plus, we'll take a closer look at our election security with admiral mike rogers.and we'll also hear from former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb about this surge of covid-19. and raphael bostic will join us to talk about those hardest hit by the pandemic. it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >> brennan: good morning, and welcome to pcoast to coast and around the world, the number of new coronavirus infections continues to rise. there are almost 40 million cases worldwide, more than eight million of them right here in the u.s. on friday there were 69,000 new reported cases. that's the highest since july. we just over two weeks until election day, americans are now able to vote in all 50 states, and they are going to the polls in record numbers. we've got a lot to get to. we begin this morning with cbs news national correspondent mark strassmann in atlanta. >> reporter: covid america's third wave is so widespread, blindfolded you could throw darts at a map and probably hit a hot spot. like chicago and colorado and nashville. >> our key metrics are not g

i'm joined now by former house intelligence chairman, mike rogers, and sean turner, former director ofcation for the office of the director of national intelligence. sean, mike, good to have you both on this morning. >> thanks, jim. >> thanks, jim. >> sean, if i could begin with you, what does an armed terror plot to kidnap a sitting u.s. governor tell you about the state of the domestic terror threat in this country today? >> well, jim, it tells me that much like director wray over at the fbi said, that it is a growing and significant threat. look, as mike knows well, we've been watching these groups for quite some time. and we, over the past 10 to 15 years, we've seen a significant change in the way they operate. we've noted that these groups are increasingly looking at foreign terror groups and they're sort of learning from these foreign terror groups and understanding how they operate in order to better operate here in the united states. these groups are growing in number. the way they communicate and the way they plan is becoming more sophisticated. and interestingly enough, these

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based on their perspective or experience or approach to the subject matter so the nsa analyst and mike rogers at the time and then talk with the analyst and then they made the decision on behalf of an essay to be at that level. i don't know if that was a consensus view. but i know frequently rightly so in the process and drafting that assessment. and that's what happened in this case. >> we are not talking about a disagreement with fortunes position but that level of certainty behind that. and that those to say it is wrong for those who didn't favor trump. >> there is unanimity that these were the appropriate judgments that the russians were trying to promote so that distinction and to have high confidence and if you word recall the sessions the jamaal khashoggi with the reported cia assessment that the crown prince word is responsible so that is a very significant judgment. and with all of the agencies involved that this is the aim of the russians to promote donald trump in the election. and then to an dispute that they felt the weight was not as great for that one finding as the others. and

confidence level by the director of nsa had concerns about that and he then talked with the analysts and mike rogers made the decision on behalf of the nsa that the judgment should be at the modern level. i don't know if that was a consensus view within the group working on this issue or not, but i know frequently you will have the difference of the view rightly so in the process of drafting and crafting the assessment, but again it ultimately has to come out with an issue and that is what happened in this case. >> host: we are not talking about a disagreement about the position and whether he favored it. it's just the sort of level of certainty behind that. that's kind of important to understand because republicans have, you know, led by john radcliffe have said it's wrong and that putin didn't favor trump. >> you are absolutely right. it was unanimity that drafted this. these were the appropriate judgments and that the findings that the russians were trying to promote the electoral prospects of donald trump so the distinction was only between whether or not they had high confidence or modern confi

former chief of staff with the department of homeland security and cnn national security commentator mike rogersthe house intelligence committee, former fbi guy, former michigan congressman, mr. chairman, so i'm going to start with you here, just on that video. that wasn't messing around. i mean, that was serious weaponized training for this alleged plot to kidnap a sitting governor. >> yes, this wasn't a few guys sitting around the bon fire drinking beer talking about wouldn't it be great to storm the capital and send a message. this was an advanced plot with advanced training, so they were going through sophisticated weapons training, including magazine load and reload, things you'd normally do if you had some experience in that realm about what it would be like and what that would be is more like a combat situation. remember, they were talking about storming the capitol which means somebody is going to get killed. they have michigan state police protection. this was a serious plot and i think the fbi followed that through its logical conclusion and then once they started to test ieds and othe

let's discuss that now with the former house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers.ound the world especially among nations like russia, china, iran, trying to gain every bit of information they can about the united states not in a friendly way? what happens in a moment like this? >> every one of the adversarial leaders, not just the big nation states, you see this in the taliban and others around the world to evaluate. so they all have operations that try to find weaknesses into their adversaries and we would be that, the united states. there's calculations going through, there are things to get away today we couldn't yesterday? are there things to get away with next week that we couldn't today? there is procedures for our national security that have continuity and really important and important for adversaries to understand that we have a continuity plan in the united states and i'm sure they're trying to adhere to it at the white house. and i would not try to take advantage of the news for any mischievous acts around the world, north korea comes to mind. >> iran co

. >> we lost mike rogers. we'll go back to him as soon as his video comes back. obviously we should let you know about this programming note that michigan governor gretchen whitmer will be on erin burnett this evening, 7:00 p.m. eastern. let's turn to the politics lead. complete and utter chaos. this afternoon saying president trump wants to delay the second trump-biden debate. that after saying he was pulling out of the second debate all together. calling the move to have them appear remotely not acceptable. the suggestion the candidates go to remote town hall participation came after president trump tested positive for coronavirus and frankly after it became clear that the president and the white house were not going to fully disclose details about his illness, including when he last tested negative. the white house has not been honest about the president's infection, and that literally could affect the health and mortality of others. it's a shameful and shocking development, though perhaps not out of character. the joe biden campaign announced the democratic n

mike rogers the direct 0or of nsa at the time had concerns and he talked with the analysts and then mike rodgers made the decision on behalf of nsa that the judgment should be at the moderate level. now, i don't know if that was a consensus view within nsa's analytic group that was working on the issue or not. but i know that frequently you will have disotherwise view, rightly show, and should be aired in the process of drafting and crafting then the assessment, but again the ultimately has to come out with a position and that's what happened in this case we're not talking about a disagreement about put's position and whether he favored. it's just the sort of level of certainty behind that. is that -- i think that's kind of important to understand because republicans haven deadly by john ratcliff said it's wrong and that putin didn't favor trump. >> you're absolutely right. there was ewan national it in within the four ages that craft third intelligence assessment these were the appropriate judgments and that the finding that the russians were trying to promote the electoral proctappeal

clearly he's not talking this way about mike flynn either who i think, you know, is obviously going through his own issues, but, you know, why the president pardoned rogerhers at this time, i can honestly tell you. you can ask them -- >> last question, we have up on the screen the number of people who have been convicted around trump -- steve bannon number one on the campaign, recently indicted. you make an argument in the book that the system is unfair and it was out to get people. but how do you address the basic facts on the screen, why are there so many felons surrounding donald trump? >> well, look, at the end of the day, let's look at the two systems, okay, ari? you have the list of people that work for trump. you also have people on the inside of the department of justice like james comey, andrew mccabe, it is not the trump campaign's opinion that these individuals have, you know, lied, testified to congress under oath and were viewed by the inspector general as lacking in candor. why did they get off and everybody else you just put up on the list have, you know, the full weight of the law brought against them? why are there two separate systems

mike pence will also make campaign stops in maine and pennsylvania today. week six in the nfl. 49ers first win. defeating the los angeles rams 24-16. the buccaneers defense shutting down aaron rogers10. green bay's first loss of the season. undefeated on tied the game last play in regulation before beating the texans 42-36 in overtime. one of the rockies gets a warm welcome to the nfl. >> hardly anyone in this building but it's still loud. even. >> it did sound so loud. tagovailoa. jets. sorry, joel, 34-0. our resident jets fan in the house. brian: he always thinks about trevor lawrence. that's all he wants number one pick next year. jillian: is he a die hard. steve: thanks, jillian. ainsley: push to sweep white house. some sound the alarm over progressive agenda. could a blue wave swamp the market? stuart varney on the new warnings coming up next ♪ i'm blue ♪ ♪ new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. inflammation in your eye might be to bl

mike pence will go head to head with kamala harris. >> she almost never takes questions from the press just like joe biden. the question is what is she hiding? >> rogersowing and it's caught, touchdown. rogers has his man. the tight end for the touchdown. time for rogers to float one. easy catch and touchdown. raise your hand if youment to hang with me and my gang ♪ we live to ride ♪ we ride to live ♪ me and my gang ♪ brian: looking at the capitol. if you are a chicago bear playing defense look out for the packers wide open in the end zone. open up 4-0. spend nerntion at least three hours going over highlights. steve: still playing football? brian: yeah but fans can't go. can you believe 3 million people guys have voted already in this election. 3 million people. ainsley: more democrats than republicans. steve: do you know what today is? today is october 6th. it is exactly four weeks from today they are having a big election here in the united states of america. how is that going so far? ainsley: we're going to be talking about that and the debates because we have some new news about that. the president was out of the hospital last night or yesterday