we will see how they do. >> bret: let's listen in, kristen welker from nbc. >> kristen: good eveningrom belmont university - in nashvil, tennessee. i'm kristen welker and i welcome you to the final presidential debate between president donald j. trump and former vice president joe biden. tonight's debate is sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. it is conducted under health and safety protocols designed by the commission's health security advisor. the audience in the hall has promised to remain silent. no chairs, boos or other interruptions except right now as we welcome to the stage former vice president joe biden and president donald j. trump. [applause] [applause] >> kristen: and i do want to say a very good evening to both of you. this debate will cover six major topics. at the beginning of each section, each candidate will have 2 minutes uninterrupted to answer my first question. the debate commission will then turn on their microphone only when it is their turn to answer, and the commission will turn it off exactly when the 2 minutes expire. after that, both micro

have to respond to that. >> kristen: very quickly.ou talk about tentatively releasing your taxes, you have a deadline for when you're going to release them? >> president trump: i get treated worse than the tea party get treated. deep down in the irs, they treat me horribly. we made a deal, it was all settled until i decided to run for president.de i get treated very badly by the irs, very unfairly. but we had a deal all done. as soon as we are completed with the deal, i want to release it. but i have paid millions and millions of dollars and a it's worse than paid. i paid in advance, it's called prepaying your taxes. >> kristen: i want to ask you both aboutut questions regarding your potential foreign entanglement to give you both a chance toio talk about this morg broadly appear to respond very quickly and then i will get to my question. >> vice president biden: he's been saying this for four years. enshow us. just show us. stop playing around. you've been saying for four years are going to release your taxes. nobody knows, mr. presi

kristen: all right. [crosstalk] president trump: if you look at what is happening with the voting -- take a look at what is happening out there. kristen: let me give you a chance to respond within this context. the crime bills you supported contributed to the incarceration of tens of thousands of young black men who had small amounts of drugs in their possession. still to this day suffering the consequences. speak to those families. why should they vote for you? mr. biden: in the 80's, we passed 100%, all senators voted for it, a bill on drugs and how to deal with drugs. it was a mistake. i've been trying to change particularly the portion on cocaine. that is why i've been arguing that we should not send anyone to jail for a pure drug offense. they should be going into treatment. is wheree-board, that we should be spending money. that is why i set up drug courts which were never funded by republicans. they should not be going to jail for a drug or alcohol problem. they should be going into treatment. tha

kristen: mr.esident, you've described the black lives matter movement as a symbol of hate. you have shared a video of a man chanting white power to millions of your supporters. you've said that black professional athletes exercising their first amendment rights should be fired. what do you say to americans who say that kind of language from a president is contributing to a climate of hate and racial strife? pres. trump: well, you have to understand the first time i ever heard of black lives matter, they were chanting, "pigs in a blanket," talking about police, pigs, pigs, talking about our police. "pigs in a blanket, fry them like bacon." i said, "that's a horrible thing." and they were marching down the street. and that was my first glimpse of black lives matter. i thought it was a terrible thing. as far as my relationships with all people, i think i have great relationships with all people. i am the least racist person in this room. kristen: what do you say to americans who are concerned by by t

kristen: oh, boy, a lot of preparation, for sure. and of course qstions to justice amy coney barrett, wld she recuse herself,he's declined to answer that question. that alone could energize voters to come out and perhaps the opresident's supporters turn out. but we do know that both campaigns alreave a robust effort in these critical states. they are ready if and when thale are l challenges to meet those legal challenges and again they a underscoring to voters that the key here is patience. i have to tell you, i spent tim in florida this week as well, in tampa, and that is a pt of a critical swing district. i spoke with election there and what's significant about florida of course is that they are already counting those early votes. so they sayt is likely we will know the results of florida, if not onctn night, soon thereafter. that is a big, big prize with its 29 electoral votes. but in those other cri cal states, that's where the action is going to be. both sides say they're rdy for it. robert: yamiche, i spoke to yim cl house majo

it's unimaginable, the pressure on kristen last night. president trump trying to attack biden through his son hunter, but to my eye, he never really explained to a general audience what those unsubstantiated charges were all about. unless you were in the fox bubble, as he is every day, he wasn't really explaining the substance behind it, that he alleges. and biden was just ready to pounce. let's listen. >> you were getting a lot of money from russia. they were paying you a lot of money. and they probably still are. but now, with what came out today, it's even worse. all of the emails, the emails, the horrible emails of the kind of money you were raking in, you and your family. >> i have not taken a single penny from any country whatsoever, ever. number one. number two, this is a president -- i have released all of my tax returns, 22 years, go look at them, 20 years of my tax returns. you have not released a single, solitary year of your tax return. what are you hiding? >> yamiche, by biden pivoting to taxes, he immediately put the preside

we know he doesn't mean these things about kristen welker.e to say, i was on a zoom with kristen a couple weeks ago, she had papers all over the place and the people who have done the most damage to donald trump, not just among a general public but among his own coalition, again, that 2016 coalition is what he hasn't been able to reassemble, had been the most repaired journalists. savannah guthrie, jonathan swan. and would appear from what we've seen from the "60 minutes" interview lesley stahl and kristen welker is very much a journalist in that mold. >> can i say, you know, donald trump tonight is supposed to try to change the position that he's in right now with 12 days to go. he only has time. the temptation that he has to be where he always wanted to be, he's always i'm sure wanted to be on "60 minutes" because to him -- >> he live tweets it every sunday no matter what they cover. >> so he walks into really a disaster, but because his pride puts him on "60 minutes," he must be there be, that's a sign of success. just like having a time -

and kristen's last point, of course, that florida starts counting early balloting now. they don't wait until elections day like pennsylvania does, they wait until the polls close on election ka election day. that's why we will probably know something about florida on election night or at least the next morning. monica alba, a whirlwind campaign day for the president, several rallies today, an incredible pace. yesterday in arizona, where he was campaigning alongside martha mcsally who could be key in the republicans holding the senate. >> martha, come up. fast. fast. come on, quick. you got one minute, one minute, martha, they don't want to hear this, martha, quick, quick, quick, let's go. >> i'm coming. thank you, president trump. if you want to continue to have a fighter who is proud to work with president trump for the great american comeback and strong military and secure or borders and your second amendment rights, then i'm you're girl, arizona. >> monica, i mean, what could be more diminishing to a vulnerable woman senator than that introduction, and at the same ra

you may not see it for real until you're 18, but our kristen dahlgren is taking you behind the sceneso see just what goes in to all those votes. - [kristen] you could say there's a lot on the line in this presidential election. as in this kind of line. early voting has started in many places, and casting your vote often begins with waiting your turn. identities are verified to make sure you're supposed to be voting. once you get the okay, head behind the curtain, or at least into a private space. nobody has to know how you vote. did you know in the very first elections held in this country voting was done by voice? no secrets there. later paper ballots were used. today, some people use a touch screen to vote electronically while others may fill in a card that's usually then scanned by a computer. this year the big thing on the ballot is the presidential race. president donald trump, a republican, is running for reelection against former vice president joe biden, a democrat. other candidates may also appear on the ballot depending on where you live. but nobody outside of the major part

somebody owes our colleague kristen welker an apology. take it away. >> yeah, exactly.'s owed an apology by the president who attacked her over and over and over again heading into this event tonight trying to work the refs, trying to intimidate her. clearly kristen welker was not intimidated. she is owed an apology from the president on that. but i think she's owed congratulations by the country. if there was a clear winner from the debate tonight, i don't know who would argue with the fact it was kristen welker who did an incredibly professional cogent coherent job. >> i've got just about 60 seconds. lightning round. in a sentence or two from each of you your thoughts on this because the first debate really did bog down and the president breaking the rules and deserved criticism of mr. wallace from fox news, we may be seeing the emergence of a different view here. in a sentence or two your thoughts on that. >> i thought kristen did a great job because she had follow up questions. chris wallace asked a question about race and said or you could answer it or not, that wa

kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kristen.eground florida, officially his home state. although he had requested an absentee ballot, the president called himself old-fashioned and today will cast an early vote for himself, we presume, in palm beach. this weekend will be a test of stamina and arguably a challenge to covid mitigation conditions as the president relishes bringing together these large crowds at his rally events. three of those events today as he travels from florida to north carolina, ohio and wisconsin, all states he won four years ago. part of what we're seeing from the president now is his effort to extend what he sees as the highlights from the final debate night where he can criticize joe biden and he's making those a new part of his rally stump speeches. kristen. >> all right, kelly o'donnell, thank you. >>> joe biden, the democratic nominee will be in battleground pennsylvania later today after attacking president trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on friday. nbc's ali vitali is covering the biden

kristen: thank you.'s bring in someone who knows more about the sunshine state, rick scott, good evening. >> donald trump will have a big win in florida. floridians care about jobs, joe biden says 47 years, never done anything on jobs. we like law enforcement, 49 year low, democrats want to defend the police, we have a lot of people in latin america fleeing socialism and the democratic party is the party of socialism. donald trump had a record crowd and people are coming out and he will have a big win in florida. kristen: i want to pop up this clear politics average, right now it shows joe biden ahead by one.5%. a lot of the polls got it wrong in 2016. how do you feel like the polls are shaking out in your home state? >> in my election in 2018 all the polls said i would lose and i would lose by 47 points. the polls have never been accurate in florida and if you look at the enthusiasm there is no enthusiasm for joe biden and he is ron the issues, heat had 47 years to do something and never done anything f

clearly, kristen welker was not intimidated. is owed an apology, you're right, by the president on that. but i think she is owed congratulations by the country. i think if there was a clear winner from the debate tonight, i don't know who would argue with the fact that it was, in fact, kristen welker, who did an incredibly professional, cogent, coherent job. >> i've got just about 60 seconds, so, lightning round, in a sentence or two from each of you, your thoughts about this. because the first debate really did bog down with the president breaking the rules and deserved criticism of mr. wallace from fox news. we may be seeing the emergence of a different view here. in a sentence or two, your thoughts on that, starting with christina. >> well, i thought kristen did a great job because she actually had follow-up questions. chris wallace asked a question about race and says, well, you can answer it or not. that was a real disservice to the american people. i like the fact that kristen asked a question, and when it wasn't answered,

kristen welker is the debate moderator tonight. she joined nbc in 2010.ecame the nbc white house correspondent in 2011. and the weekend today coanchor this past january. susan for riccio, the president has been making attacks already on kristen welker. what's even saying? >> the president feels he won't be treated fairly by this moderator. it is based on interactions they have had at the white house. the debatebelieves moderator will be hyper critical of him and will not ask biden about things that the president wants to ask. he also wants there to be inreign policy and debate -- the debate. that is not one of the six topics. he has also expressed frustration with the choice of chris wallace, who is from fox news, and the president felt chris wallace was not fair, either. mean for thel moderator is, for any moderator, the goal is to ask the hardest question you can on that topic. i don't think any moderator goes in there aiming to undercut one candidate or another. i can't imagine anybody would want to do that. we all have our own built-in biases, where m

the signifificance o of this response, kristen clarke?> there's nothing hypothetical about voter intimidation. we are in the middle of an election season whwhere we know voter is alive andnd well. we have heard the reports about inintimidating polll watchers, showing up at satellitete leadig centers in philadelphia. voter intimidation sally has been a stain on our democracy throughout our nation's history. so it was deeply troubling that judge barrett was unwilling to acknowledge basic aspects about american life, thatt the right o vote essential but the right to vote has been under attack for black people, latinos, anand for communities of cololor. that voter intimidation is real. i could accept aspectcts of her response that i need to actually look at particular scenario in order to determine whether or not it violates the constitution or federal law, but to not tell the american public that she would come to the bench with a basic underststanding that votig discrimination is real, that voter intimidation does happen, is deeeeply, deepl

kristen: sure.one of the things i recall from the 2012 election, when i was first studying this issue, mitt romney picked a young congressman from wisconsin, paul ryan, to be his running mate. , paul ryan talks a lot about entitlement reform and listens to metallica. thosethings -- will things make him popular with young voters? i am not sure on either of those fronts. i don't have data on metallica, but i do know -- any time i have seen polling data about young voters, they are convinced they are never going to see a dime of social security and medicare. on the other hand, they are not interested in cuts that may affect their parents because they know their parents need to be taken care of or that burden will fall to them. , theially with gen x phenomenon where you have women in their 40's raising young children, also taking care of their own parents who need help. the idea there is going to be some generational warfare over entitlement programs, i have never seen it borne out. young voters know th

kristen welker kept things on track but the president seemed to restrain himself.e on how this came to pass? was he actually convinced by his advisers that this was what he needed to do? >> well, one thing that we were told from president trump's campaign advisers ahead of the debate was that while he wasn't necessarily taking a different approach to debate prep, kind of still staying a little bit removed, they were really advising to him your point to be more likable, to smile more, pick his battles with joe biden rather than attacking him constantly for 90 minutes but one thing that pushed president trump is not only looking at the public polling number but reiterating to them what they're seeing in the internal poll numbers which is more convincing because that's their own data they're collecting and having commissioned for the team and it's not showing what they want to see. we saw that not only reflected in president trump's face but in the way he presented the information, although it was still misleading and all of the attacks we have heard anymore revive in

kristen welker is in florida. >> reporter: president trump and former vice president joe biden holding duelling rallies in florida and competing messages. >> thanks to our policies america is experiencing the fastest and biggest recovery. we're having the best recovery >> we need a president who's going to bring us together, not pull us apart >> reporter: speaking in tampa, president trump trying to turn the page from the pandemic. >> very much bigger than any gdp we have ever had you have to go back to the 1950s and then it's less than half. this is the greatest number >> reporter: still economists warn the recovery is showing signs of slowing down and the pandemic is intensifying the president trying to put a positive spin on the crisis. >> it is ready to happen we are making the turn we have the vaccines coming very soon. >> reporter: the first lady who joined her his on the trail for the first time since last year. >> my husband's administration is focused on the future. [ cheering ] the health and safety of the american people. >> reporter: but the president's rally today drew tho

let me say, though, kristen welker did something else tonight.iple opportunities to articulate his plan and vision for the future, multiple opportunities to talk about his plan to combat covid-19. and tonight we got nothing from the president. on the contrary joe biden spoke directly to the american people. he summed up really how he viewed this conversation and this race. and saying it's not about my family or his family, referring to the president's family. it's about your family, the american people. and i think that's why tonight joe biden resoundly won that debate. in our eyes it wasn't close, it wasn't not even by a little bit. this was a dramatic and resounding win by vice president biden tonight. >> i mentioned this point earlier in our coverage. i have to presume at that moment where donald trump accused the biden family writ large, the former vice president's siblings and children of vacuuming up money, of using his vice-presidency as a business opportunity -- at that moment i have to believe your candidate had a choice to counter perso

kristen? >> yeah, so what does he face there, larry? abc 7 news special correspondent joining us now to talk about president trump's covid battle and progress. thanks for joining us, dr. patel. >> good to see you. >> so we just saw the president leave walter reed to head back to the white house. he just landed there. he walked out, gave a thumbs up, walked a few steps on to marine one. does that suggest anything about his progress? >> i mean, it's reassuring. he did not need assistance. he was able to walk on his own. you know, i still don't understand the timeline of being hospitalized and getting these iv medications, things like dexamethazone and remdesivir which are given with an iv, not like go to the hospital, get it and leave. him leaving to go back to the white house, that doesn't make any sense to me. and i think that's the underlying visual we're seeing. is he trying to appear like he's stronger than the virus or is there actually a medically indicated reason for him to leave? >> hard for you to answer those questions without

>> hey, larry, kristen. if you're out and about, you see most people have their masks with them here in the bay area, but are they wearing them correctly? are they wearing them so it's best for them? consumer reports has a few tips you might want to hear. fogged up glasses, ear irritation and even acne. these are just some of the annoyances that can come with wearing a mask. >> wearing masks is essential to slowing the spread of covid-19. but that doesn't mean you have to put up with some of the annoyances that can come from wearing them. there are some simple solutions. >> if you wear glasses or sunglasses and are constantly fogging up, a mask with a wire sewn in at the top is your best bet. pinch the top of your mask so that it fits the shape of your nose. next, tighten the sides for a snug fit. you can also apply an anti-fogging solution to your lens or try wearing your glasses on top of your mask. are you suffering from mask acne? >> when you wear your mask for a long period of time, you sweat, which can

kristen soltis anderson. tom bevan.te had a different feel and tone, arguably both did well. you heard frank luntz's group saying the president may have done better. did he do enough in the current situation? >> i agree with frank's asse assessment. i think it may have been too little, too late. if you look at the polls, not necessarily trump versus biden but how many people say they are undecided or are voting for a third-party candidate. it's only about a third of pool of people as it was four years ago. the percentage of voters up for grabs is too low for this last debate to a really made a difference in over 50 million votes have already been cast of today. this election is well underway. it may be too little, too late. >> bret: okay, we'll see. one big issue, josh, was about oil and gas. take a listen to the debate and then i want to play something else. >> would you close down -- >> i would transition from the oil industry, yes. i would transition. it is a big statement. >> will he remember that, texas? pennsylvan

. >> kristen welker is moderating tonight's debate. the debate commission says she will not be responsible for fact checking the candidates in real time. our team of correspondents and analysts are standing by to do just that. if you want fact checking as we go you can go to nbcnews.com. >> why don't we start with nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson inside the event center on the campus of belmont university in nashville. hallie? >> reporter: lester, let's talk strategy for these two candidates heading into what is the final face-off and perhaps the final best chance to move voters their direction for each of these candidates. that's particularly important for president trump because he is trailing in many polls, so tonight's an opportunity to get in front of potentially tens of millions of voters. the strategy there our reporting indicates aides and allies have been counseling the president to interrupt less this time than he did previously. you and savannah referenced the chaotic debate the first go-around. there is

we got two reports for you starting with nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker, hi, kristen, good morning. >> hi, savannah and hoda, good morning to both of you. as president trump and vice president biden head into the homestretch of the 2020 race, the white house is grappling with more cases of coronavirus this time it is the vice president's inner circle that has been impacted. but with only eight days left, mike pence is still on the trail, part of the intensifying push to election day. this morning, concerns of another coronavirus outbreak at the white house after five of vice president mike pence's associates including his chief of staff test positive for covid-19. >> i think he's doing well. so hopefully prognosis will be really good. >> reporter: the vice president campaigning in north carolina, a move defended by white house officials who called him an essential worker. >> we're talking about people essential workers going out and campaigning. >> reporter: that move coming after white house chief of staff mark meadows made these controversial comments about fighting

. >> i'm kristen sze. we're less than a week away from election day and questions are swirling about missing ballots, what happened and what is being done to make the votes count? is wayne freedman. >> reporter: they arrive all day long, ballots at contra costa county's register's office. 370,000 have come in from 700,000 registered voters. assistant register considers this a solum duty. >> you're serving democracy and we take it very seriously and get kind of corny about it sometimes. >> reporter: which explains his concern about one bach of missing ballots. >> this is about what we're talking about. >> reporter: how many is there? >> 40. >> reporter: voters dropped those ballots into this box at richmond city hall on october 12th. among them zachary adams noticed the county website never registered receiving it. >> i'm a little disappointed. >> reporter: same for daniel. >> when i ballot came in the mail, i held it as a holy thing. >> reporter: when ballots arrive, the county runs it through a sorting ma

kristen welker of nbc news moderated. we start with members of the debate commission, talking about changes to tonight's debate or seizures. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i joined janet in welcoming you all to belmont and to nashville. we really owe a great debt of totitude to the city and this university. they have been so courteous and working so hard for us. what a beautiful place this is. we hope you all got a chance to walk around and see this part of this campus. we also have a crew. you see some of the people working around. there are cameramen, lighting people, people who produced this great background. we have over 60 of them and we have had 4 debates in 4 different parts of this country, and thanks to united airlines who stepped up to the plate and is providing have charge air service for our entire crew -- providing free of charge air service for our entire crew, so we really owe united airlines. this one sounds funny, but we also owe anheuser-busch a great thank you, not only for their beer, but what

>> that's so right, kristen. this wasn't just an indictment of president trump's character and record but obama was speaking directly to millions of americans and talking about the consequences of the trump presidency on their everyday lives. he talked about the economy. he talked about how in these last four years, the people who have gotten better off because of the trump tax cuts have really only been the richest americans. and he went through, interestingly, department by department in the federal government talking about how the people who are serving president trump at the environmental protection agency at the interior department explaining how they are interested largely in energy internets in corporate interests. and he said if you want to do something about this you have to get out and vote because there are real consequences to being complacent. >> kimberly atkins, what did you make of this speech, and what do you make of the broaden biden strategy right now? here we have obama in florida. biden will b

our colleague "weekend today" anchor kristen welker will moderate. rachel maddow, nicolle wallace. join us for special coverage at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> the miami mayor and police department are responding to a photograph of a fully uniformed police officer wearing a trump campaign mask while standing inside of a polling place. "vote watch" is next. "vote watch" is next you'll make a plan that can adjust as your life changes, with access to tax-smart investing strategies that help you keep more of what you earn. and with brokerage accounts, you see what you'll pay before you trade. personalized advice. unmatched value. at fidelity, you can have both. ♪ more than this at fidelity, you can have both. he calls on the nation's antop health experts.s, working together, for all americans, is what joe does. when writing his healthcare plan, joe biden worked with both doctors and patients to make healthcare affordable by lowering premiums, reducing drug costs, and protecting people with pre-existing conditions. joe listened to both small

kristen and larry? >> all right. sandhya, thanks so much. >>> since we're talking trick-or-treat, this is a real treat because we had something special to do. the family lost their home recently in the creek fire in l. among the belongings lost, the 9-year-old's baseball cards. she's a huge giants' fan. her favorite player is catcher buster posey. we put in a call to the giants and arranged this really special surprise moment. >> so many people are coming to try to help and to see everybody at the fire station with those baseball cards, what kind of emotions are you going through now? >> reese, reese, i'll hop in. i was wondering, who is your favorite baseball player? >> you. >> me? i heard you got this huge collection of cards coming your way, like 25,000 or something? wow. i think what's cool about that is it seems like you're going to be able to share the game with so many different people now, right? >> yeah. >> that's -- >> speechless? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> her parents were laughing because they never seen re

. >> reporter: last night's final face-off moderated by nbc's kristen welker, a tamer, more traditional debate the president positioning as an outsider. >> why didn't he get it done? see? it's all talk no action with these politicians. >> reporter: president trump also attacking biden over unsubstantiated claims related to his son hunter biden's business dealings. >> all of the emails, the emails, th horrible emails of the kind of money you were raking in, you and your family and, joe, you were vice president when some of this was happening. >> i have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" no reporting that documents provided to the newspaper by hunter biden's former business partner show no role for the former vp both candidates making their pitch though nearly 53 million americans have already cast ballots >> i ran because of you. i ran because of barack obama because you did a poor job. if i thought you did a good job i would have never run. >> you know his character. you know my character. you know our reputations for honor

this is a topic that the moderator kristen welker asked about.ent on the attack on this. watch. >> now they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents and the kids are alone. nowhere to go. nowhere to go. it's criminal. it's criminal. >> let me ask you about -- >> they dewent down. we brought reporters. they are so well taken care of. we're working on it. we're trying very hard. >> so the president says that they are working very hard to try to reunite the families and the kids are well taken care of. what's true and what is an exaggeration? >> i doubt when the president says we that he's talking about the aclu. right now the justice department lawyers say that the plan has been two onerous, it's not up to the government. it is up to groups like the aclu to go find the children. up until yesterday we did not hear the government come up with any plan themselves to try down the parents. again, these are parents separated before what we know as zero tolerance, the official plan to separate. there were about 1100 families separated. of those, 545 par

tonight's moderator is kristen welker of nbc news. to her in a moment but joining me tonight for our special coverage are pbs newshour white house correspondent yamiche alcindor. congressional correspondent lisa desjardins who is covering the biden campaign, foreign affairs and defense correspondent nick schifrin and senior national correspondent amna nawaz will be watching the debate along with several voters lunked in virtually from around the country. plus amy walter of the cook "politico" report, along with "washington post" contributing columnist gary abernathy in ohio, and sinned yait-- syndicated columnist cynthia tucker in alabama. welcome to all of you, we are so glad to have y where us. in the little bit of time we have before we go to the debate, yamish alcindor what is it that the president hopes to accomplish tonight. >> we can expect another all-out brawl, he will be acusing joe biden many, many times of corruption through his son hunter biden. the president will also be vigorously defending his response to the coronavir

he said the same thing about the choice of the topics and the moderator, which is nbc's kristen welker. nancy pelosi and steven mnuchin have made further progress on a coronavirus stimulus package. but senate republicans are reluctant to embrace any deal that is led by pelosi. lang which for the bill would have to be dropped -- drafted by the weekend if lawmakers are to vote on it before election day. democrats on the senate judiciary committee plan to show their unhappiness with supreme barrett.inee amy coney

a shout out to our colleague, kristen welker. it helped facilitate. at the end of the day, i do think viewers got the measure of both these men. i think this debate distilled who they are. i think in many ways, if you've been following this campaign closely, you probably did not learn a lot. but compared to what we saw in that first debate, i think there's almost a sigh of relief that we at least got an idea of what each might do. the thing that struck me the most though about this debate was how much the president took his defensiveness and tried to act like a challenger candidate. he didn't really talk about what he would do in a second term. he would not talk about defending, he would defend some of the attacks on himself. he kept trying, in some ways, he was trying to make joe biden the incumbent. he's been trying to re-create his 2018 mojo. the question i have is, he was a trying to deflect answers on health care, deflect answers on covid, deflect answers on the economy. folks watching that going, wait a minute. who has been the president the las

how do you think he'll respond to questions from the moderator, kristen welker? >> well, the president's already signalled that he is going to go after kristen welker, as if she is a candidate on that stage, which she is not. and accuse her of bias and as someone who's worked with her and knows her, and knows that she's covered this president fairly, for many years, she's not biased. and, you know, the president is going to have to figure out how to do that, without seeming like he's trying to find a scapegoat. look. this is the third female reporter, in just about a week, that the president has decided to attack. he attacked savannah guthrie of nbc at the town hall. he attacked lez by staslie stal that cbs interview. and now, he will try to attack kristen welker. i think people will see through that. it's a real risk for the president to continue illustrating a pattern that is extremely damaging to him, with women and -- and with women who care about how he behaves towards people of color. >> yeah. he tweeted, earlier in the day, governor kasich, let me get your

. >> kristen, am i lost? >> no. you came back. thank you. >> ok. i'm back. >> we were seeing video of you in philadelphia, socially distanced, everybody wearing masks, talking to young people and the audience there. that was great. ok. i want to ask you about the stimulus text. time is running out. as we know house speaker nancy pelosi set tomorrow as the dead line to get a deal done before election day. of course, madam speaker wane a $2.2 trillion deal. do you agree with holding out for the whole package or do you think the party needs to accept the smaller deal and fight later? >> i take it from the perspective of the people who have lost their jobs, the fact if if we don't get this deal done before the election, congress will not pass it in a lame duck session. so you're looking until alnew administration is installed in january. it will be without support through november, december, january. i hope that speaker pelosi and automatic of congress keeps that family in mind in terms of getting a deal done before the election. >> you know you have a

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all right, shaquille brewster, kristen clarke, thank you for wrapping up this hour for us.wraps up me for this hour. i'll see you right back here at 3:00 p.m. eastern. "deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right after this quick break. h nicolle wallace starts right after this quick break >>> hi there, everyone. it's 4:00 in the east on the day of closing arguments on one side of the presidential race and a war of words with many, many, many perceived enemies, including borat on the other. really? first to joe biden and his appeal to the american people with one week to go. today in the first of a pair of campaign appearances, biden calling for national unity amid the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn. biden called on voters to reject the distrust and division sown by donald trump. the very survival have the country, biden says today, depends on it. >> as president, i will never wave the white flag of surrender. just imagine where we'd be today if the president had

let me turn to you, kristen. i mentioned your book. that's 2015.rector almost a generation ago, or as i joke, a generation ago in the sense that literally, you were t talking about the millennial llr generation andn gen-z had quit made itt into the electorate ye. tell us a little bit about that book, how things have changed over time and also what struck you from your work in the fielde >> sure. thank you, john. and thank you to all of the researchers that worked on this project. i was absolutely delighted as i began reading through the reporh and sawt in in the introductions number of things that i thought i've been preaching this for years. someone else is ded now saying . i'm so excited. about a decade ago i got into studying younger voters.du as someone who is younger and right of service i was so excited to see young people we getting involved in politics during obama's presidency. but also concerned because so many of my peers who were not interested in politics at all, were nowow going, kristen, how could you be a republican? yo

but kristen welker did an amazing job and i had to throw that in. my girl, my girl pulled it off last night and i'm so proud of her. >> we can't say that enough for sure. to underline something we talked about last night, guys, there are already 50 million votes in the bank. 5-0. 50 million combined early voting and mail-in voting and when we look at public polling there's a tiny sliver of the country undecided. when we talk about moving the needle it would be hard to move the needle to the extent there's a needle to be moved at this point, regardless of what happened last night. but if anyone needed to move it, as john said, it was donald trump and did he do anything objectively, did he do anything to change the dynamic of the race? it is probably unlikely. they did start off talking about coronavirus this is the one issue that the country is focused on despite what president trump would like to talk about with job loss, with death, with new cases, worries about a spike coming in the fall and the winter. here's what the president and former vice pr