electoral votes that year, but the republican party coordinated for eight electors instead of james sherman. >> gary out of newport, you are next. >> when taking a president, people don't take the time to consider. you have to look at the qualifications of the vice president. >> that is true. it was an afterthought even after several instances very consciously not through the successor would be but then you have situations like when lincoln was shot in a member of the other party, andrew johnson becomes president facing two thirds majority of the opposition in the house and senate. more recently though i think we've done a good job of worrying less about balancing the ticket and more about qualifications and continuity. but ultimately it's up to the voters. they need to take that seriously. >> i want to come back to section four that you wrote an entire book about. a majority of the principal officers in the executive department or other bodies of congress transmit to the speaker of the house the written is unable to discharge the duties of his office and shall assume the powers and duties

james blaine of maine. a third candidate appears. it is john sherman of ohio.e had been the treasury secretary in the hayes administration. he became a senator from ohio. he is the brother of william tecumsa. then he goes to gar field and says will you be my campaign manager? sherman decide rs to run full-time for president. that leaves a vacancy for the ohio senate. so so the state legislature of ohio picks james garfield. so he is the republican leader in the house and the senator elect from from oir, okay? the republican convention takes place in chicago that is still suffering from and showing ill effect ifs from the famous fire. blaine's name is placed in nomination. conkling gets up and sites grant. at this point then it is time to nominate sherman. and garfield gives the nomina nominating speech. it is a remarkable speech. he say it's is time for america to live up to the true principals of the constitution. mainly that all men, white or black, shall be free and stand equal before the law. and the place goes nuts. everyone says maybe we're picking the wr

james blaine of maine and former president ulysses grant. a third candidate appears. the third candidate is john sherman of ohio. he had been the treasury in the hayes administration. he is t now we have three major figures. john sherman goes to garfield and says, garfield, will you be my campaign manager. garfield says, yes, i would be honored. sherman decides to resign from the senate in order to devote his full time to run for president. that leaves a vacancy for the ohio senate. voters don't vote for the senators. the state legislatures do. the state legislature of ohio picks as the next senator from ohio james garfield. garfield is the republican leader in the house and the senator elect from ohio. okay? it's going to get better. the republican convention takes place in chicago which is showing many of the ill effects from the famous fire. blaine's name is placed in nomination. conkling gets up and in a moments grant, citing him as our former president, the hero of appomattox. at this point then, it is time to nominate sherman, and garfield gives the nominating speech. it's a remarkable speech. he says it's

sherman, senior editor at politico. peter baker, chief white house correspondent at "the new york times," and co-author of the new book "the men who ran washington: the life and times of james a. bake r iii." and dr. jennifer pena, of the obama administration. it said it should be an election law violation that the media is stalking about covid. how big of a thorn is the topic of covid this panpandemic, to president trump's re-election strategy and campaign? >> i guess it he's suggesting the laws be rewritten to ban certain kinds of communication before the election, it's a big thorn in his side, but listen, i mean, the cases are spiking back up. congress has not been able to come to agreement with the trump administration. over a covid relief package. so things -- he has no good story here to tell. five aides in the vice president's office have, unfortunately, come down with this virus. i mean, i'm not exactly sure what he could do besides try to wish it away. his administration on capitol hill has been completely fruitless in getting to an agreement with nancy pelosi and mark meadows had that unfortunate comment or, perhaps, a look into his -- into his thinking about the

sherman has more from one of the nation's largest retirement communities. >> i'm voting for trump. look at unemployment, look at the economy. until the covid hit. i mean, it was amazing. >> reporter: jill james lives in the villages, a florida retirement community larger than the island of man hat taken with over -- manhattan with over 100,000 residents. it's known for being a conservative stronghold. you'll find a few biden flags, signs and supporters. like mark layman. >> i'm very concerned about the covid crisis that we're in right now, the pandemic. naturally, because i'm a senior citizen, i'm concerned with benefits, social security. >> reporter: dr. jay edward benton says older voters are key for both president trump and former vice president biden to win the state. >> florida has a larger than normal senior citizen population. this constituency has a long-standing tradition of voting in large numbers. >> reporter: fox news exit polls from 2016 show president trump won florida's 65 and older voters by 17 points. but a new mason-dixon poll shows the president up by only 9 points this year. democrats have been holding events like biden golf cart rallies, and they hope to peel off enough