers and more behind me than i could possibly thank you four. i want to thank rick for sharing his story and being a part of a conversation this year, he shared his story with america. of asdelaware is thought being a great corporate entity and chemical facilities and all of those things, but we have a $4 billion agricultural industry. a lot of farmers are being hurt really badly. farmers all across the country are being guided by the president-elect was promises. and union members who do an honest days work, see the president for his promises and what they are. ednk you, rick, for your op that you wrote last year. a bunch of hot air and cold wind. folks, this is

there is a look erie, pennsylvania.resident won pennsylvania, like i said, by a razor-thin margin last time around in a state where of course every vote counts. new polls suggest that there is a lot of ground that has been lost over the last four years with women in particular in the state of pennsylvania. sarah huckabee sanders and marie harf are both women and they will join me numbing up next. they are experts on that. so we are going to talk to them coming up. stay with us. >> suburban women, will you please like me? please. please. ♪ managing type 2 diabetes? you're on it. staying fit and snacking light? yup, on it there too. you may think you're doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease... ...but could your medication do more to lower your heart risk? jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so, it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and it lowers a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration,

he's in erie, pennsylvania, the heart of the rust belt.lled building back the economy for better working families. erie county had about 11% unemployment rate. it hit 19% in april. let's listen to the former vice president and democratic nominee. >> you have over 355 proud plumbers, pipe fitters and more behind me, than i can possibly thank you for. also want to thank rick for sharing his story with us today and for being part of a conversation this year, where he shared his story with america. and rick, delaware's thought of being a great corporate entity and chemical facilities and all those things but we have a $4 billion, use probably well know, agricultural industry in the del delmarva peninsula. a lot of farmers are being hurt badly. farmers are gutted by the president's broken promises and reckless trade war. our farmers just like union members and anyone who actually does hand honest's day's work see him and his promises for what they are. rick, i want to thank you. i think you put it best in the op-ed you wrote last year, you said

greta: what about erie county? julian: erie county was really important because it was a blue county for a long time until donald trump came there and spoke about revitalizing prosperity and bringing back the steel industry to areas that lost notoriously big steel mills and that was their entire economy and it completely collapsed and they haven't been feeling the effects of it for the last couple of decades and trump went there and said i am bringing all this stuff back to erie and they believed him, and i think that is important. ?hey believe can begin trump has been making the exact same case, that he will bring prosperity next year and break back the economy to where it was before what biden is saying he forgot you the first time, and i will be the one to remember you. erie county is so indicative of the exact voter people profiled to say swung the 2016 election and we will see if it does it again. florida, anthony, supporting joe biden. i just think we live in two different realities sometimes. i am happy to s

this time he's in erie, pennsylvania. i've said it before, you'd almost think we were not in the middle of a debtly pandemic. president again tonight insisting we're rounding the corner with more than 22 corner with more than 220,000 americans dead. he needs the crowd. he needs that crowd to reassure him that he still has a chance to win. >> they did a good job, i wouldn't have run. [ crowd chanting ] thank you. thank you. >> and his opponent joe biden deep in debate prep tonight. as his running mate, senator kamala harris, tells a wisconsin virtual rally this about their campaign. >> it is about building back up better, about unifying our country, it's about speaking to our higher purpose and ideals and doing the work that is necessary to remind everyone, to remind everyone, that they are not alone. we are all in this together. and we're going to get through this together. >> and the president of the united states, his closing message is to lash out, to lash out at biden, to lash out at dr. fauci, to lash out at "60 minu

and his big pitch to voters in erie was that he didn't want to be in erie >> four or five months agoted this whole thing because, you know, before the plague came in, i had it made. i wasn't coming to erie. i -- i mean, i have to be honest there's no way i was coming. i didn't have to i would have called you and said, "hey, erie, you know, if you have a chance, get out and vote." we had this thing won, and then we got hit with the plague and i had to go back to work "hello, erie, may i please have your vote? >> seth: man, you never hear the crowd at a trump rally that silent "yeah, we suck lock us up?" although, in fairness to trump, erie's not my favorite great lake, either there's at least one that's superior [ glass breaking ] feel like that should've come a tick faster. that joke was originally submitted for a "ziggy" cartoon but it was rejected. seriously, though, that's quite the political masterstroke, mr. president. tell the people, whose votes you're courting, you didn't want to be there. "the last time i left erie, i prayed i'd never be back that i'd never have to look at y

tonight's rally was in erie, pa.he first lady was supposed to be on the trip but cancelled because she is suffering from lingering symptoms from the coronavirus. from the start of tonight's event in the cold and on an airport tarmac, the president sounded like he really didn't want to be there. >> don't forget, they've been here for eight years before me. if they did a good job, i would have never run. i didn't need this. i didn't need this. although, we're having a good time and we're doing a good job. no, but it's true. if they did a good job, i wouldn't have run. >> once again the mostly unmasked crowd was tightly packed as the pandemic continues its accelerated and uncontrolled churn across our country. just yesterday, our country saw nearly 65,000 more positive cases. that's now fueling a spike in hospitalizations. numerous reports out tonight say the rise in cases could soon push some hospital systems to the breaking point. tonight the president described his version of this crisis. >> we're rounding the turn o

the president is going to erie because erie is one of the premier bellwether counties in america. the president was there a little over a week ago. i advised myself the vice president's campaign to go to erie because it's critical. the vice president was in johnstown. and then the president followed. everyone understands that joe biden resonates at a very deep level in pennsylvania. and that's why the president is trailing him across pennsylvania in these various important counties that secretary clinton didn't visit in 2016. so it bodes well for the biden campaign, the fact that -- yeah. >> okay. we have to go. lieutenant governor, thank you for being on the show and talking through that developing news with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> let's talk about the numbers the lieutenant governor talked about. polling numbers, early voting numbers from pennsylvania. steve kornacki is at the big board. you've been digging into numbers. what do they tell us about the election? >> interesting in pennsylvania. the polling average here. biden's lead about four points on average in pe

tony is in erie county. good morning to you, tony. >> the sun is breaking through and another day of campaigning for voters to consider their choices. president trump yesterday it was president trump making his pitch to voters here. this is a potentially decisive battleground in the 2020 election. a state he won in 2016, by fewer than 45,000 votes. or what might be considered a lightly attended steelers but he is trailing now wouldby points and at a rally he spent much of his time on offense continuing a pattern of wide rac ranging attacks including on dr. fau dci fauci. li let's go to paula reid. >> you know what we want, normal life. normal life will fine apple resume. >> reporter: president trump continues to falsely claim the country is past the pandemic. but first lady melania trump is among those still struggling with the lingering effects of the virus. she was scheduled to accompany her husband to erie last night, but she pulled out as the white house says she still has a lingering cough from covid-19

then complained to his audience in erie, pennsylvania, that he had to go to erie, pennsylvania to win votes because of the plague. donald trump said, before the plague came in, i had it made. i wasn't coming to erie. i have to be honest. there was no way i was coming. i didn't have to. president obama responded to that today. >> eight months into this pandemic, cases are rising again across this country. donald trump isn't suddenly going to protect all of us. he can't even take the basic steps to protect himself. [ honking ] just last night, he complained up in erie that the pandemic made him go back to work. i'm quoting him. he was upset that the pandemic made him go back to work. if he had been working the whole time, it never would have gotten this bad. so here's the truth. i want to be honest here. this pandemic would have been challenging for any president. but this idea that somehow this white house has done anything but completely screw this up is just not true. i'll give you a very specific example. korea identified its first case at the same time that the united states did. a

goes to erie and says thank you, erie, i don't want to be here. his wife stays back -- stays back at the white house, doesn't come supposedly a nagging cough. what's going on in the land of donald j. trump? >> president trump didn't want to be in erie last night, apparently. but did i. i was there with him for that rally which was shorter than most. he's been clocked at under an hour and it was pretty chilly last night. but you're right. the president here last night did deliver what is supposed to be his closing argument with two weeks to go to the election. he said that the choice is between the trump economic recovery or if you elect joe biden and his socialist policies and tax cuts and so on, it will slow down the recovery. he even put it as adepression d that's what his advisers have wanted him to say for weeks. unfortunately for them he tends to step on it with the side shows. yes, we had a few more of them yesterday. a day after his attacks with dr. fauci, he stormed out of the 60 minutes interviewer and atracked leslie stahl on twitter. th

host: what about erie county? itst: it's important because was a blue county for a long time, up until donald trump came there and spoke about revitalizing prosperity and bringing back the steel industry. lost a n -- notoriously biggest steel mills and they have been feeling the effects for decades. trump said i am bringing all this stuff back. prosperity is coming back to erie. they believed him. that's important to see if they believe him again. trump has been making these cases he's going to bring prosperity next year, post covid, and bring back the economy. says he forgot you the first time and i will be the one to remember you. erie county is so indicative of the profiles that swung the 2016 election. we will see if it does it again. host: anthony, supporting joe biden. caller: thank you for taking my call. one of your last -- i think we live in two different realities sometimes. democratico say reality is so much more accurate. your last caller said things like cnn is not covering the biden laptop issue. who

but he also did in erie, pennsylvania. >> rick. both of you have something in common, which is you've worked on winning presidential campaigns. you've been in that room in october. how does this season compare to last time? because i think viewers would be very curious, given your expertise, for you to vote line what would trump's path be this year? when you see biden polling ahead, over 50% in some of the pennsylvania state polls and some of these delegate-rich states he's not currently leading, although it can always turn. what is the path and anything you want to respond to cornell, rick? >> yeah, absolutely. i'll respond to cornell first. i'd say it's deja vu, right? trump won in 2016. he's doing the exact same thing. you might think of it as contempt. these are people out there that were tired of politicians. they wanted somebody that was authentic and genuine and that's exactly what president trump was, which is why they voted for him. and not only republicans, but a lot of democrats came over across the aisle because they un

he was at a rally in erie. >> before the plague came in, i had it made! i wasn't coming to erie! i have to be honest. there is no way i was coming here! i didn't have to. i would have called you and said, erie, if a chance to win, go out and vote. and then i got hit by the plague. hello, erie, can i please have your vote? >> really saying the quiet part outloud there. >> how is that a pitch to voters? i really don't want to be here talking to you but i have to because i want you to get out and vote. the president supporters would probably love something like that from him, the sort of i guess they would call it self-deprecating humor but i think it's not true as well and we should point out that this really has been a very stable race. joe biden has been, according to the polls, leading president trump for a long time, pretty consistently, in fact, in many of these states. that trend perhaps you could argue was exacerbated by the virus but there has been some fundamental weakness for president trump all along in this race and now, when it's crunch time, that situation is really b

and what he said about being in erie. before the president faces off with biden on that stage tomorrow night, tonight, the president and the white house appearing to take on veteran journalist leslie staal. what's this about? >>> the troubling numbers mounting across this country, the coronavirus surging. hospitalizations on the rise now in 41 states. and tonight, important news now coming in from the cdc. new guidelines redefining close contact and what you need to know. >>> the crisis in this country, and the blockbuster settlement, makers of the powerful opioid okay si cown tin. >>> the major news from the vatican tonight. pope francis voicing support for same. sex civil unions. saying homosexual people have the right to be in a family. >>> disturbing news tonight involving the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. parents separated from their children. tonight, the new report indicating the parents of 545 children cannot be found. >>> the horrifying school bus accident outside new york city, colliding with a t

and what he said about being in erie. before the president faces off with biden on that stage tomorrow night, tonight, the president and the white house appearing to take on veteran journalist lesley stahl. what's this about? >>> the troubling numbers mounting and it's across most of this country. the coronavirus surging. hospitalizations on the rise now in 41 states.

, pennsylvania >> hello, erie >> reporter: erie, pennsylvania, known as the flagship city a large populationd democrats, trump scaled the blue wall to win here in 2016. becoming the first republican to win their vote for the white house since ronald reagan back in 1984. but it was close and that's got democrats very excited this year. trump won erie county by 2.2% around 2,000 votes some 10,000 voters flipped from blue to red four years ago 34 many of them blue collar voters. it's still a nuts and bolts type area with big employers including ge's lab tech and lord corporation. the key on decision day, will trump's america-first message still resonate in an area where job losses have been great and unemployment in august was above 11% or joe biden, born in the state and campaigned and spent hard here bring those voters back to the party that they voted for for years? we'll know in a week, but one thing is clear, the keystone state is a key state to the election and both trump and biden will eye erie county as a big prize. >> thank you very much brian saul van for that report brian will have m

so we're kicking it off in erie.t's going to be a lot harder, and if you want to win pennsylvania, you're going to have to win erie county, bucks county, north hatmpton and a couple of others for the next eight or nine days we're going to be literally driving around and highlighting these key spots that you need to watch next tuesday night >> and brian, so four years ago the president won pennsylvania by about 65,000 votes, third-party candidates won more than 191,000 votes that's four years ago. so what do we know about those voters this time around? >> oh, that is the sneaky important question i don't know how many people are talking about it, but when you really go into the numbers, andrew, it's amazing wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania, donald trump's margin of victory in those three states combined was about 170,000 people that could fit in the university of michigan's football stadium the number of votes that went to third-party candidates, mostly gary johnson, some to jill stein, 630,000 the key question i

hello, erie, may i please have you vote? >> jimmy: oh my goodness, was the president honest for a second? [ laughter ] i'm surprised gnats didn't fly out of his mouth. i am here in erie begrudgingly, enjoy the virus. he's also a normal color, what's going on? it was a rough day for the president, he had a run-in of some kind with lesley stahl of "60 minutes." >> oh, and you have to watch what we do to "60 minutes," you'll get such a kick -- you're going to get a kick out of it. lesley stahl is not going to be happy. >> jimmy: yeah. well, for those who haven't hurt, trump reportedly got up and abruptly left his interview with lesley stahl of "60 minutes" and he's threatening to release his own footage of what happened before it airs on cbs sunday. he's mad about something, we don't know what. he tweeted, lesley stahl of 60 minutes not wearing a mask in the white house after her interview with me, much more to come. i don't know, how much more could there be to come? it was an interview. did she murder someone on her way out o

he traveled here to erie, pennsylvania.rowly, back in 2016. and it is tailor made for biden's economic message, that he is been delivering specifically to voters in towns. at a union hall before giving remarks that could really be described as his bread and bu butter economic message. >> the top 100 billionaires, in this pandemic, they made an additional $300 billion. and what'd the bottom half get? they got to slide down because, the fact is, the president can only see the world from park avenue. i see it from scranton. i see it from claymont for real. y'all know what i am talking about. y'all see it from erie. >> in the meantime, vice president biden's campaign reported that he underwent pcr testing. that's the gold-standard covid test on saturday. and that test came back negative. -l the campaign has said joe biden will continue to be tested regularly and always when he traveled. jessica dean, cnn, erie, pennsylvania. >> cnn politics white house reporter steven joins me now from washington. stephen, hi. good to see you.

it's good to be back in erie. i want to say hello to erie. mr. mayor, city council president, all elected leaders who have joined us here today, and to your next senator joy, we need to turn out in support for democrats down the line here in pennsylvania. win back that pennsylvania state senate. folks, look, i want to thank president mcmanis coming out. you've been a friend for a long time. and for everyone at the ua for hosting this incredible training facility. you know, i'm so grateful to have earned ua's endorsement. you have 355 proud plumbers, pipe fitters, and more behind me than i can possibly thank you for. i also want to thank rick for sharing his story with us today. you know, and for being part of a conversation this year where he shared his story with america. and rick, delaware's thought of as being a great corporate entity and chemical facilities and all those things, but we have a $4 billion -- as you probably well know, agricultural industry. it's a big deal and a lot of farmers are being hurt really badly, really badly. farmers

erie county, a former democratic stronghold, fell to trump in 2016.>> you'r challenges right now and the last thing you need is a president who exacerbates them.ter: the t with union workers capping off biden's busiest week of general election campaigning so far. blitzing battleground states and ramping up ground game. this as a second presidential debate canceled by the commission after a back and forth on the president's health and trump saying he would not participate virtually. >> you know, virtual debates, you've got to be -- you've got to be there. we did great in the last debate. you have to be there. you have to see the person. you can't do it on a computer. >> reporter: the biden campaign quickly moving on, agreeing to a televised town hall on the same night. the president's plans still up in the air. sources say he may also be doing a town hall. but safety is a top concern for the network. a negative covid test would be required before any plans are formalized. >> and ali joins us from erie. will we see the two of them on the debate stage again? >> reporter: jose, there is

fauci by holding large rallies like he's going to have tonight in erie, pennsylvania. that quote he said in the campaign call about people being tired of covid, "saying whatever," that may be true. the hundreds of supporters lined up behind me, seven hours in advance of the rally, in the cold rain. but it certainly is not true for the hundreds of thousands, the families who have lost loved ones to coronavirus or the 7.8 million plus who have been infected by it. the first lady will join the president on the campaign trail for the first time traveling in s 16 months. she has embraced mask wearing and promoted social distancing, neither of which is expected here tonight. so we'll be watching to see what her presence is here. will she wear a mask? the white house has not said. of course the president doesn't wear a mask when he comes to these large events in critical battleground pennsylvania, a state he absolutely needs to do well in he has any hopes of winning reelection, andrea. >> and ashley, these critiques of dr. fauci are not going to help him certainly with swing

i wasn't coming to erie. i mean i have to be honest. there was no way i was coming. >> reporter: the event was scheduled to be first lady melania trump's first campaign rally in months but she canceled due to a lingering cough following her covid diagnosis. in a town hall before the rally, president trump was asked if he would have done anything differently in response to the pandemic. >> not much. look, it's all over the world. you have a lot of great leaders, a lot of smart people. it's all over the world. it came out of china. china should have stopped it. >> reporter: now new details are emerging about the president's interview with "60 minutes," which was cut short tuesday. the president claiming the interview was fake and biased and he threatened to release a white house account of the interview before it airs on sunday. trump also posted a six-second video clip of lesley stahl writing, lesley stahl of "60 minutes" not wearing a mask in the white house after her interview with me. much more to come. we're told stahl wore a mask up

and what he said about being in erie. before the president faces off with biden on that stage tomorrow night, tonight, the president and the white house appearing to take on veteran journalist lesley stahl. what's this about? >>> the troubling numbers mounting and it's across most of this country. the coronavirus surging. hospitalizations on the rise now in 41 states. and tonight, important news now coming in from the cdc. new guidelines redefining close contact and what you need to know. >>> americans and the opioid crisis in this country, and tonight, the blockbuster settlement with purdue pharma, makers of the powerful opioid oxycontin. agreeing now to pay more than $8 billion in penalties. will any of that money help families struggling with addiction? >>> the major news from the vatican tonight. pope francis voicing support for same sex civil unions. saying homosexual people have the right to be in a family. that they are the children of god. >>> disturbing news tonight involving the trump administration's zero toler

i wasn't coming to erie. i mean, i have to be honest. there's no way i was coming. i didn't have to. i would have called you and said, hey, erie, if you have a chance, get out and vote. we had this thing won. >> reporter: while the president continued to make false claims about status of the coronavirus crisis in the united states -- >> we're rounding the turn on the pandemic. normal life will finally resume. >> reporter: the truth is, cases are on the rise in at least 26 states this morning. and pennsylvania has seen spikes in new cases in recent days. >> pennsylvania's been shut down long enough. get your governor to open up pennsylvania. >> reporter: the president's complaints come just nine days after the white house coronavirus task force urged the keystone state to maintain aggressive community mitigation efforts. former vice president joe biden is off the campaign trail to prepare for tomorrow's final presidential debate, but his biggest surrogate is making his first appearance in philadelphia later today. president barack obama is looking to give the biden c

biden has been crisscrossing that state in recent days in places like erie and gettysburg. a new poll, for example, shows that biden holds a 13 percentage point lead which trump won in 2016. key to converting the trump voters in parts of the mid atlantic and the rust belt is appealing not only to the rim cities of major counties. i think given national unemployment numbers that are still reeling from covid-19, biden has a real opportunity to flip some of the disallusioned trump voters with a pragmatic economic message. >> and money helps as well. biden has been spending big and in particular pouring money into states that once basically looked out of reach here in georgia, ohio, texas, iowa, i read according to advertising analytics he'll double the president's spending. biden has a lot more money to spend. what are we to make of that fact and what effect could it have going into the last weeks of the campaign? >> well, in politics money tends to follow the leader, and that's what we've seen here with biden. he started last month with 466 million in cash reserves. that's ro

president trump is going to erie pennsylvania and then prescott arizona. pence is going to be in bang gore main and middleton pennsylvania, harris will be in florida and/or lab doe. biden is not going to be going anywhere. how does this strike you? >> bill: can you believe the debate was only three weeks ago something the results in pennsylvania from 2012, i want you to watch carefully as we go from 2012 to 2016, what changed? did you catch that? >> dana: that one county. >> bill: there were three that the president flipped from 2012 to 2016, one of them is where he's headed tonight, erie pennsylvania. didn't win it by a lot but it was enough to give him an edge in that part of pennsylvania. now i cross over the state border here because i'm laser focused on the northeastern part of ohio. in 2016 which we were getting realtime results we knew the president had a chance. these are northeastern counties, blue collar, steel counties, they went democrat for generations and flipped to the president. i don't think the folks in this part of ohio, are that differe

tonight on c-span, president trump -- then, presidential candidate joe biden holds a campaign event in erie, pennsylvania. after that, louisiana governor john bel edwards briefs the press on the state response to hurricane delta. >> next, president trump delivers remarks at the white house. this was his first in person event since his return to the white house from walter reed medical center after testing positive for covid-19. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ pres. trump: thank you. [crowd chanting "usa"] [cheers and applause] pres. trump: well, thank you very much and keep that enthusiasm going. get out and vote. we have to vote these people into oblivion. vote them into oblivion. got to get rid of them. so bad for our country. i'm feeling great, i don't know about you. how is everyone? [cheering] i'm honored to welcome -- we call this a peaceful protest -- to the white house in support of the incredible men and women of law enforcement and all of the people that work so well with us. i have to tell you, our black community, our hispanic community, thank yo

he would have never said what he said in erie county.itical malpractice of the highest order. obama won that county by 18,000 votes. trump swung it, won it by 2,000. that's a big chunk of his pennsylvania winning margin. so, yes, you see -- i thought in the town hall last week, he did with savannah guthrie, i thought he looked small, almost defeated. he doesn't look like someone who's trying to piece together what you need to win. he insulted -- it was almost like that famous headline in new york in the '70s, trump to erie county, drop dead. and it's amazing. >> right. right. >> so, i think pennsylvania is key because here is why it's key. michigan, i think, is the one that's most solid for biden. if biden wins all of the clinton states, trump's given up on minnesota for all intents and purposes, that puts him at 240 electoral votes. surprisingly, wisconsin looks very strong. let's say he wins that, that's 258. if you don't win pennsylvania, then you win arizona, that puts you at 269 and if you don't win florida and north carolina, you'v

jessica dean is on the ground in erie, pennsylvania.the message that the former vice president is delivering there today? >> reporter: well, wolf, the message here today was heavily centered around the economy. it's a message we've heard from vice president biden go into scrantop versus park avenue, really framing this race as he being from scranton, understanding the working men and women of the country and that president trump is only looking out for himself and millionaires and billionaires. and that was the message that he brought here to erie, pennsylvania. it is in erie county, which was won ever so slightly by president trump back in 2016. it's just the kind of place that vice president biden and his campaign think they can win back with this message on the economy and joe biden delivering it with his roots in scranton, with working class voters. biden also has strong words about voting, itself. take a listen. >> here's the deal, guys. we got to go out and make sure you vote because the only way we lose this is by the shecanery g

you all see it from erie. >> reporter: in the meantime, vice president biden's campaign reported that he underwent pcr testing, that's the gold standard covid test on saturday, and that test came back negative. the campaign has said that joe biden will continue to be tested regularly and always when he travels. jessica dean, cnn, erie, pennsylvania. >>> a model that's often been looked at during this pandemic is giving the u.s. a serious wakeup call. the model is based on current conditions. let's look at what those are right now. as you can see, most states are seeing an increase in cases compared to a week ago. at this hour, johns hopkins university has the number of lives lost in the u.s., slightly more than 214,000. the university of washington model projects a total of almost 400,000 covid-19 deaths by february 1st. the model also says that if social distancing mandates are relaxed, that number could easily go over 500,000. but that same model predicts if almost everyone in the u.s. wore masks, tens of thousands of lives could be saved. >>> the current case count in the u.s. is m

he's on his way to erie, pennsylvania. that's where we find nbc's ali vitali. good to see you. we got this negative test from biden as he says he's going to continue to get tested. what else can you tell us about this rally that we are expecting in the next hour? >> reporter: well, that's exactly right, yasmin. as he was boarding to come here to erie, pennsylvania, we got word that the former vice president tested negative for the sixth time. this is a disclosure his campaign said they would keep making. they said he tests regularly and each result they'd share with the public, so a move for transparency. it does a few other things. yes, we're in the midst of a campaign happening during a pandemic. there's a lot of concern from these candidates' health from a pandemic perspective. but especially when you see one of these two men running for president test positive for coronavirus, in this case donald trump, i think a lot of voters are interested in keeping up with the health of these candidates. the biden campaign releasing results from a transparency perspective. there's a mor

hello, erie, may i please have your vote? >> he said ending. it's not ending. it's going back uphill and looking worse than it did in the summer. >> right and i'm not quite sure saying you don't really want to visit the sloeters whose support you need right before the election is an astute strategy but the president does go his own way at times but you're right. he's kind of tried to wish away or talk away the virus for months and months and months. yet it was the case that persisted, and the administration has come under criticism for its handling of the virus. what the president is doing, attacking dr. fauci, attacking a lesley stahl whose "60 minutes" interview is expected to center a lot on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic brings the issue back to the pandemic e. which is the top issue in the election. you see vice president joe biden laying low ahead of the debate this week. obviously, he's come under criticism for doing so and not going out there and campaigning but the spotlight is still on -- because of that, the spotlight is on the president, h

i wasn't coming to erie. to be honest, there was no way i was coming. i didn't have to. now the plague, hello, erie. >> the tickets have been to the state nearly a dozen times, president trump narrowly winning pennsylvania by just 44,000 votes. a state that had not gone republican since 1988. i'll also be joined today by house speaker nancy pelosi in just a few moments for the latest on covid relief negotiations. and the new major hurdle thrown up by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. let's begin with pennsylvania congresswoman madeleine dean, ed rendell, michael steele, and "washington post" national political reporter and pennsylvania native robert costa. thanks to all of you. robert costa, let's start right here in pennsylvania with you, a big picture of this race, this date. it's so critical for both campaigns. how are the candidates and the campaigns approaching the final stretch? >> andrea, you're a hero to many people in philadelphia for the part of your career spent there, you're still a favorite in the streets of philadelphia. i'm glad governor rendell is w

his opponent is focusing on jobs in erie, pennsylvania. we want to start with an unprecedented rebuke of the handling of the pandemic and the country's most prestigious journal getting involved in politics for the first time in its history. the "new england journal of medicine" called for americans to vote out leaders who have not done enough to address the pandemic. the 35 editors who signed the editorial did not mention president trump by name but said, quote, when it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated they are dangerously incompetent. we should not abit them and enable the deaths of thousands of more americans by allowing them to keep their jobs. it is also worth noting that they did not endorse joe biden either here. joining me with now, dr. eric rubin, editor in chief of the "new england journal of medicine" and associate physician at brigham and women's hospital. thanks for joining us on this. appreciate it. wow, this was unprecedented. and it certain

i would have called you hey, erie, if you have a chance get out. won. >> welcome back. that was president trump on the campaign trail yesterday lamenting the fact that he wouldn't have had to visit erie, pennsylvania, had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic hurting his re-election prospects. yikes. joining me now with a look at axe cos a.m., political reporter for axios, hans nichols. walk me through the axios one big thing for this morning, but also what political candidate goes to a town and says they don't want to be there? >> i don't know. i think donald trump's our answer. i've been to erie, it's a nice town. nice foliage this time of year. maybe he didn't see it from the airport hangar. our one big thing this morning is we're look at joe biden sort of winning and hurting donald trump where it really matters to donald trump, and that's on social media. when you look at the number of interactions that donald trump's tweets are getting, they've been sur passed by joe biden's. and there's a similar dynamic taking place at least when we look

he traveled here to erie, pennsylvania.'s in a county that president trump won narrowly in 2016, and it is taylor-made for biden's economic message he's been delivering to white working class voters in towns like erie, notably biden touring a train facility at a union hall before giving remarks that could be described as his bread and butter economic message. >> the top 100 billionaires in the middle of this pandemic, they made 300 billion additional dollars. hear me now. 100 individuals made one $300 billion this year. and what did the bottom half get? they got to slide down because the fact is the president can only see the world from park avenue. i see it from scranton. i see it from clay mont, for real. you all know what i'm talking about. you see it from erie. >> in the meantime, vice president biden's campaign reported that he underwent pcr testing, the gold standard co-vid test on saturday. and that test came back negative. the campaign has said that joe biden will continue to be tested regularly and always when he t

i wasn't coming to erie. i mean, i have to be honest, there was no way i was coming. i didn't have to. i would have called you and said, hey, erie, if you have a chance, get out and vote. we had this thing won. >> you know, i know the president spent some time in erie last night, and apparently, he complained about having to travel here, then he cut the event short. poor guy. i don't feel that way. i love coming to pennsylvania. you guys delivered for me twice, and i am back here tonight to ask you to deliver the white house for joe biden and kamala harris. ♪ >> former president barack obama hits the campaign trail for joe biden and lights into donald trump. the question is, will he be able to fire up democrats to turn out? >>> and the state of the race. new polling out this morning from just about every battleground state. the question is, will tonight's debate make any difference? >>> plus, u.s. officials say russia and iran have obtained u.s. voter registration data and that iran used the information to intimidate democratic voters. question is, how vulnerable are

nothing to do with the needs of erie, pennsylvania. it was all a transaction where he said i wouldn't even have to be asking for you had i not been victimized by the coronavirus. that is not the performance of a candidate who understands what americans are concerned about and is trying to resolve their problems. >> i'm sure the fog behind you is a metaphor for something. i don't know what it is, but it's absolutely i'm willing to say a metaphor for something. john harwood, the president walked out of an interview with lesley stahl with "60 minutes," a preplanned interview and didn't even do part of the interview that was scheduled, a walk and talk with the vice president, mike pence, and lesley stahl. why? cnn has reporting on what transpired here. >> well, the reason, john, is that as you said in the intro, the coronavirus situation is bad in this country, it's about to get worse, it's happening on donald trump's watch and he can't take the heat. so lesley stahl sat down with him to question him about coronavirus. he's been trying to

voted for donald trump it's called mccomb county it lies between 2 great lakes lake huron and lake erie we put together a story after talking to voters take a look. mccomb county which sits between 2 great lakes lake huron and lake erie is scenic patriotic middle class and overwhelmingly white in the last election trump resonated here in 2016 pledged he would not cut medicare medicaid or social security very different from other republican candidates and i think that combined with a lot of his appeals to white identity politics really i think really appealed to a lot of people in my home county. trump inspires tributes on land and water and a rare devotion among supporters to the greatest president we've ever had in my lifetime he has made so many promises and he's kept more promises that he's made which has never happened ever as i believe in all his policies he's gotten the job done so far he's pro-life he's everything i believe in. the 2020 election will test whether he's still popular here despite the coronavirus and an economic collapse has democrat joe biden's campaign workers can