factories were already closing before covid, like the knoll plant in grand rapids. they announced in january they were shutting down and cutting 210 local jobs. manufacturing slipped into a recession last year. the net loss of manufacturing jobs we saw in michigan. onlyeconomic pain was amplified by the pandemic. schools and local businesses closed, like all places around america. more than 26 million unemployment claims were filed by americans last month. havellion americans exhausted their emergency savings. workers here in grand rapids will not forget how the jobsmembers saw their turned into a life and death task. folks, today's report reinforces another painful trend. it continues what economies call a k shaped recovery. the k means, the letter going up, that is on the top that keeps going up, while everyone else in the middle is going down and below. we are seeing things get worse. it means essential workers, ufcw workers, who sacrificed to keep us going during the pandemic and continue it are being left behind by the most unequal recovery in modern history. b

a lot like grand rapids. it is full of an awful lot of good people busting their neck every day to do the right thing for their families. in scranton, my mom used to have an expression. she said, not just in scranton, but from the time she left there, she said, joey, nobody's better than you, joey. but everybody's your equal. my dad's constant refrain after he lost his job in scranton, when there were no more work and we had to move to delaware, he moved away for a little over a year, come back every weekend to see us. by the time we finally a couple years down the road in delaware got to finally be able to buy a home, my dad used to use this expression. he said, joey, a job's about a lot more than a paycheck. it's about your dignity. it's about respect. it's about your place in the community. these are the values that shaped my growing up, and i suspect most of you. they shaped my whole life. so i know and understood from the very beginning of consciousness about this that wall street and c.e.o.'s didn't bui

it announced back injanuary they in grand rapids.g 210 localjobs —— in january they were cutting 210 local jobs —— like in january they were cutting 210 localjobs —— like the plant here. the net loss of auto manufacturing jobsis the net loss of auto manufacturing jobs is strong here in michigan, and that economic pain is only apartheid by the pandemic. your schools, your local businesses are closed, more than 26 million unemployment claims we re than 26 million unemployment claims were filed by americans last month. 46 million americans have exhausted their emergency savings and essential workers here in grand rapids won't forget how the ufcw members saw their jobs rapids won't forget how the ufcw members saw theirjobs turned suddenly into a life—and—death task. folks, today's report reinforces another painful trend. the continuing of what economists call a k shaped recovery. that means going up, that's those on the top. it keeps going up. while everyone else in the middle is going down below. we're seeing things get worse. it means

cnn's jessica dean joins me in grand rapids. and, jessica, in addition to the fact that the president -- i'm sorry, the vice president took the high road and did not criticize president trump at all, only wished him well, two other things struck me. one, he focused almost entirely on his economic two. and, two, and speaking louder than anything else, he wore a mask the entire time. >> reporter: yes he did, jack. he and jill biden were wearing masks. we heard him confirm that he took two tests earlier today. one in delaware, one with a former white house doctor, both of them negative and saying this is not a matter of politics, instead this is a reminder that we have to take this virus seriously. the coronavirus and trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been the centerpiece of biden's campaign since it all started happening back in february and march. and it has been the thing they've come back to again and again. we heard him talk about that mask mandate that he's talked about before. we heard him talking about the ne

like the plan here in grand rapids. they announced back in january they were shutting down and cutting 210 local jobs. manufacturing has already slipped into recession last year, the net loss of auto manufacturing jobs you saw here in michigan. the economic pain was only amplified by the pandemic. local businesses are closed like all places around america. more than 26 million on employment claims were filed by americans last month. 46 million americans have exhausted their emergency savings. essential workers here in grand rapids will not forget how the jobs turned steadily into a life-and-death task. report reinforces another painful trend, the continuing of what economists a k shape recovery. letter goings the up is those on the top that keeps going up as everyone else in the middle is going down and below. we are seeing things the worse. this means essential workers, ufcw workers, who sacrificed to keep us going through the pandemic and continue to are being left behind by the most unequal recovery in modern history

janet shamlian spent the weekend talking to voters this weekend and is in grand rapids this morning. what'd they tell you? >> reporter: good morning, for the most part their minds are made up and they're ready to go. michigan has long been a republican stronghold, but democrats have had success in recent elections here making this a premier battleground. some elected officials are now saying that they believe the race for president is actually tighter than the polls show. in the pumpkin patch they're still choosing, but voters like adrian ross have already decided who they're voting for. >> what's the biggest factor for you? >> it is a lot around guns and then abortion. >> kearsten and justin mccoy are just as set on their choice. >> why are you voting for bider? >> one of the things that feels the most heartbreaking for me is the state of race relations and racism in america. >> it's really important to me that everyone has access to health care. >> both campaigns are pushing hard to rally their base.

i made it in grand rapids, michigan. it was 1:00 in the morning. cricket hillary had come in with barack obama. and they came in together with bill clinton, actually, and all of them. and it was unscheduled meaning that they found out they had a problem. it was unscheduled. they got here at 7:00. they had 500 people. i got here at 1:00 in the morning and started speaking at 1:00 in the morning in grand rapids. we had 32,000 people. [cheers and applause] and remember, it was now -- think of this. it was now election day. it was now election day. i got home and our future first lady said to me, are you crazy? i got home at 4:00 in the morning. ronna mcdaniel did a fantastic job. congressmen, are we doing okay? are we winning yet? the great john james is going to win. [cheers and applause] mask in chair laura cox is terrific. thank you. how are we doing, lara? are we up? he said two points. that's not enough. we need to get a little more than that. two points today. they great ted nugent. he is the only one who really dressed property. great job, we a

grand rapids. we'll see that event perhaps in the next hour.d try to figure out where everything is going to break down, always come up here to minnesota, wisconsin, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania. the wildcard was thrown earlier today. two hours ago, the trump campaign announced that all future events with the family of the president had been suspended. and they will only happen if they are virtual. we'll watch and see how that plays out. i mentioned salt lake, we will be in utah on wednesday, how kamala harris and mike pence take to the field of politics when they were featured on stage then. 70 million watched the other night, no telling how many will watch wednesday night. also with an eye on the markets. heading into a weekend where you really have a considerable uncertainty as to what can happen for the president, first lady. i think the biggest question of the hour as i mentioned about 30 minutes ago, the question now is when do we hear from him and when do we see him. when do the doctors tell us his current condition. a lot of people made

a lot like grand rapids. a lot of good people busting their neck every day to do the right thing for their families. in scranton my mom used to have an expression, she said, not just in scranton, but from the time we left there, joey, nobody is better than you, joey, but everybody is your equal. my dad the constant refrain after he lost the job in scranton when there were no more workers and we had to move to delaware, he moved away for a little bit over a year and would come back every weekend and cs to the time we finally a couple of years down the road finally were able to buy a home, my dad used to use this and said, joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck, it is about your dignity, it is about respect, it is about your place in the community. these are the values, the shape of my growing up and i suspect most of you. they shape my whole life. so i know and understood from the very beginning and was conscious about this that wall street and ceos did not build this country, the middle class built t

in fact, factories are already closing before covid, like the knoll plant in grand rapids, they announced they were shutting down and cutting 210 local jobs, manufacturing has already slipped into recession last year and the net loss of auto manufacturing jobs you saw michigan, the economic pain who is only amplified by the pandemic, your schools, local businesses are closed like all places around america, more than 26 million unemployment claims were filed by americans last month, 46 million americans have exhausted their emergency savings and essential workers here in grand rapids, will not forget how the ufcw members saw their jobs turned suddenly into a life-and-death task, folks, today report reinforces another painful trend in what economists call a k-shaped recovery. the k means a letter going up, that is those on the top and keep going up, everyone else in the middle is going down and below, we are seeing things get worse. the essential workers, ufcw workers that sacrifice to keep us going through the pandemic and continue are being left behind by the most unequal recovery and mod

mike memoli is following the biden campaign in grand rapids, michigan. nbc senior business correspondent stephanie ruhle has her eye on the markets for us this hour. geoff, let's start with you. chief of staff mark meadows a few moments ago walking out to that group of reporters without wearing a mask again, saying he fully expects there will be more positive cases in the president's orbit over the next few days. what else did we learn from mark meadows? >> reporter: he said president trump is in good spirits. he described him as being energetic. he said president trump's first question to him when they spoke by phone this morning was how is the economy doing. mark meadows also confirming on the record president trump is experiencing mild symptoms as he put it. he said he's optimistic he will make a quick and speedy recovery. even there, though, the white house chief of staff was making clear there is a continuity plan in place should one be needed. interestingly enough, mark meadows spoke about two things, one, the treatment and the timeline. i'll talk

if you are a political junkie, you remember he went to grand rapids in 2016. it looks like the white house will be the setting for where the president is. he won't be in new york city. he won't be at the trump hotel in washington. that seems to be a fluid situation. based on the president's comments to repoers this morning. but it looks like the white house just like it was for the republican national convention, could be the setting for election night. now let's bring in dr.eter navarro, the presisident's top advisor onrade. . he joinedhe trump administration early on, working on trade policy. he's an antagonist of china if i mate say, dr. navarro. great to have you here. >>> mr. costa, who you are you, sir? >> doing well. >>> you look marvelous in your office there. >> how do you think trade plays into this campaign? i know you're a policy man. but you u pay attention to trad a political issue as well. is this something the president is going to hit in the final few days? >>> trade is one of the keys to ununlocking the midwest battleground states. if you go

the democrat has been playing up her work for faith-based organizations, a charity in grand rapids, and is banking on a strong performance from joe biden in michigan, particularly in the suburbs of grand rapids which are increasingly , professional, and although trump carried this district by eight four years ago, both what is believed joe biden has a narrow lead. it is fascinating to see whether that translates down ballot. you chat withlet callers and there are plenty and we are happy to talk about house races around the country. what are you interested in? give us a call on phone lines. republicans, democrats, and independents as usual. this is regina, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? guest: great. how are you? caller: i'm great. i'm interested in some house races going on in my area. i live in the tri-state area, ohio, cincinnati area. curious about thomas massie's race, also warren davison, district eight in ohio, as well as steve shaaban. guest: great questions. thomas massie was going to supposedly have a competitive primary. it didn't turn out so competitive afte

shep >> dasha burns live in grand rapids. >>> sometimes history helps us makes sense of what's happening right now, and historians can help us see the forest for the trees now and then michael beschloss is nbc news presidential historian he's here to give us context michael, good evening and thanks. >> glad to be with you. >> context is there any historical reference that gives us insight on what happened last night, anything like that ever before >> i wish i could give you one, shep, but you go through all of history, you'll never find a fall presidential debate that got this far out of control. president trump obviously went into this, thinking that, you know, he would try to dominate and speak through joe biden and the result was that a lot of what biden said was drowned out. you and i both know chris wallace was put in a very difficult position because the rule ds not allow him to turn off anyone's microphone. >> around the world, is there an analogy, is there a comparison to another world leader acting in this way? >> well, i think it resembles the kind of countries that americans u

for the presidential for the president's job in november 3rd has a speech earlier in rep it's in grand rapids michigan a battle state. taking the high road saying we wish the president all the best speedy recovery all prayers for the president and his family and the extended circle of the president nobody wants him to get sick or anybody in the white house to get sick and not being able to perform as president or just being healthy as a human being so that was him taken the high road to joe biden did not criticize the president at all he did not and he could have easily as we just seen the in the report could easily go in on what the president said of wearing or major rallies with no social distancing and just have been no care for any caution in terms of covert 19 prevention but he didn't do that to the country he actually canceled his event today which he was supposed to hold in grand rapids michigan out of the i would say respect and out of abundance of course i'm hit. himself 2 tests they were both negative good for joe biden you would say however the democratic campaign and the joe biden

i am here in grand rapids, michigan.ice president biden was scheduled to be here at 1:20 american time for remarks and have some campaign events and waiting to here -- he will not make it here by 1:20 and waiting to hear what they'll do with that trip as it's delayed by many hours awaiting the test results but the top line, vice president biden negative for covid. the same for jill biden, as well. john? >> jessica dean on the ground for us with the breaking news in grand rapids, thank you. >>> now jeff zeleny, national political correspondent jonathan martin. in this year of disruption, this is a huge disruption. the president positive for covid-19. 32 days from an election in which he tried repeatedly to turn people away from the pandemic, to try to get them to look elsewhere, look at joe biden, look at protests across america. it is going to be very hard now under quarantine in the white house to turn voters' attention anywhere else. >> i'd make two points to you. this is an extraordinary year, a year filled with tumul

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cnn's jessica dean is in grand rapids and joins us now. lot of questions, most of them directed to the white house but we're waiting. we're waiting to see how did joe biden's test turn out and will he be on the trail? that's exactly right. we do know that joe and jill biden have been tested this morning, we are awaiting the results from that test and the campaign said that they would test joe biden regularly and routinely and that they would go public with it if there was a positive test and we're awaiting results this morning. i'm in grand rapids, michigan, where joe biden was supposed to be to reach out to white working class voters. at this point it's unclear whether he'll make it here to michigan or not. we're also learning that the biden campaign was not alerted the by the trump campaign or anyone about possible exposure. they found out about it as the rest of us did, via news reporting so a lot of things up in the air at this point. yesterday the biden campaign announced after months of resisting in-person canvassing that they were r

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they are wishing him best wishes, and that reality —— rally, that little campaign event he was at grand rapidstually have a huge amounts of coverage here in the united states on television. it was carried live across all of the networks here, the cable television networks here, the cable television networks which is not something that joe biden usually gets, so there is the president in isolation now at walter reed hospital, joe biden now dawn the campaign trail getting a lot of attention and managing to carry on with the campaign. the president, by the way, has tweeted a video of himself, i think we have that now that we can show you just before he left the white house, he tweeted this all before he got out on marine one. we can see that tweet, i think we can bring it up. i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. i'm going to walter reed hospital. i think i'm doing very well, but we are going to make sure that things work out. the first lady is doing very well. so thank you very much for my appreciated, i will never forget it. thank you. that was just before the president got on m

he will have its final rally on election day, election eve, monday night, in grand rapids, michigan. if you are a political junkie, you will remember he went there in 2016. it looks like the white house will be the setting for the where the president is.he will not be in new york city , or the trump hotel in washington. it is a fluid situation, based on his comments this morning, but it looks like the white house, just like it was for the republican national convention, could be the setting for election night. now we will bring in dr. peter navarro. his trade something the president will hit in the final few days? dr. navarro: it is the key to unlocking the midwest -- the midwest battleground states. if you go across, for example, michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. you understand if you are a blue-collar worker, that joe biden voted for nafta in 1994, he voted for china and the wto. memory, institutional from you and your family, of how we lost over 70,000 factories and 5 million jobs to joe biden's nafta and his courtship of china. and at the president has, as you know, been the

democratic presidential candidate joe biden delivered remarks today in grand rapids, michigan. mr. biden: hey, folks. good afternoon. before i start, i wanted to slain the delay. we wanted to make sure we were doing everything by the numbers. we had to covid tests this morning. everything is clear.

and if you will recall, 2016, his last campaign stop at midnight was in grand rapids, michigan. i believe i have karl rove here. is that correct? >> yes you do. and donna brazile as well. okay, great, i'm sorry i'm having a little bit of delay. thank you both for beingg democe quite nervous that in michigan they are seeing lower numbers of turnout in detroit than they would like. that is why they want. what are you hearing on that front? >> i am hearing and others are hearing at abc, mention of it in their note yesterday morning, african-american turnout is smaller than hoped for. for example georgia and early voting, they keep track of th we need to have about just under a third of it. instead, it is under 28%. and so we are seeing that, we are saying that in florida, where official democratic party officials openly concerned, expressing their concerns about the lack of sufficient support in miami-dade county. they have a certain percentage or turnout that needs to be in order to have statewide win and it ain't there yet. >> dana: donna brazile, can you weigh in on that too, pl

. >> joe biden was in grand rapids, michigan, for a voter mobilization event.e laying out details of his economic plan, he addressed the news of president trump's positive covid-19 test.

. >> reporter: the african-american community in grand rapids has been holding events to register voters. the president has let them down. >> he's driving voters to the polls to vote them out. >> he doesn't stand up for the african-american community. we want to feel supported in the things that we do and some of the injustice that happens. >> between the two candidates. >> reporter: amid a tight race, it may be michiganders like these who decide it. is this the first time you vote democrat? >> yes. >> why? >> i need someone who has a little bit of compassion and thinks about the other person. >> we see all that's developed in the trump era here of these past four years. and i'm asking myself, what is he's denying that covid even really exists. he says it's no more than a flu. he doesn't show vision and he lies like a rug. >> reporter: with the population of almost 10 million, a tale of two electorates in michigan are dug in and decide. what's rare, voters still thinking it over. >> i don't like the things that donald trump has to say about women, about minorities, about different ethnic

biden will still travel to grand rapids, michigan for an event that was supposed to be under way rightr, we are still waiting for him to leave his house in wilmington, delaware. this is going to significantly change how the campaign continues on from here. if the president were to isolate for 14 days, the next presidential debate in miami would also then have to be delayed. but how they do debate prep leading up to that may also now change and also, there is a question if in-person debates will be happening at all. >> no one was wearing masks in the room when we were prepping the president during that period of time, and we were -- the group was about five or six people in total. reporter: biden's campaign was supposed to begin in-person door knocking this weekend with volunteers two days after biden had his busiest day on the campaign trail since the primaries and since before the pandemic but that type of in-person campaigning could be on hold. the next vp debate is in utah on wednesday. harris is continuing on the road, campaign travel. she did test negative, of course. the vice pre

>> i heard an update from peter in grand rapids.hat's interesting last night hours before the president revealed his diagnosis the biden campaign announced they would start door knocking again. a big reversal. they've been criticizing the republicans from going door-to-door and last night they reversed themselves. republicans have knocked at 20 million doors and it will be interesting to see if the democrats walk that back a little bit. the other thing to watch there is a lot of attack ads on television now as viewers know and it is in poor taste to be running attack ads against the president if he is sick and recuperating. will they pull back some of those ads and run more positive commercials about the former vice president instead of negative commercials about the president? >> sandra: i'm out of time. struck me as interesting the question about public sympathy and what that could lead to as far as polls for the president. you are comparing this to when this has been affected -- other world leaders have been affected by the virus

don't forget the last stop of the 2016 campaign for president trump 1:00 in the morning rally grand rapids, michigan. the president believes that helped put him over the top you're the president just in waterford township, michigan to attack the blue wall again. in other states, michigan, wisconsin, minnesota. the president won 2 out of 3 and 2016 and he would like to win 3 of 3. here at green bay, it is interesting to note that yesterday president trump received the endorsement of brett favre. the quarter packed, and hall of famer, some buzz that brett favre would be here today but fox news has been told, that he will not be here and so just in speculation by some of the campaign folks thinking it might be a good way to button up where he's trying to button up wisconsin for the president. in waterford township, the president hammering joe biden for declaring that the united states is in for a long, dark, covid filled winner. here is what the president said. the five mix before he said long, dark winter, that is great. that is just what our country needs is a long, dark winter and a leader

jessica dean is in grand rapids where biden is expected to campaign this afternoon. president trump when he was likely con ttagious shared a debate stage with the former vice president. how's the campaign reacting and mobilizing to monitor biden's health? >> reporter: right. so there was a memo this morning from the campaign manager that said that the campaign is -- to the staff saying that the campaign is doing everything it can to make sure that everyone is as safe as possible. we got the negative test results for joe and jill biden, administered the pcr test, the gold standard of tests. the results are very good in terms of their accuracy. he was scheduled to be here in grand rapids, michigan, starting 1 1:20 eastern time and wont be making it here on time and told that he will travel here to michigan after the delay this morning, waiting on the test results and that he will give remarks, expecting later today, this afternoon. if you zoom out kind of big picture, the coronavirus and the president's response to the pandemic and his lack of response to the pandemic

show you my pictures my cameras moving, my apologies, presidential nominee joe biden landed in grand rapidshis first public appearance since the revelation of president trump and first lady melania trump testing positive for covid-19 in our cameras and eyes were on that shot because we wanted to see if the vice president would make any comments, we have not heard his voice, he has tweeted and earlier he did wish the couple, the president and the first lady a speedy recovery, joe biden did that this morning and he said they tested negative for the virus before they head to the campaign event, here's the tape just moments ago and former vice president joe biden grand rapids michigan is going to hold an event, there was? earlier in the day whether or not the former vice president would be holding any campaign event but again he and his wife, they are negative and the day goes on for that presidential candidate, the day goes on for the market under a little bit more pressure, the dow is down 96-point we crossed the unchanged mark, it's been a wild ride, jacqui deangelis and the fox business new

up democrat has been playing her work for faith-based organizations, a charity in grand rapids. she is banking on a strong performance from joe biden in michigan, particularly in the whichs of grand rapids are increasingly professional and although trump carried this bytrict by 84 years ago -- --ht four years ago host: there are plenty of callers and we are happy to talk about house races around the country. what are you interested in? give us a call on phone lines. this is regina. republican. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? >> great. how are you? caller: i'm great. i'm interested in some house races going on in my area. i live in the ohio cincinnati area. curious about thomas massie's ,ace, also warren davison district eight in ohio as well as steve shaaban. >> great questions. thomas massie was going to supposedly have a competitive primary. it didn't turn out so competitive after revelations of some online comments his opponent had made. kentucky's fourth district is an .bsolutely safe republican seat the race that we are really paying attention to in cincinn

dasha is in grand rapids. dasha, what are you hearing there?er: i first came here last november, and the developments i'm seeing here are fascinating. donald trump did win michigan in 2016, bhe won it by a pretty narrow margin, so if it does go blue, it could be because of some of the republican voters in this county. this is the hometown of gerald ford, and, alex, i have to tell you if i had a dime for everyone telling me they are a gerald ford republican, there are people who find themselves struggling with republican identity. they told me they don't feel at home anymore in the republican party. i want to talk to you about katie. she voted for donald trump in 2016, does not plan to do so again. she regrets that vote. she's going to vote for joe biden, but i want you to hear about her decisions down the ballot as well. take a listen to what she told me. >> so this is definitely the first time i'm going to vote blue all the way down the ballot, because i think it was really important for republicans to come up and denounce trump's behavior and

our sara sidner live in grand rapids, michigan. sara, that is quite a headline. >> reporter: it's a stunning development when you consider it. authorities say that they have thwarted this domestic terror plot that involved targeting members of law enforcement for violence, storming the capitol in lansing. even kidnapping legislators, but the main focus was to try to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer. there was even talk of killing her, according to the fbi. but the governor is standing strong and defiant. >> reporter: 13 men stand accused of a domestic terrorist plot to overthrow state governments. some of the suspects cnn found online, ranting against the government. >> by you participating in the government, you know, you are participating in slavery q, dud. >> reporter: the fbi said michigan was to be ground zero. >> through confidential sources, undercover agents and clandestine recordings, law enforcement learned particular individuals were planning to kidnap the governor. >> reporter: michigan governor gretchen whitmer has dra

you'll also notice i'm standing in grand rapids, michigan.rmer vice president joe biden is scheduled to travel here today. his travel has picked up substantially since labor day. it's unclear at this point if he'll be making the trip here to grand rapids, michigan. he was supposed to give remarks later this afternoon and meet with some people here. we just don't know at this time if that will be going forward. >> i suppose they will see what the test results are and then make the decision on that and not to mention, guys, the debates, multiple ones that are still supposed to happen and what goes on with that. we'll get to that in a little bit. appreciate the reporting. thanks very much. so many political implications also over the president's condition. primary concern, of course, is his health and then the politics follow and oh, yeah the debates. we'll discuss all of it ahead. my father always reminded me, "a good education takes you many different horizons" and that sticked to my mind. so, when $1 a day came out, i said, "why not"? why not

joining me is dasha burns in grand rapids, michigan.et's talk about how officials there are reacting to this legal fight over the ban, and do election workers and volunteers have clear guidance at this point about what to do if individuals show up with guns? >> hey, ayman. that's a great question. the answer is not exactly, which is a bit of a challenge here. there have just been so many developments in the story over the last couple days. in the last couple hours, the attorney general announced at a press conference they have already filed an appeal as of this morning, but even before that ruling, ayman, local officials here in kent county were planning to buck that ban on open carry. the county prosecutor called it invalid, said the secretary of state and the attorney general didn't have the authority to issue that order. i spoke to the county clerk here and the elections director, and they said that they have not been instructing their clerks and election workers to enforce the ban. i want you to hear from county clerk lyons on the i

he joins us from grand rapids where vice president biden was scheduled to campaign today. geoff, good news about vice president pence, but tell us about that and who else might be at risk and what we know about the president. does he have symptoms? >> i'll start with what you said about vice president mike pence. it's a positive sign that he and the second lady karen pence have tested negative. this is according to the vice president's press sngt. that's a positive sign from a continuity of government perspective. but as we've come to learn over the last seven or eight months of this pandemic, one negative test is a good sign but it's not a final one. the pences will continue to be tested. but to your other question, the contact tracing that the white house is doing, according to a white house official, you would imagine is just a herculean effort in large part because of the great many people president trump has been around this past week. with rose garden events, as he announced his supreme court pick, with rallies. the president on the debate stage as you mentioned, and

he spoke at a campaign event in grand rapids, michigan, today and he wore a mask of the entire time. his wife, jill, and his running mate, also both testing negative. >>> cbs correspondent has been following these late breaking developments from washington all day long. >> reporter: an extraordinary turn of events, a surreal day here at the white house is the president-elect here to go to walter reed where he will be staying a couple of days. the white house as he will be working there and he will also b receiving treatment. president trump the part of the white house friday evening to go to walter reed national military medical center after he and first lady melania trump tested positive for covid-19. trump administration officials say he will spend several days there working and receiving treatment. the presidents physician says he has been given a regeneron antibody cocktail. hoe pics tested positive for the virus wednesday. that is when she began exhibiting symptoms. the chief of staff confirmed the why it has had been notified of the status before the president-elect for a fundr

expected to rally voters in grand rapids, michigan today. no word if he plans to voluntarily quarantine. we have reached out to joe biden's campaign thought yet received a response back. back to you. brian: all right, todd, thank you so much. let's put this in perspective. mollie hemingway has been taking in the news like we have. fox news contributor. mollie, from the time we learned about this virus in february we knew leaders were going to be susceptible. we watched boris johnson get it and have to be hospitalized. and, okay, had to be hospitalized and we watched baltd narrow of brazil get it and take forever to get cleared even though he felt better. had to get two positive tests somali is going to be with us shortly. what i find interesting everyone's comments on this as we find out the president and first lady have tested positive along with hope hicks and we hope nobody else, you see this msnbc contributor jason johnson says hopefully he survives but if he has to go through the coronavirus process this is a nail in the coffin of his i

a lot like grand rapids. it's filled with an awful lot of good people, busting their neck every day to do the right thing for their families. in scranton, my mom used to have an expression. not just in scranton, but from the time we left there. joey, nobody is better than you, joey, but everybody is your equal. my dad's constant refrain after he lost a job in scranton, when there was no more work and he had to move to delaware. he moved away for a little over a year. came back every weekend to see us. a time we finally, a couple years down the road in delaware finally able to buy a home. my dad used to say, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. it's about your dignity. it's about respect. it's about your place in the community. these are the values that shaped my growing up, and i suspect most of you. it shaped my whole life. so i know and understood from the very beginning, i'm conscious about this. that wall street and ceos didn't build this country. the middle class built this country. and unions buil

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he is planning a final stop in grand rapids, where he concluded his campaign in 2016. >>> for resources to help you vote smart, including polling places and information on candidates and propositions, visit kpix.com. >>> still ahead, streaming cbsn bay area my actress lori was now doing time in the bay area. what is in store as she starts her sentence for the college admission scandal. >>> santa clara county goes to court to stop a local church from holding crowded, indoor services. how the church is fighting back. >>> the government coming after the people who want to help those who are hurting. >>> and the 49ers season about to get hurt. heather gearing up for showdown with the seahawks. >>> nice weather across the bay area, plenty of sunshine, just a little bit of smok >>> former full house or lori loughlin is now at a woman's federal correction facility in dublin, doing time for her role in the college admission scandal. she reported a few weeks early, she is expected to serve her old two months behind bars without family visits due to covid-19. she and her husband, mossimo giannull

the men arrested last night adam fox conducted meetings with the group in the basement of this grand rapids vacuum cleaner store where he lived the fbi says he tried to enlist the help of a militia group meeting with members during a gun rights rally at the state capitol in june. what the men did not know according to court documents is that their every move was being followed by undercover fbi informants after two of the men talked on social media early in the year about carrying out violent anti-government attacks. state police arrested seven other men members of the militia group charged with planning to target the homes of law enforcement officers and kidnap government officials. >> as a mom with two teenage daughters and three stepsons, my husband and i are eternally grateful to everyone who put themselves in harm's way to keep our family safe. >> reporter: no comment yet from the lawyers for any of those charged with plotting to kidnap the governor but if they're convicted in federal court they could face life in prison lester >> pete williams tonight, thank you. >>> a heated debate t