i'm joined by our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor and congressional correspondent lisa desjardins. good to see you both. let's start with you, lisa. it has been a long time since americans have seen any kind of relief from a covid relief bill out of congress. what is the latest on the negotiations? lisa: just in the last couple hours, another glimmer of hope. secretary mnuchin and speaker of the house nancy pelosi had another phone conversation lasting just under an hour. they said they have narrowed their differences and now pelosi is doing something she hasn't done before. she's asking her committee chairman to speak to the republican counterparts on the senate side and for them to work out instances in different areas. it's a good sign, but pelosi has outlined, it has to come to bear and be outlined by tomorrow night to be effective. it's not clear if the differences including state and local money, childcare help, that they can get that done by tomorrow. there are a lot of dynamics for both sides that may discourage a deal. if you look at this graphic, you can see for house de

our lisa desjardins reports on the use of fear in the 2020 campaign. >> desjardins: beneath the 2020 fight, an aggressive undercurrent. >> no one will be safe in biden's america. >> desjardins: fear. used especially by president donald trump, making alarmist, extreme claims. >> it's tremendous violence. no city, town, or suburb will be safe. to save democracy from the mob. then you must vote. >> desjardins: but the president is not alone. >> remember seeing those neo- nazis and klansmen and white supremacists coming out of the fields with lighted torches? veins bulging? >> there is near pervasive talk of threats to your community, your race, to you. >> desjardins: what does all this use of fear do, what does it mean to voters? we asked on social media, and the response was overwhelming. thousands of people answered, surprising us with the intensity of their fears related to the election. >> i'm concerned that my neighborhood would be targeted or my town would be targeted. >> i'm a breast cancer survivor. so preexisting condition coverage is a huge deal for me. >> whoever gets the ele

lisa desjardins is back with our report. >> so how's business?ja >> desins: this is not potics as usual in maine. senior senator susan collins is in the fight of her life, running almost like an underdog. at shops in one town and with a guest star, south carolina senator tim scott. >> well thank you very much. a very warm welcome. >> desjardins: remarks in another. en, a campaign bus. the woman hoping to unseat her: >> good to see you! >> desjardins: ...relative newcomer sara gideon, a democrtar who is speaker of the state house, for whomma health care a jor focus. she has been ahead in most polls . her signature event, "supper with sara, with voter questions, was open to all but has been invitation only during t pandemic. both women are running ons reco bipartisanship, but who wins will help decide which party controls the u.s. senate. the result: an onslaht of ads >> you just can't trust anything sara gideon says. >> desjardins:..casting gideon as someone who moved to maine,th gh 16 years ago, and is more partisan than she claims. >> sara gideo

for more, lisa desjardins join me now.w you have been looking at these numbers, what is behind this wide gap for joe biden and how much of it is republicans leaving president trump? >> we got some of fascinating datee here-- data, judy, polls can be flawed. he want to look the a things that can be beyond the margin of errors, it is not republican shifting, let's look at what we see, you lack at who is supporting whom. republicans and democrats are both supporting an overwhelming numbers looking at a graphic, 93 there, 96%, they are supporting thrair candidate. who is making a difference, independents, look at what in our survey we saw 57 percent of independents going for biden and fascinatingly, judy t is not just any independents who are driving this, let's lack at another graphic a little bit deeper within independents, looking at men and women who call themselves independents, 48% of independents men for biden but look at that, 70% of women describe themselves as independents going for biden. so judy, that is where we s

lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjardins: in philadelphia today, another strange stage in thedemic. former vice president joe biden will hold a town hall here tonight with abc news, the night when he was to have s second debate with president trump. that was canceled following the president's coronavirus diagnosis nearly two weeks ago. instead, voters get a network tv face-off, with trump holding a separate town hall at the same time tonight on nbc. >> i'll see you later on nbc! >> desjardins: there was some more traditional campaigning today. the president spoke in greenville, north carolina. >> 19 days from now-- think of that. 19 days. can you believe this? we're going to win the state of north carolina. we're going to win four more years in the white house. >> four more years! four more years! >> desjardins: the crowd was enthusiastic for trump, and many openly defiant of health guidelines, not wearing masks and standing closely together. democrats' v.p. nominee, california senator kamala harris, was also to be in the tarheel state today, but the campaign canceled all harr

lisa desjardins is here with a report. >> this is not politics as usual in maine.lins is in the fight for her life, running almost like an underdog. >> a very warm welcome. >> remarks in other. even a campaign best touring the state. the woman hoping to unseat her. .>> good to see you >> relative newcomer sara gideon - a democratic star who is , speaker of the state house -r om health care a major focus. she has been ahead in most polls her signature event , "supper with sara - oter questions - was open to all but has been invitation only during the pandemic. both women are running on records of bipartisanship - but with sky-high partisan stakes - who wins will help decide which party controls the u-se. the result -- an onslaught of ads. >> you just can't trust anything sara gideon says. someone who moved to maine and charging shere is artisan than she claims. >> a risky choice. >> or that collins is a former independent. >> she isn't for us anymore. >> susan collins never stands up to donald trump. >> at least 60 million dollars in a state with fewer than 1 millio

lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjardins: 18 days until the election, and the presidentialdidates are both on the road in pivotal swing states today. president trump in florida... >> i will protect you, i will defend you, and i will fight for you with every ounce of energy and conviction that i have. >> desjardins: ...and former vice president biden in michigan. >> he doesn't have any plan! i'm going to rebuild a resilient infrastructure, creating good paying jobs. >> desjardins: this, after a night originally scheduled for a face-to-face debate. instead, americans saw competing tv town halls. mr. trump got an hour of primetime at his event in miami, hosted by nbc news. he had refused to debate biden in a virtual format, following his covid-19 diagnosis. but, it's unclear just how much better this was for him-- he spent much of the night on the defense. >> oh, you always do this. no, you always do this. >> my question to you is-- >> desjardins: nbc's savannah guthrie confronted him with questions about his health. >> when was your last negative test? did you test the day of

. >> woodruff: and yamiche joins me now, along with our lisa desjardins. so hello to both of you. lisa, i want to come to you -- yamiche, i want to come to you first with what we mentioned at the top of the show, and that is the president is saying that he is pulling out of negotiations with the democrats to try to find a covid economic relief bill. t what do we know about that? >> well, in a surprising move, the president decided to go to twitter to announce that he unilaterally was pulling out of the covid 19 relief negotiation. and the issue here is that the president essentially is saying that this is a waste of time and should not be going on. the president tweeted that he was lashing out at democrats and he also made a promise i want to share. he said nancy pelosi is asking for $2.4 trillion to bail out poorly run high-crime democratic states, money that is in no way related to covid 19. immediately after uh which, i will pass a maj stimulus bill. it's not surprising these talks broke down because they have been going on for weeks and democrats and republicans are very far ap

. >> woodruff: and we turn now to our own lisa desjardins and newshour regular, marcia coyle of the "onal law journal." lisa, the questions are over four members of the senate judiciary committee. what are they saying to you about how they think this went? >> there is a remarkable agreement from both parties about judge barrett's performance. democrats will admit to you, if you talk to them without using their name, that she was a strong witness, a strong confirmee, she was not someone who could be rattled. i think that is one reason that the democrats chose not to have a third round of questions, which was their right. instead, ending the question period tonight. republans feel like she was their ideal witness, a great supreme court justice, they say, and they like she can appeal to a very important group of swing voters, catholic women, especially catlic mothers. they're hoping perhaps this is a reach-out to them this election. also, the parties agree this was a better tone er all for a supreme court confirmation hearing. where they disagree, judy, no surprise, what this means. demo

and for the latest on where things stand, we turn to our own lisa desjardins covering capitol hill, andiche alcindor covering the white house. lisa, to you first, where do things stand and what are democrats asking for? >> hope is not gone, judy, but it does seem late today that there has been more look at the disagreement between the white house and democrats than the agreement. still, it es seem both sides are highly motivated to try and get a deal for a number of reasons. but let's look first of all at what democrats have on t table at this poi. their plan is $2.2 trillion. of that, $436 billion would be for state and local governments including tribal governments. $600 a week additional benefits for the unemployed. that's money that has run out. $75 billion for testing and tracing and $71 billion for rent and mortgage assistance. this all speaks to what americans are facing and the fears of lawmakers who try to push for a deal that in coming months especially if cases rise that things will get worse. >> woodruff: yamiche, at the white house, what are they saying about what they want

lisa desjardins, thank you.e know the intended purpose of any covid relief package is to ease financial hardship of workers who lost jobs in the fat down, but at the same -- shut down, but at the same time to put more money into the hands of consumers. what happens when that relief money disappears and who most feels the pain? we turn once again to david wessel, director of the hutchins center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution. welcome back to the "newshour." tell u what the overall projections are about what happens to the economy overall if we don't see any sort of relief package in the foreseeable future. david: the economy was fueled by the cares act, which passed in march. so the thirduarter that ended at the end of september, it will show up big when the government comes out with numbers, a big increase in growth. but without stimulus, that will level off and level off with far fewer people working than before the pandemic. a couple of my colleagues at brookings estimate with a $2

lisa desjardins, yamiche alcindor, down to the wire, thank you both. now, to help walk us through the battleground map and each candate's pathways to the 270 electoral votes, i'm joined by npr's senior political editor and correspondent, domenco montanaro.an domenico, you so much for being with us again. we are less than a week out. we're just, what, three days out. what is the b picture look like right now? >> well, the big picture, in our map, so far, we have it at 279 electoral votes for joe biden for states thaare leaning toward him or likely to go his rection, and only 125 for president trump for states leaning in his direction or likely to go in his direction. so, you know, this hasbeena crazy year because, when you look at all of these states in yellow that are the tossup states from arizona, texas, georgia, florida, north carolina, ohio and iowa, all of those states are reason the margin of error, judy, so that gives a lot docrats a lot of pause when they look at a number that says, wow, joe biden is u p bylot, but that could all tip very quick

lisa desjardins, thank you. so we know the intended purpose >> woodruff: the intended purpose of any covid relief package is to ease the financial hardship of workers who've lost jobs in the shutdown, and at the same time, to put more money into the hands of consumers. what happens when that relief money disappears and who most feels the pain? we turn once again to david wessel, director of the hutchi center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution. so, david, welcome back to the "newshour". tell us what the overall projections are right now about what happens to the economy overall, if we don't see a sort of relief package in the foreseeable future. >> well, the economy was fueled by the care cares act which pasn march. the third quarter will show a big increase in growth. but without stimulus, that's going to level off and we'll level off with far fewer people working than were working before the pandemic. a couple of my colleagues at brookings estimate that with a $2 trillion package is roug

lisa desjardins has our report. >> desjardins: for president trump, a pivotal day.hance to reverse his poll numbers in front of what is likely the largest audience either candidate gets before the election-- the tens of millions expected to watch the final presidential debate tonight in nashville. mr. trump will meet former vice president joe biden, who is leading in national surveys. both men tested negative for the coronavirus today, accordi to their campaigns. >> hopefully it's all worked out, the way the rules are. i'm looking forward to this. >> desjardins: the new rule tonight? a mute button. for the first two-minute answer after each question, candidates cannot interrupt one another, and their microphone will be off if they do. that's a direct response by debate organizers to the much- criticized first debate. >> why won't you answer that question? the new supreme court justice-- >> will you shut up, man? >> desjardins: plenty of issues remain in contention from that debate. for biden, that includes whether to expand the supreme court. he has yet to rule it o

lisa desjardins, yamiche alcindor, we thank you both.re are many other questions about the president's personal health, the duration of the quarantine, and whom else might have been exposed in recent days. dr. asish jha is the dean of the brown university school of public health. and he joins me now. dr. jha, given what we've seen, the president is about to leave the white house to go to walter reed for several days, they say. you've heard what we have about the president's symptoms. what does this add up to for you? >> judy, thank you for having me on. this is all, of course, very concerning for both the president and for the country. in terms o of the president and his health, we don't have a lot of information. we know he received this experimental therapy, but it seems like it's proving quickly, and he was diagnosed last night and is heading to the hospital tonight. it concerns me. i don't want to overstate it. i don't have a lot of details, obviously none of us do, about his clinical condition. but this is a concerning and i think w

yamiche alcindor for us reporting on the white house, lisa desjardins reporting on thn capitothe bidenpaign. thank yoboth. and as yamiche and lisa just laid >> woodruff: as yamiche and lisa laid out, negotiators appear to be a long way from a comprehensive deal. while parts of the american economy have recovered better and more quickly than expected, there are signs that millions of people may be wiout a job for six months or longer. that prospect, along with thed some benefits and aid to businesses, has some people worried about where all is is headin count neel kashkari them. he is the president of the federal reserve bank of minneapolis. and he joins me now. neel kashki, welcome back to the "newo our". i wantypt what we heard yesterday from fed chair jay powell. he warned of tragic sults for the economy if there nd robust aid package coming out of congress in the wake of the pandemic. today, you used the term "enormous cosequences" if there isn't a significant aid package. what do you mean by that? >> well, jy, good to see you. there are roughly 11 million americans who are still ou

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 coronavirus as well as attacking the moderator which he has already started to do >> and alyssa desjardins quickly the bietden campaign-- biden campaign in a few seconds, their goal. >> they want to make this about president trump's record. >> w

and for the latest on where things stand, we turn to our own lisa desjardins and yamiche alcindor. sa, to you first. where do things stand and what are the regrets asking for? lisa: hope is not gone, but it seems late today that there has been more look at the disagreement between the white house and democrats and the agreement. -- than the agreement. let's look at where democrats are and what they have on the table at this point. democrats' latest plan is $2.2 trillion. there you can see, there is a $2.2 trillion plan for democrats. of that, or hundred $36 billion would be for state and local governments. $600 per week in additional benefits for the unemployed. got has run out technically now. 75 billion for testing. that is rental and mortgage assistance. this speaks to what americans are facing right now and the fears by many of these lawmakers trying to push for a deal that coming months, if cases rise, that things are going to get worse. judy: yamiche, what is the white house saying about what they expect from this bill? yamiche: again, hope is not gone, but it looks like it wi

analysts will join us remotely so we can stay samiche alcindor, and congressional correspondent lisa desjardins who is covering the biden campaign. senior national correspondent a na nawaz who will be watching the debate with lf a dozen voters linked in virtually from around the country. plus amy walter of the cook political report along with "washington post" coumnist jonathan capehart, and eliana johnson, editor in chief of the washington freebie con and i welcome all of you to our coverage tckight. a quord first from yamiche and lisa, yamiche, what is the trump campaign hoping comes from this debate with the vice president? >> well, the vice president is going to be delivering not a more brash defense of the trump administration but she going to be divering a verydefense, a very point, poignant defense of that he is the head of the coronavirus task force so talk a lot about what they think they did right and alsgoing to be maki the point the black livestt protesters is out of hand, african-american business owners whose business was picture and destroyed during the protests after george floy

heated up, and the candidates hit the hustings hardgain trying to win over any who have yet to lisa desjardinsorts. >> desjardins: it's getting close now-- less than a week left, and today the presidential campaign trails intersected in battleground arizona. presidt trump hosting rallies near phoenix and in the north, bullhead city. with your vote you can send lle wealthy liberal hypocrites a message that theever forget, under biden's cruel and senseless lockdowns, countless americans will die. the biden plan will crsh you, will crush your family. we will crush the virus and you will have an economy the likes of which we've never had before. >> desjardins: meanwhile, democratic vice presidential candidate senator kamala harris phoenix and spent rningrs in with latina business owners in the southern corner of the state, tucson. >> we've seen how women and small businesses have suffered in the midst of the covid virus, but joe and i are committed in hem and ging them more resources >> desjardins: president trump carried arizona in 2 by polls show it may be evenand tighter this time. for democrat

for the "pbs newshour," i'm lisa desjardins.y: in a related development, a former homeland security department chief of staff announced he was anonymous -- 20e official who claimed i to be part of an internal resistance to president trump. miles taylor said today that mr. trump's failings h le cost americes. the white house, in turn, branded taylor a liar and a coward. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour" west. the supreme court has weighed in on ving access in north carolina rejecting a request by president trump's campaign to xtblock ansion of a deadline for receiving mail-in ballots. this means the ballets in the baound state can be counted up to nine days after election day. in another key swing state, the supreme urt's refusal to rule was another when favoring nidemocrats in pennsyl republicans had challenged a state court ruling that ballots received within three days of election day must be counted. new justice amy coney barrett sat out for the deliberations on both voting matesrs with a sprson saying she didn't ha

john yang, lisa desjardins, thank you both. >> woodruff: and we hope you will >> woodruff: please join us tomorrow morning for the second day of live coverage of these hearings in the confirmation of judge amy barrett to the u.s. supreme court. that's starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 central on pbs, eastern, 8:00 central on pbs, and online at our website, on youtube and our other social platforms. >> woodruff: the 2020 presidential campaign headed to key battleground states today. but as yamiche alcindor reports, the candidates kept an eye on the confirmation hearing in washington. >> alcindor: for former vice president joe biden, the supreme urt stakes are clear... >> it's about finally getting his wish to wipe out the affordable health care act. because their nominee said in the past the law should be struck down. >> alcindor: for vice president pence, barrett's nomination and confirmation hearing are about standing up for religious liberty. some democrats have raised questions about whether barrett, a devout catholic, can separate her faith from her judicial rulings. >> to live,

lisa desjardins has our report on what the g.o.p. has done andt why still need to do to close the gender gap in the house. >> desjains: this could be the face of change in the republican party. >> let's bump some elbows, how y'all doing today? >> desjardins: nancy mace is running to be the rst south carolina woman ever in congress, and part of what some ho is a gender shift for republicans. both parties have gender gaps. in the house of representatives, 88 democrats, or 38%, are women. but it is a chasm for house republicans, with just 13 women, a tiny 7% of their ranks right now. >> thank you! i appreciate it! >> desjardins: enter mace and new class of candidates. she's a single mom who represents the low country nea charlestonn the state house early in life as the first woman to graduate from south the citadel.t'itary institution >>not just democratic women that are breaking barriers or breaking glass ceilings. >> desjardins: a recor94 republican women are on the ballot for the house of representatives this year, nearly double the