course on a jacqui heinrich has the very latest, she is live in wilmington, delaware, tonight. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, shannon. considerations are underway for just how the american people can get real answers out of the next presidential debate, and while both campaigns are making claims about alleged requests, the last moderator, chris wallace, has some advice. >> joe, you agree with bernie sanders and the far

correspondent jacqui heinrich reporting on the biden campaign live from philly.ood evening. >> good evening, shannon. former vice president joe biden takes questions during a town hall, replacing the second debate. questions are going unanswered about purported emails from his son. >> the answer is if it's on the hard drive. >> slow drip of emails from "the new york post" reportedly from hunter biden or raising questions. whether joe biden was involved. the newest email also obtained by mike emanuel discussed a deal that would be "interesting for me and my family," mentioning payment for six people including the big guy. the postcards emails from president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani who says he got it legally. >> the document that i have signed by hunter biden says that after 90 days, the hard drive is abandoned. it becomes the property of the merchant. >> the merchant a legally blind computer repair man says a man calling himself hunter biden dropped off the laptop in april 2019. isaac told me he didn't give it straight to giuliani. he used a third pa

jon: jacqui heinrich in wilmington, delaware. thank you. for more on the state of the race the spring and trumped 2020 senior advisor katrina pierson. those remarks from mark meadows and response from the biden campaign have gotten quite a bit of attention, for those that might not of heard of, i want to play them now, here's what mark meadows had to say earlier this morning. >> here's what we have to do, we are not going to control the pandemic, we are going to control the fact that we give vaccines therapeutic and other mitigation. it is a contagious virus just like the flu. >> yet again they are suggesting to the american people that this is like the flu and this administration fails to take personal responsibility in terms of leading the nation through this dangerous and deadly mass casualty event, that is why they have forfeited their rights to a second term in office. >> what to say to the vice presidential candidate. >> i think the democrats take an opportunity to politicize a crisis with this being the pandemic, chief of staff mark

jon: jacqui heinrich in wilmington, delaware. thank you.enate minority leader chuck schumer is calling on the supreme court nominee amy coney barrett to commit to recusing herself for many cases related to the upcoming election. schumer also claims that barrett should not take part in high-stakes case on the affordable care act. the high court is scheduled to hear that november 10 exactly one week after the election. david spunt explains what to expect when weeklong confirmation hearing kickoff tomorrow. >> a busy week ahead, republicans in the senate want to transform judge amy coney barrett into justice amy coney barrett as soon as possible if confirmed to be the fifth woman to sit on the high court. president trump wants to get the confirmation as soon as possible once. to be on the bench by election day and hearing begins tomorrow morning and expect several important topics to be discussed. abortion, gun right, immigration and healthcare. democrats are expected to focus heavily on healthcare during her hearing and the views on the affor

jon: jacqui heinrich in durham, north carolina. thank you. i new york post review of twitter's senior executive reveals deep hatred for president trump, this is facebook and twitter are under the microscope over the social media blackout of a post story about hunter biden. lawmakers in the white house accusing big tech of censorship two weeks ahead of the election, meantime the senate judiciary committee is set to vote this week to subpoena twitter ceo jack dorsey. fox team coverage with claudia cowan in northern california but we begin with mark meredith in washington. >> lawmakers from both parties appear eager to reign in the power of social media companies and big tech but for two different reasons. congressional republicans in president trump are outraged twitter block links to a new york post story alleging improper behavior by joe biden son hunter, twitter has backtracked and allowed the story to be shared, facebook also limited the story circulation, this week the senate judiciary committee will consider whether or not subpoena twitte

jacqui heinrich is track aing joe biden's campaign.ut let's start with david spunt in manchester, new hampshire, where the president holds a rally today. david. >> reporter: chris, new hampshire has four electoral votes, president trump lost this state in 2016. he's currently down here in the polls. but he's been doing a lot of traveling. yesterday he held rallies in three different states. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: president trump spent part of his evening saturday in wisconsin, after stops in north carolina and ohio. he woke up saturday morning at his palm beaches state in must-win florida. and went to the local library to vote. >> i voted for a guy named trump. >> reporter: although tens of millions of americans have already voted, the trump campaign is counting on a large in-person turnout on election day, the president hoping a silent majority delivers. >> these polls are much better than four years ago. now they're getting awfully close. now, because they can't be embarrassed a second time. >> reporter: the president's

>> shannon: okay, jacqui heinrich on the road tonight. thank you. former president obama campaigning with for his former number two in florida today, surprisingly taking shots on how the trump administration handled the pandemic. as senior correspondent rick leventhal shows, the president is firing back. hey, rick. >> good evening, shannon. 2020 will likely forever be known as the year of the coronavirus, so there's a surprise it is plain usual in the presidential race, and the two campaigns taking very different approaches. former president barack obama trying to swing votes to joe biden in florida, holding a drive-in rally in orlando, criticizing president trump handling of covid-19. >> what is his closing argument? that people are too focused on covid. he said this at one of his rallies. "covid, covid, covid," he is complaining. he is jealous of covid's media coverage. >> more than 225,000 dead americans because of covid-19. 7,800 right here in georgia. >> democrats often cite the death toll but rarely discuss how nursing homes contributed to the

jacqui heinrich, thank you.hel: right now we're going to bring in alayna treene, white house reporter for axios. if you don't mind, i want to look at a new abc news/washington post poll that was released just this morning. it shows joe biden up 54-42 over president trump nationally. the former vp leads 59-36 among women. the widest margin, by the way, in this poll since 1976. and a slight edge for the president, voters trust the president 48% on handling of the economy to joe biden's 47%. so, elena, as president trump starts his full court press tomorrow with this event at an airport hangar in sanford, florida, which is the first of three rallies in three days, as you well know, just ten days ago president trump revealed he had coronavirus. so how does he shed the negative reviews he has gotten on his handling of the pandemic and appeal to voters that he is good for the economy? >> well, arthel, it's a great question because the last few weeks the president's been, you know, he's very restless to get back on the

jacqui heinrich is tracking joe biden's campaign. but let's start with david spunt in nevada where the president holds a rally later today. >> four years ago he lost this state and right now he's behind in the polls here. president trump full steam ahead on the campaign trail. november 3 now within reach. president trump: the democrats would terminate our recovery with a lockdown like your governor is do now for everybody except her husband. reporter: the president calling out gretchen whitmer. supporters chanting lock her up caught the governor's attention who tweeted, this is the rhetoric that put me, my family and other government officials' lives in danger as we try to save the lives of our fellow americans. the president trying to capitalize on a "new york post" story linking emails to hunter biden. the rnc filed a complaint with the federal elections commission claiming that the tweet blocking was an in-kind donation to bind's campaign. after the rally in nevada, he will head to the street coast, then two morale liz in nevada l

trace: jacqui heinrich live in wilmington, delaware.es reporting record increase in daily coronavirus cases. up next, what that has to do with the fall weather sending people indoors. ♪ hope is the light in all of us that cannot be extinguished. to stir that fire, university of phoenix is awarding up to one million dollars in scholarships through this month. see what scholarship you qualify for at phoenix.edu. trace: well, president trump being hospitalized with covid-19 is one reminder what a serious threat the virus remains and another part of the country a rise in number of cases. carlos, kentucky, wisconsin announcing record numbers of new infections. that's not good. charles: no, it's not, trace. you're right. both wisconsin and kentucky reporting record number of daily new cases on saturday. kentucky governor andy basheer calling on kentuckians to do better as the state reported its highest single-day total ever. the state has set off alarm bells in the last couple of weeks as positive cases are ticked up 13% according to new york

jacqui heinrich, you're live in philadelphia. big activity happening there today, jacqui. >> sure is, dana. joe biden is at home preparing for the final face-off with president trump. the democrats are bringing out the most powerful weapon in this crucial swing state. former president barack obama will host a drive-in rally in a couple hours. a portion of his remarks will be directed toward black men highlighting the importance of african american turn-out in philadelphia, which caused in part hillary clinton's loss in pennsylvania in 2016. although she won philadelphia, she didn't win by as much as she needed and got less of a share to romney. in obama's first appearance comes after his former v.p. is denying allegations of improprieties stemming from his son's business deals. all of this is a subject of a republican, led senate inquiry. there was damage that joe biden manipulated foreign policy the enrich his son. hunter biden and other members of the family profited from the biden name, accused the media of ignoring this. this

jacqui heinrich he is further down the road in pennsylvania. good afternoon john, where are you and what happened? >> the president and he is campaigning at a frenetic pace in these last eight days. the president believes here in pennsylvania, at the very end of last thursday's debate they said he wanted to transition away from oil. and about west virginia in 2016 what about the eagle ford shale in texas? what about people in north dakota, parts of louisiana where they have tracking going on, when joe biden was voting for trade agreements like nafta, those manufacturing jobs are gone. they have to go to something else the president during the first part of his administration, and it helps the second administration to prove that they can bring those jobs back. the one point where joe biden continues to make inroads is on the handling of coronavirus. the president insisting that after november the 3rd, coronavirus is going to go away in terms of public discourse. about five members of the vice president stuff can be down with coronavirus and mark

early voting is already underway in that key battleground state, and that is why our jacqui heinrich rter: hey, arthel. joe biden's stop comes as polls show with a very narrow lead here in north carolina, and right after the campaign warned they need to operate like they're trailing, biden told supporters to get out there and vote early, emphasizing access with extended hours at polling locations in every single county. people who came out toweled us that they expect -- told us that they expect north carolina will be a nail-biter on election day, and while biden has substantial support, they're still concerned some democrats will feel cushioned by national polling and not vote early a just as republicans come out in huge numbers on november 3rd. also they expressed lingering shell shock from 2016, but overall they felt optimistic. >> actually, i early voted on friday, and it was an hour wait around 4:00 which was pretty long compared to when i've voted in the past. and there were, i think, a lot of biden supporters there. trump supporters too, but i think the enthusiasm and the turnou

bret: jacqui heinrich, thank you.n former new hampshire congressman ford jr., julie face and washington post columnist marc thiessen. julie, the president waving to supporters outside of the hospital. the white house correspondents association putting out a statement saying that they weren't told about this, and it kind of created a reaction. what about this move, the president wanting to do a hat tip to the people outside? >> well, i think there are a couple of things here. one, or we've been hearing from the sources that the president is feeling cooped up in the hospital. he wants to get out as soon as possible. but if you look at some of those images, some of those secret service agents, you know, the president of the united states has coronavirus which is extremely contagious. he is in a closed-off, sealed-off vehicle right now putting u.s. secret service agents at risk. i think that that's not something that we should lose sight of right now. there is certainly an interest in getting out and waving to those suppo

bret: jacqui heinrich, thank you. in former new hampshire congressman ford jr., julie face and washington post columnist marc thiessen. julie, the president waving to supporters outside of the hospital. the white house correspondents association putting out a statement saying that they weren't told about this, and it kind of created a reaction. what about this move, the president wanting to do a hat tip to the people outside? >> well, i think there are a couple of things here. one, or we've been hearing from the sources that the president is feeling cooped up in the hospital. he wants to get out as soon as possible. but if you look at some of those images, some of those secret service agents, you know, the president of the united states has coronavirus which is extremely contagious. he is in a closed-off, sealed-off vehicle right now putting u.s. secret service agents at risk. i think that that's not something that we should lose sight of right now. there is certainly an interest in getting out and waving to those sup

jacqui heinrich is checking it out, live for milwaukee. hey jackie. >> good evening.our days out from the election, joe biden made his first three state stop in a single day of the general election. with bowls tightening, there is work to do and little time left. wednesday, democrats reportedly sounded the alarm for week turnout in black and young voters in florida's biggest county. producing turnout rates lower than 2016. then in thursday, biden's lead slept three points in a poll that had him head by 11 earlier this month. it now trump surrogates are storming the states, following the president's trip yesterday which included a meeting with the wrapper and remarks for biden's mass incarceration. according to the "miami herald," a trump spokesman wouldn't say whether the campaign repeated today 2016 effort to dissuade left-leaning black people from voting for years ago, an investigation showed 658,000 were labeled deterrence, with four days left, the last pledge don mike push for biden zeros in on pennsylvania where a trump following could be louder than in minnesota

jacqui heinrich in durham. republican lawmakers are promising to hold facebook and twitter to heal over there suppression of hunter biden story. that is from both sides to crack down on big tech or big t on the internet, mark meredith live from the nation's capital with the fight that is beginning right now and will sure to go on past the election. >> i don't think it will ever end. we are hearing from leaders of both parties that are concerned about the power the social media companies as well as the technology collaborates, they are split for two different reasons, yup congressional republicans a president trump outraged over what you heard from jacqui about the new york post story with improper behavior from hunter biden. twitter has backtracked on his decision to block the story from being seen on its platform and we also allowed it to be shared, facebook slowed down the circulation of the story when it first broke, almost instantly republicans cried foul accusing the social media platforms of sensory news

jacqui heinrich from wilmington tonight. >> hey, shannon, president tru president trump, former vp is pushing boxing he's not busy enough working 12 hour days and then he made a surprise visit to must win pennsylvania where his debates night comments about the future of the oil industry threatened to send him back. >joe biden in this working hard to ensure his debates night transition away from fossil fuels doesn't cost him in the keystone state. in a rare saturday night stop in pennsylvania where both times biden tried to set the record state. straight. >> let me make it clear, were not shutting down all oil mills and eliminating tracking, i'm investing in clean energy. were going to make sure that we don't continue to subsidize the oil companies. >> it a departure from his promise in the primary. >> i guarantee you, i guarantee you were going to end fossil fuels and i'm not going to cooperate. >> biden's energy plan doesn't abandon fracking or any other kind of fossil fuel extraction but critics says he's planning to ri reverse trump is going to. >> no no fracking, that would be the

jacqui heinrich has the latest and going into delaware tonight, good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, shannon. joe biden has no public event scheduled thursdays face up with president trump and after the commission announced new debate rules keeping only one mike open for the start of each segment tf uninterrupted speaking time, biden has preparation as the president plans to grill him over the hunter biden story. >> by the people... >> it was kamala harris not joe biden to drum up support in florida. >> you will likely determine the outcome of the election. >> biden the first response to allegations of impropriety related to hunter's business deals, the basis for which it is still being question. the third debate was supposed to be about foreign policy, but two days after new york post published the reports, the debate commission announced moderators chose new topics nearing those of the first debate. one segment entirely about coronavirus. the trump campaign told the commission, new information recently revealed indicates that biden himself was the beneficiary of a deal arranged by

neil. >> neil: thank you very, very much for your jacqui heinrich on all of that.t to go to george washington university professor jonathan turley. very good to have you. it's been a while, so thank you for joining me. this process, you know that the democrats say, you know, it's a sham. it shouldn't be happening. and that's not right. one of the things that they've been kicking around is this idea, if we get this out of, we are going to pack the court. of course, joe biden and kamala harris haven't said anything and don't want to tip their hand, but do you think that would happen if they won? that they would do that? >> well, you know, the concern is that what is popular political sound bites can become a movement if you round on the issue and voters expect you to deliver, and various democratic members, and kamala harris, herself, suggested that this was a real option. and it is a curious way to honor the legacy of ruth bader ginsburg because she spoke vehemently against this type of proposal. she said it would effectively destroy the court. and it would, you kno

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jacqui heinrich with the biden campaign.ave they had any response among the biden folks or the vice president himself to what happened? >> you know, i haven't had a chance to ask that question yet. i certainly will and we will get that right to you as soon as we know. in the meantime joe biden tested negative for the coronavirus. he will appear in a couple of hours. in the meantime, let harris is sidelined from the campaign after to individual associated tested positive for the virus. the campaign said she has not been in contact with either of those people in the last two days so she does not need to quarantine, but she is canceling all in person events until october 19th. just last night on msnbc she was praising the safety measures adopted by the campaign. >> do you feel safe campaigning during covid? >> we have been very safe. i like to hug people and you don't hug people these days. you can't shake hands, but you can look people in the eye. you can listen. and you can be there. >> harris said today she will be transpare

let's go straight to salt lake city, the scene of tonight's debate, and our own jacqui heinrich for some highlights. hi, jacqui. >> there was policy talk in the first and only vice presidential debate, but on the authority issue, questions went unanswered. both candidates played dodgeball on tough questions. >> vice president pence: mike pence, over whether he supports states ending abortion if the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, a nonanswer devoting part of his time to a previous question. >> the machen people deserve to know, qassem soleimani. >> and then pledging support for judge amy coney barrett and appealing to his religious base. >> we hope she gets her hearing and we particularly hope we don't see the kind of attacks on her christian faith that we saw before. >> later, pence used abortion to pivot in another nonanswer, and when pressed to explain his clam about a trump administration health care plan which the president has repeatedly promised but not yet delivered. >> how would your administration protect americans with pre-existing conditions, have access to affordable h

arthel: jacqui heinrich in wilmington, delaware, thanks. eric? eric: president trump happens to be attacking his own attorney general. this after william with barr reportedly told republicans that they will have to wait until after the election. the for u.s. attorney john durham to release his findings in the investigation of the russia probe. alex hogan as has more. >> reporter: this has lingered throughout trump's presidency, and republicans had hoped to see the origins of the russia probe before election day which is now just 22 days away. the original investigation started in 2016. the mueller report finding no criminal conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia, but it did find russia interference in the election benefiting donald trump. it's been a year and a half into connecticut attorney john durham's probe. so far there's been one arrest, and that was of an fbi lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering a government e-mail. president trump calling out attorney general bill barr saying it is an embarrassment and a disgrace that the findi

. >> jacqui heinrich is live in wilmington, delaware.ow is the campaign's covid precautions developed over the past few months? >> reporter: good morning, trace. this is a step beyond the promise that the campaign made back in august, that both the former vice president and senator kamala harris would be tested regularly and the campaign would make it public if they tested positive. now we can expect to know the results of every test. as the campaign's making an effort towards transparency. it's especially salient heading into the vice presidential debates this week after biden and his guests with exposed to the virus at the first presidential debate and after vice president pence was pictured in the rose garden at the event for judge amy coney barrett with several people who have tested positive for crus. the cleveland clinic told us after last week's debate individuals traveling with the candidates had been tested by their respective campaigns and tested negative. they didn't say whether they asked for proof of negative results and the

reporting from jacqui heinrich with the biden team in delaware. first john roberts kicks off the coverage. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. the headline of the day continues to be that the commission on presidential debates is thinking about making some changes to the structure of the last two presidential debates to "facilitate a more orderly discussion." of the issues. one of the ideas being floated is a kill button on the candidates microphone so that if one were to go along or excessively interrupt the other, the moderator could push the button and cut them off. the trump campaign saying that the idea of a kill button was raised by the biden campaign. tim murtaugh saying that the biden campaign knows their guy had a lousy performance and so now they are running to the commission to try to get the rules changed. they can't deny it because the request was made by the lead negotiator in front of plenty of witnesses. they really should ask for a mute button for joe biden because he's really the biggest threat to himself. the biden campaign says

jacqui heinrich covering the biden campaign as always today and she is in atlanta tonight. ui. >> hey, martha. the campaign says 290 cars were allowed in with attendants around around 870 people, making this the largest former vps event since he got back on the trail, even bigger than the dnc and it's happening in a reliably red state, long considered out of reach to the democrats. georgia, as you mentioned, hasn't elected a democratic president since 1992 in the campaign believes that this state is competitive and it could become part of the path to 270. the local activists out here really laid the groundwork after a series of narrow losses in 2017 and 2018 coating stacy abrams, who lost the governor's race by about 55,000 votes. tonight's events also included both democratic senate candidates trying to flip seats held by republican incumbents. georgia is already seen record early voting turnout and with the highest percentage of black voters in any battleground state, the final push for the biden campaign includes an ad blitz and visits from both members of the ticket and

course on a jacqui heinrich has the very latest, she is live in wilmington, delaware, tonight. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, shannon. considerations are underway for just how the american people can get real answers out of the next presidential debate, and while both campaigns are making claims about alleged requests, the last moderator, chris wallace, has some advice. >> joe, you agree with bernie sanders and the far left -- >> to cut the mics are not cut the mike's? chris wallace caught in the cross fire says the commission should think about the next man in his shoes. >> i don't want to be in the position of saying i'm going to interpose myself between the president and the public and say you can't hear what he has to say now. i think that is a pretty tough spot to put any moderator in. >> they haven't confirmed reports they are thinking of giving the next moderator a mute button, as a source tells fox news, that request was made by biden's debate negotiator brady williamson, but williamson told fox that is probably a rumor, but it is not true. asked if he suggested

alicia: jacqui heinrich in wilmington, delaware. thanks. leland?eland: bring in white house deputy communications director brian brian morgenstern. of turning your attention the policy issues, especially coronavirus stimulus. harry kudlow this morning -- larry kudlow said secretary mnuchin may go above $2.2 trillion in stimulus offers. that doesn't seem like a great negotiating tactic to say you may offer more than the other side really wants, right? >> well, leland, the president wants to go big on helping the american people and addressing issues that are facing them. that is small business relief, ppp, that is unemployment insurance, that is stimulus checks, that's helping out the airlines and hospitality industries that have been hit so hard by this pandemic. and, leland, the secretary and the chief of staff, mark meadows, put out a will letter to members of congress i saying, hey, why don't we start with pp. we have money available, but the deadline expired. we can just legislate right now to get the ppp program up and running. that helps half

jacqui heinrich with a central figure in the biden story.e began with the reporting with kristin fisher and the president's rally in greenville, north carolina, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, shortly before president trump took the stage here, north carolina reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic. you can see there were thousands and thousands of people here, but there was zero social distancing. very few people wearing masks. i will say that there was a sign at the entrance of the rally i have not seen before asking people to please where they are masks. as for the president, despite the increase in cases, he told the crowd he believes the u.s. is rounding the turn and praise the chief of staff mark meadows from north carolina how we took the news that his boss and caught the virus. >> president trump: he followed me and i said, you know what my tested positive. he didn't care. he was in the helicopter. hey, he is from north carolina. by the way, north carolina, tell your governor, open up y

jacqui heinrich, thank you. >> that's all i hear about now. turn on the television, covid, covid, covid, covid, covid, covid. eric: that's the president of course at his lumberton, north carolina rally yesterday, criticizing the news media for reporting of on the extent of the coronavirus pandemic. the rate of death has decreased. but infections and hospitalizations rapidly increasing, especially cutting through the midwest and the mountain states, in fact idaho may soon have to air-lift patients to washington state and oregon because of the overburdened hospitals there. the president has said covid, quote, affects virtually nobody. but a new study from the university of washington forecasts more than 500,000 dead by the end of february. that's half a million americans dead four months from now. political scientist ian bremmer writing this, quote, covid is the most important story before the he'l election, covid is thet important story after the election. with us right now, reuters correspondent, jeff mason. there are different portrayls of th

jacqui heinrich reports from wilmington on that today. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, bill. joe biden spent the last four days at home preparing for face-off tonight with president trump who has promised to grill him on allegations surrounding his son hunter's business deals and questions of to what extent, if anything, joe biden was involved. now, after that man identifying himself as hunter biden's foreign business partner came forward dumping new documents, emails and text messages, the biden campaign referred me back to the former vice president's tax returns which they cited as proof that biden didn't take in any of this money as suggested in those emails identifying him as the big guy. the fact the campaign is citing the former v.p.'s tax returns is significant. if you lie on your taxes, it can be a felony. in his first comment acknowledging the allegations, joe biden called it garbage from rudy giuliani. president trump's henchmen and another smear. on his way to the debate, biden said he only hopes president trump follows the rules. >> we will have plenty of time to

jacqui heinrich is live pennsylvania, with the latest. hey, jacqui. >> good evening, shannon. biden's last two train straps -- train stops weren't from country where he captured more than 60% of the vote in 2016 but biden is making a bid to win back the support of more working-class voters in this state that president trump president trump only won by 44,000 votes. joe biden takes the amtrak for his biggest swing since returning to the campaign trail because for 36 years in the senate, riding the rails from wilmington to washington to get back to his kids, biden says he saw it a lot. >> i see the lights on in the homes where passing and i wondered do they have the same kind of conversations at that table that my mom and dad had at our table? no, honey, we can't get four new tires on the car, we can't afford it, we got to wait another month. i know we need a new hot water heater, we can't afford it, got to wait. >> met by crowds of a couple hundred along the way, biden ended with a driving rally in pennsylvania, a region president trump won in part by slamming president obama f

correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us from salt lake city, hi. >> good evening, martha, good eveningesident trump tested positive for the coronavirus. and biden has doubled his lead over the president since last month. now ahead by ten points. likely voters have coronavirus and the economy tied for the top issues affecting their vote. a large majority believe coronavirus is not under control in the u.s. among voters who placed the virus the top issue promote biden is ahead by 39 points in a wider margin than trump had over biden and those ranked as the economy most important. ranking the economy first favored trump by 12 points. twice as many people since the government should focus on limiting the spread of the virus and want to restart the economy first. most people say the economy is in poor shape. the third most important issue facing voters is health care. twice as many want to keep obamacare as want to repeal it. 64/32% and the other big issues racism, the supreme court, violent crime voters ranked violent crime as most important but those who did paper president trump by a sin

. >> martha: jacqui heinrich has the story in wilmington delaware tonight. hi, jacqui. >> hi, martha. significant development. the biden campaign saying they are pulling all of negative ads because of what happened. that decision was made before the announcement came down that president trump was heading to the hospital. the biden team is also working with the trump campaign to negotiate more space between the candidates at the vice presidential debate set to happen wednesday in salt lake city. biden's camp reportedly wants 1e reports the commission on presidential debates initially sided with the trump campaign opposing that request. trump campaign spokesman tim murtaugh says we are open to more space between the candidates which we will be happy to discuss. this is a seated debate, it's just a matter of moving farther apart at the table. today after receiving two negative coronavirus tests joe biden pushed on with a campaign stop in michigan which was close to the public, delivering remarks, mask on praying for the first lady and the president efforts to he

now, let's bring in jacqui heinrich who was covering the biden campaign in chapel hill, north carolina>> at the event today, joe biden will encourage supporters to vote early but ahead of the debate with president trump, it appears he's keeping a light schedule and tapping with surrogates with star power. >> right now, the country, we need joe biden. >> saturday, magic johnson in michigan. today, andrew yang takes on pennsylvania, a crucial battleground where president obama will make his first appearance on the trail later this week following a campaign memo warning supporters the reality is that this race is far closer than some of the punditry we are seeing on twitter and tv would suggest. facing fallout over those allegations in "the new york post," joe biden is trying to keep the focus on his campaign, but questions linger about the authenticity of the emails and the veracity of their claims. >> i have no response, as another smear campaign. >> the campaign cited biden's tax returns, official schedule, and republican-led senate inquiry as proved by it and bend u.s. foreign policy

jacqui heinrich is tracking joe biden's campaign. let's start with david spunt in carson city, nevada, where the president holds a rally later today. david? >> chris, this is the president's second visit to nevada in 40 days, four years ago, he lost this state and right now he is behind in the polls here. >> president trump full steam ahead on the campaign trail. november 3rd now within reach. >> the democrats would terminate our recovery with a draconian unscientific lockdown like your governor is doing right now for everybody except for her husband. >> the president calling out michigan governor gretchen whitmer during his swing through to two rust belt states he won in 2016. supporters chanting lock her up caught the governor's attention who tweeted this is exactly the rhetoric that has put me, my family, and other government officials' lives in danger while we try to save the lives of our fellow americans. it needs to stop. meanwhile, the president now capitalizing on a new york post story featuring e-mails allegedly tied to hunt

jacqui heinrich a covering tonight. hi, jackie. >> good evening.o in 2016 and considered a crucial stage for his reelection. until recently, biden focused a lot of the attention there and campaigning in you nearby battleground states. but the poll has biden with a razor-thin advantage in ohio and he kept the focus on economic plan. biden slam president trump for job losses encountered his own role rescuing a million auto jobs in the 2018 recession and he largely ignored the confirmation hearings underway making only a single mention at each stop and then even then the focus away from judge barrett himself saying the nomination is about president trump's crusade to eliminate the predecessor's health care plan. >> fewer jobs he had been when he came to office. donald trump's only plan is marked tax cuts for the wealthy. >> republicans want the cds on any democratic cynicism of judge barrett over her face because it breaks the american standard of not judging folks based on religion. democrats criticized her on her faith in her hearing but that she tr

let's go to jacqui heinrich.is live in wilmington, delaware, with more on the biden campaign. where is the former vice president heading this week? >> reporter: well, arthel, yesterday former vice president joe biden spent the day buttoning up policy questions. he had two stops in pennsylvania, but this morning -- nines out from the election -- his campaign called the lid for in-person events. he he does have a virtual event later on this evening with husband wife, dr. jill biden, and he don't know what his plans are for tomorrow, but he's heading to georgia on tuesday. wilden was that rare -- yesterday wilden was working really -- biden was working really hard to break away from his coronavirus and economy-focused message to really set the or record straight on fracking and also the president's claims that biden would ban it. >> unlike donald trump, i don't think big oil companies need a handout of federal government. we're going to get rid of the $40 billion fossil fuel subsidies, and we're going to invest it i

jacqui heinrich is there. give us a wrapup. ing, bret, former president obama was animated, ridiculed the president and at least once implicitly contrasting criticism of president trump with allegations around joe biden in an apparent nod to allegations about hunter biden's business deals, the question of whether biden was involved, obama referenced reports that president trump has a secret bank account. he said can you imagine if i had a secret chinese bank account. fox news would be calling me beijing barry. he also laid into the president on the economy. he made it personal. he said like everything else the president inherited, he messed that up. he also touched on the coronavirus response and chided the president for contracting the virus himself. he said if he can't take steps to keep himself safe he can't keep the rest of the country safe. he added that joe biden wouldn't host a super spreader event at the white house or screw up testing. really didn't spare any criticism tonight here. at the last half of his speech was fo

jackie heinrich is live for us in philly. jacquihe site of former president barack obama's first in-person campaign event for hillary clinton. in mid september. this comes just two weeks before the election. it is a place of a lot of significance in philadelphia to the former president. he delivered a pivotal speech on race as a candidate in 2008 and this year during the d.n.c. issued a stinging rebuke of president trump accusing trump of stoking racial fears and today obama is expected to direct a portion of his remarks toward black men highlighting the importance of african-american turnout in philadelphia which contributed to hillary clinton's loss in the state in 2016. obama will try to drive up turnout enough to bring biden to victory but the push comes a little bit late in the game. according to "the atlantic" obama has been absence from the trail in part because he's been finishing his book due in part two weeks after the election. his absence has at times been questioned. however, obama's virtual remarks rank among the highe

. >> shannon: jacqui heinrich on the road in delaware, thank you.amous rapper ice cube was working with the trump administration on the platinum land for black america, the backlash was swift. democrats would rather mock ice cube then grapple with what he represents, in these last days of the 2020 election season, democrats should be wary of dismissing the ice cube moment and everything it represents. an appearance on her show last night, weighing in on the tax plan, isaac wright, and fox news contributor deroy murdock. >> shannon: i want to be clear mr. cuba has not endorsed anyone, but he said, i reached out to both campaigns and said, let's work on some stuff. at the time people got back to him and were actually willing to do it they've gone on to say it's complete b.s. and there is nothing of substance. it was enough for ice cube to be out there saying, listen, we should at least try to work with whoever we can he will work with anyone regardless of party if they are in power. >> i like how you referred to him, mr. cuba. he spoke with both parti

jack skjacqui heinrich is in noh carolina, she is live in durham with the latest there. hi, jacqui. >> reporter: joe biden visited his son's grave this morning after church as he usually does. he's now making his way to durham where he will tell people to vote early and this comes as polls show biden's lead in the state is too narrow to count on. the real clear politics average has biden up by just 2.7 points and president trump won north carolina by 3.6 points in 2016. in a memo to supporters, biden's campaign warns things are tighter than they appear. writing that in states where we're counting on to carry us to victory we're only up by 3 points and we know that even the best polling can be wrong. in the critical number of states we are functionally tied and we need to campaign like we're trailing. biden's plan was to hold back during the week. he's making a quick stop before returning to delaware this evening. biden has plenty of preparation to do following allegations of inprpropriety in the new york post. as the paper slow drips new claims, the former vp has yet to formally re

jacqui heinrich is live in wilmington, delaware with more on that. jacqui. >> reporter: good evening, jon. since president trump was diagnosed with coronavirus, joe biden has mostly avoided personal attacks on the president, although he has criticized his policies. yesterday, in a townhall with transit union workers, biden first dodged a question about how he would handle the pandemic differently and then criticized washington for failing to get more ppe out during the pandemic, saying the results was cities and agencies pitted against each other in bidding wars, effectively saying president trump skirted his responsibility. he pivoted to a pledge to use federal resources to protect transit workers if he's elected. itoday, senator amy klobuchar says she expects biden to keep the same tone but the issues are still on the table. >> i think joe biden has set the tone here because he's a leader and he said, look, i want the president to be back. he wants to debate him more. he wants him to have a speedy recovery. so this isn't about politics or partisansh

jacqui heinrich live in wilmington, delaware with the latest on the biden campaign.'s campaign called a lid at 9:00 o'clock this morning, he's having a down day ahead of a trip to florida tomorrow where he will address undecided voters in a town hall, biden said yesterday he would get a coronavirus test today ahead of that trip and we are still waiting for those results to come out. biden's campaign committed to releasing every test result after biden was exposed on the debate stage with president trump. a new protocol beyond the previous promise to regularly test both candidates and report a positive result. since the president's diagnosis biden made concerted effort not to attack president trump and also pulling negative ads and yesterday speaking to union that lost 89 members from covid-19, biden dodged a question on how he would handle the pandemic differently in an apparent effort to be respectful. >> i'm in a little bit of a spot here because i i don't want to e attacking the president and the first lady now because they are -- they're now the -- have contracte

jacqui heinrich has more for us. >> jack dorsey now backtracking and saying that blocking of urls is wrong, but that hasn't really helped a lot because twitter has had a before and there are instances where twitter employees have literally shown anti-trump hatred. one twitter manager tweeting in january of 2017 trump should "die in a fire" and other examples using expletives and calling the president names as well. in a statement, chief hr officer told fox business impart our employees are professionals and we require them to bring objectivity to their work regardless of their personal views. why does it all matter? according to a pew research report from 2018, two-thirds of u.s. adults get news on social media sites. one in five get their news there pretty often, facebook, google, and twitter controlling the information for a huge number of americans in this country. also, the rnc is calling the filing settling election complaint over twitter's actio actions. mark meadows weighed in on this. >> this is not about hunter biden, it's about joe biden, and the way that the media has trea