. ♪ that's ok ♪ mrs. pence: how low arizona!

mr pence and his wife have both tested negative.

i would say with kamala harris, mr. pence has got this. i tell you, he has got everything going for him. i wish kamala harris the best of luck, maybe she can put up a good fight, i don't know. mr. pence is the one. andrea: you're right. he has learned from his mistakes. one of the most notorious ones was in 2015. there was a dustup over the passage of a freedom restoration act which was signed and law by by government law -- governor pence. he went on the defense. for the first time in anyone's memory, he crumbled under george stephanopoulos's questions. it was pretty much a disaster. from that day forward, he valve -- he vowed that it was not going to happen again. john: this is amy out of north carolina for those who support the trump-pence ticket. caller: i want people to understand what this election is about. it is not about trump and pence and biden and harris. this is between freedom or going towards socialism. they are already talking about taking away the second amendment. they want to get rid of the electoral college. beto o'rour

. brought him here to be as possible -- mr pence.pretty quick with only about an hour's warning. do we know what kind of preparation they have to put in place to prepare for him? they have not delivered any details of that nature, but as i said, they do have an executive switch —— suite which has been used before a presidents, so at least they will have rooms for him. since mr trump was walking, and seems that he may not need emergency medical attention, there may be some time to set things up if they are going to be doing tests as the white house has said and we are beginning to get a sense of the helicopter arriving shortly. if they are prepared to do the tests, they need to get those organised over the next day or two of the one would have thought, while he settles. that is how the white house has billed this visit, and so the hospital is reasonably preparing for something like that. 0k, barbara, for now. we will be back with you shortly as soon as the president plans there. let's go to my colleague katty kay. i can imagine there

both mr pence and his wife tested negative on sunday.bout how seriously the white house is following its own advice. the vice—president is campaigning in minnesota today. under the rules set down by the cdc and the coronavirus task force which mr pence chairs, he and his wife should be isolating for 14 days. the white house says the vice—president is an essential worker and therefore exempt. so much to get into as we enter the final stretch — let's talk to tom bossert for us homeland security adviser to president trump on the pandemic. thank you very much forjoining us. are we making a mountain out of a mole hill when we say that the vice president is out of the campaign trail, not following the cdc guidelines on quarantining or the president is at a rally and people are not wearing mask and particularly being encouraged to wear a mask and so are we skewing it oi’ wear a mask and so are we skewing it or does it matter this kind of role modelling that were seen from the lighthouse? thanks for having me. no we are not exaggerating. of cour

reports thattimes mr. pence went to salt lake city earlier this week with his chief of staff and scott walker, who harris in debate prep's. with likes to prepare people he feels comfortable with. mr. pence is bringing the lack business owner whose shop was destroyed during protests tonight. he will also have the family of isis in anurdered by attempt to draw focus on terrorism and draw contrasts with biden. marine.ng us is also she is on the campus at the university of utah. given what we just heard about the democrat making this -- the democrats making this all pandemic, is that what you are hearing? >> i was just outside the security perimeter in the official protest area where up -- can stand to show to show support. truck drove by -- >> i'm going to interrupt you. kamala harris is arriving at the debate hall. go ahead. in vice presidential debates the focus is on the top of the ticket and the understudies are arguing for the presidential candidate. in this case because the vice president has played such a ke

trump administration's coronavirus response as the greatest failure in presidential history, while mr penceidence in an eventual vaccine. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik watched the debate. with the chaotic presidential debate still on the minds of americans, vice—president mike pence and senator kamala harris walked on stage eager to reset the tone. over the course of 90 minutes, they delivered a far more substantive discussion that was civil, but not without fire. mr vice—president, i'm speaking. i have to weigh in. straight away, the coronavirus that has affected millions of americans, including president trump and his white house, dominated the discussion, their divisions going beyond the glass barriers that separated them on stage. the american people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country. and here are the facts. 210,000 dead people in our country in just the last several months. over 7 million people who have contracted this disease. and here's the thing. 0njanuary 28th, the vice—president and the president were info

mr. pence's office, he confided to one of mr. ce's aides at the time, olivia troye, that he felt that he was in an impossible position. quote, my scientists are telling me what i need to do, he said according to ms. troye. but he added, quote, i want to make sure the vice president is happy. joining me now, olivia troye. she was a member of the white house coronavirus task force from day one. she was the top aide to vice president mike pence on coronavirus. she left the white house in august and has since been critical of the president's handling of this pandemic. ms. troye, thank you for taking time to be with us tonight. let's talk about this. you say that -- and you tweeted that this is absolutely true. you were in conversations where they discussed this mandate, this proposed mandate to have people wear masks on all public and commercial transit. and the airline industry was begging for this, and the white house said no. >> correct. thank you for having me first of all, but it is 100% accurate. these conversations have been ho

pence. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the second lady of the united states, mrs. karen pence. ♪ mrs. pence: hello, arizona. so great to see all of you out there, so great to be with you all today. let me tell you a story of getting involved in politics. you can have a seat, because i know you will be standing and cheering and all of that. when mike and i were dating, which was about 37 years ago, he told me that he wanted to run for congress, someday in the far future. after we got married, he went and asked the county chairman, what should i do if i want to run for congress and represent my hometown in 20 or 30 years? and the guy said, run for congress. that is the best way to get prepared, run for congress. so we decided that we are going to do this. we ran for congress in 1988. and we decided to run on the theme of faith, family, and freedom. [cheers] [applause] and we lost. [laughter] you know, we were young back then. we said, ok, you know what? two years went by. we are going to do this again in 1990. and we are going to run on faith, family, and freedom. [ch

on monday he will travel to salt lake city, on thursday, mr. pencepected to attend a campaign event in arizona. >>> democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris is already in utah ahead of the debate, with mr. pence. on saturday, she toured "this is the place" heritage park in salt lake city. it honors the pioneers who came in the 1800s. the next debate is between kamala harris and mike pence. special coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. on wednesday on the u.s. east coast. for our oiinternational viewers midnight in london and 7:00 a.m. in hong kong. >>> we will leare less than a m away from the u.s. presidential election and many are weighing in on donald trump's coronavirus diagnosis. >> you should of wore a mask, dude. didn't wear a mask, and now you're going to pay the price. >> more reaction from the key state of michigan, right after this. did you know diarrhea is often caused by bad bacteria in food? try pepto diarrhea. pepto® diarrhea is proven effective to treat symptoms, and it also targets the cause of diarrhea. the 3 times concentrated liq

despite this, mr. pence spoke at an event tonight in kingston, north carolina. >>> meanwhile, joe biden will appear at a virtual concert tonight. senator kamala harris campaigned in michigan today. mr. biden continues to lead the president in our nbc news national polling average. we will focus on the election all next hour starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern. meanwhile, washington is refocusing on the senate. today it held a sunday session which is rare to advance judge amy coney barrett's nomination to the supreme court. today's vote allows formal debate to begin for up to 30 hours. that brings senators one step closer to the final vote. that could happen tomorrow night. we will speak with democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island in just a few minutes. >>> thursday's presidential debate made a bit more news and a bit less noise than the first matchup. president trump said his administration was working very hard to reunite migrant families separated at the border. but is that true? 545 children were

mr. penceat is a great disservice to the sacrifices the american people have made. >> to be honest, the most exciting bit came when a very black fly landed in mike pence's very white hair and stayed there. it ended with this trailer. >> the second presidential debate is next week on october 15. >> but this morning, the independent commission that runs presidential debates ruled that next week's encounter should be virtual. the president's reaction? furious. >> i'm not going to waste my time on a virtual debate. that's not what debing is about. you sit behind your computer and a debate. it's ridiculous. and then they turn you off whenever they want. >> joe biden throwing up his hands. >> we don't know what the president is going to do. he changes his mind every three seconds. i'm going to follow the commission's recommendations. >> the strategy of the president pre-illness would be to change the subject away from the pandemic. now, he seems to be embracing it as a gift. >> i think this was a ble

the last four years we saw mr. pence in action with mr. trump. mr.remely immature, is not presidential and some of his ideologies are mind-boggling, especially when it comes to women and women of color. and as i thought about his last behavior regarding calling kamala harris a monster, there was no way in the world as a colored woman i could actually support anything that mr. trump would do. looking at mr. biden, mr. biden, like i said, i'm not a fan of his and i had to go back to 1991 and look at the anita hill case when he was the chair of the judiciary committee and she had accused justice clarence thomas when he was nominated by george bush to be on the supreme court and how he shunned a lot of women who were going to support the stories of anita hill, so that didn't register with me. so what i looked at, i looked at the debate between pentz and harris and i had to say to myself, who would be more coachable, who would have an open ear to actually deal with issues regarding [indiscernible] and who would deal with women issues and that would be kam

vance would maintain his campaign schedule. —— mr pence. on november three, a record 57 million people have already cast their ballots. donald trump has voted in the us presidential election, in his adopted home state of florida. this is largely due to fears over coronavirus, with the country seeing record daily highs. both mr trump and his democratic challengerjoe biden have been campaigning in crucial states that could swing the contest in their favour. the bbc‘s lebo diseko reports. thank you, sir. thank you very much. donald trump, moments after casting his ballot. no surprises for who. i voted for a guy named trump. laughter after that he was off on a whirlwind of stops in battleground states. he's hitting rallies in north carolina, ohio, and wisconsin. 2016 saw donald trump gaining momentum in the last two weeks. no doubt he's hoping to pull that off again. chanting: four more years! but today, the candidates presented two contrasting messages on the issue overshadowing this election. turn on television. "covid, covid, covid, covid, c

mr. pence's demand to do without one, but has bun just in case. the debate airs tomorrow on nbc bay area, coverage at 6:00. >>> a lot of progress in the north bay. the fire is now 50% contained. but there's still a lot of danger on the front lines. today, 16 firefighters were evaluated for possible exposure to carbon monoxide. five ambulances were called to the sonoma county fairgrounds, that base camp in santa rosa, to evaluate the fire personnel. there is some good news here. more people are able to come home tonight. some evacuation orders were reduced to warnings. as you can see from this map, that's the. at this hour, 50% containment. the fire has scorched more than 66,000 acres. lest let's bring in jodi hernandez who joins us from insanity ro santa rosa where the clean up is underway. >> reporter: we're in one of the areas hardest hit by the glass fire. you can see the blackened hills behind us. a lot of the houses out here did make it, while others, as you can see, did not. folks are returning back to this neighborhood tonight, but i'll tel

mr. pence's campaign work was essential and in accordance with c.d.c. guidelines. >> i don't think any of us think campaigning as important as it is critical infrastructure for our country. he should really be in quarantine. >> reporter: health officials have already connected at least 23 covid cases in minnesota to events put on by the trump campaign. they have also connected at least one case to events put on by the biden campaign, norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank you. turnout is already smashing records with eight days to go before polls close. and today we saw long lines greeting voters in maryland as it became the 41st state now open for in-person voting. we get more now from cbs's ed o'keefe. >> reporter: it is a scene unprecedented in modern history. >> good morning, thank you for voting. >> reporter: millions of americans and long lines almost everywhere having their say as a bitterly contested election nears its end. >> i think election day will be crazy, look at it already. >> reporter: the more than 62 million early votes tallied top al

but mr pence himself has tested negative and will stick to his election campaign schedule.nfections are continuing to surge in the united states — with new record numbers in six states. countries around the world have continued to tighten anti—covid measures, as mark lobel reports. a flag for every death. this washington art installation capturing america's coronavirus casualties. just as six states suffer record numbers of infections. it was only three weeks ago that donald trump himself tested positive. he is fully back on the campaign trail, downplaying the dangers of the pandemic. now it is his vice president's health in the spotlight. mike pence's chief of staff marc short has tested positive, as well as another aide. but pence, along with his wife who have tested negative, will continue campaigning despite his proximity to his chief of staff. prior to that, the polish president had become the latest public figure to test positive. the 48—year—old sci—fi slating premier said he felt fine and were still on the job. but there we re and were still on the job. but there we

years however she can jump in and she will lead this country as presidential as joe biden do and for mr pence he made sure it's you know the same thing now some of the big concerns about comma heris among undecided voters not only in the evangelical and catholic camp but also among the other people concerned about abortion is her stand on late term abortion and we know mike pence has come out very clearly on that there's a lot of questions about commerce let's take a look and listen to what they had to say about the issue of roe v wade an abortion . let the american people fill that seat in the white house and then we'll fill that seat on the united states supreme court and to your point susan that the issues before us couldn't be more serious there is the issue of choice and i will always fight for a woman's right to make a decision about her own body it should be her decision and not that of donald trump and the vice president michel i'm pro-life i don't apologize for it and this is another one of those cases where the such a dramatic contrast joe biden kamel harris support taxpayer funding

i hope vice president pence and mrs. pence aren't sick.ntity all-americans need to focus on is the president and the vice president doesn't have a plan to keep other people from getting sick. people keep getting sick at the white house. the most interesting news development today is mitch mcconnell, donald trump's most loyal ally saying that he hasn't come to the white house since early august. if mcconnell says it is unsafe to be around the president and his people why would anyone? it isn't safe to go to the trump white house. >> yeah. it is social distancing and [000:

mr pence and his wife have both tested negative.news, it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up, the chancellor unveils more help forjobs and businesses hit by coronoavirus restrictions. with every restriction comes difficulty and that is why we are doing everything we can to strike that balance between saving lives and protecting livelihoods. but the opposition reckons the government's behind the curve. the winter economy plan series iii. you know but the twist is it didn't last the winter. it didn't do enough to help the economy, and it wasn't a plan. the labour leader says parts of england face prolonged agony... i really think the prime minister has crossed the rubicon here notjust with the miserly way that he's treated greater manchester but the grub it take it or leave it way these local deals are being done. he stands up and attacks the economic consequences of the measures that we're obliged to take across some parts of the country when he wants to turn

bret baier asked mr. pencebout that claim this is what he said. >> i don't recall being told to be on standby. i was informed that the president had a doctor's appointment and i don't want to -- i've got to tell you part of this job is you're always on standby, if you're vice president of the united states. reporter: the vice president is always on standby he says well he did test negative for the virus we're told but neil there's rumblings that tuesday's debate at the university of utah in salt lake potentially it should be held instead in washington d.c. so mr. pence can be close, stay in the nations capitol but for now it is a go in utah. neil? neil: got it, eric shawn thank you very much. right now, you know, a lot more about this subject than certainly i do and that its use here and whether this is the time to at least get it in place or think about it. what do you think? >> i don't think that we're quite ready for the 25th amendment yet, but of course that's a recent development in the past, presidents ha

night your time kimberly's so we had mike pence come on harris and the fly that landed up here on mr pence i think for what was it 1213 minutes was never going to move for some reason maybe there's a lot of product the demand will never know. too easy too simplistic to say who won but they both clearly had attack before hand and people are saying will come a harris nobody is now saying. she will never make a good president so we're proposing to her look you're riding high in the polls all you've got to do in there is less is more and you can sail away to a victory of this particular debate. yeah exactly no one ever really talks about the vice presidential debates in this case there's only one and you know the goal for both of these candidates was really just to not make any sort of soundbite or that could be played on the campaign trail or make a major gaffe or mistake so both of them hit their stride with respect to that some people have commented that after the 1st presidential debate that was so disastrous that saw donald trump repeatedly interrupting not respecting the rules that mike

a spokesman said mr pence and his wife had both had negative results.sday as brexit trade negotiations continue. more talks are expected in brussels after that. meetings resumed last week after the uk walked away — saying that the eu was unwilling to compromise on key issues. however on friday, the uk said good progress has been made. environmentalists have expressed concern after hundreds of dead marine animals were washed up on russia's far—east coast. the causes of this ecological disaster — on the pacific shore of the kamchatka peninsula — are in dispute. russian state investigators say they are "most likely natural", while environmentalists want a more thorough investigation. maria kiseleva from the bbc‘s russian service reports. when hundreds of dead sea creatures washed up on the shore, nobody knew what was going on. why did this large area of this pacific coast turn into a graveyard? covered in mostly turn into a graveyard? covered in m ostly d ea d turn into a graveyard? covered in mostly dead sea creatures, starfish is and what looks like the

. ♪ that's ok ♪ mrs. pence: how low arizona! a story of you getting involved in politics.now you will be standing and cheering and all of that. when mike and i were dating, ago, hes about 37 years told me that he wanted to run for congress, someday in the far future. got married, he went and asked the county chairman, what should i do if i want to run for congress and represent my hometown in 20 or 30 years? the guy said, run for congress. the best way to get prepared to run for congress is to run. we decided that we are going to do this. we ran for congress in 1988. we decided to run on the theme of faith, family, and freedom. [applause] and we lost. [laughter] we were young back then. two years went by. we are going to do this again and 1990. we are going to run on faith, family, and freedom. [applause] and we lost. know, navye, you this was our idea, and may be a was not god's calling on our life. we built our dream home and started our family. mike started a radio show that was all over the state of indiana. i started a watercolor business. we were very comfortable. us

he often travels with mr. pence.eans at least five close aides, not all staff, but five close aides to the vice president have tested positive for coronavirus in the past week. what does this suggest to you? >> it suggests that the vice president is at very high risk for developing coronavirus and him getting daily tests is only going to take the risk down a little bit. there probably is a need for him to self quarantine for 14 days, based on the amount of people that are around him that are positive and the number of contacts he probably had with them. i'd want to know were all the contacts with or without masks, how long were the contacts. i do think there is a consideration that the president has been -- the vice president has been significantly exposed to the virus. arthel: fortunately, vice president pence and second lady karen pence tested negative this morning. but he interacted with supporters at a rally in fort wayne, indiana three days ago, the vice president is traveling to kingston, north carolina today,

mr. pence's head and sat there for two minutes and nine second- >> and i thought that the most effective being on that stage to go after vice president pence was that fly that landed on his head. >> who would have predicted a fly could would steal the show? >> trevor: i was not surprised to see a fly on mike pence's hair. the fly probably thought he was a dead body. whoa, this shit moved! and look, flies land on people all the time, nothing crazy about that. what was crazy is how long it sat there for, even trump was watching at home like, wow, two minutes with mike pence, i could never do that. we gotta get that fly into the white house. such a powerful, strong fly. so that was the vice presidential debate. but if you think you found it frustrating as a viewer, that's nothing compared to how frustrated kamala harris was, and you could tell because, from the minute the evening started, kamala was throwing out "are you kidding me" facial expressions faster than the internet could meme them. while a lot of people felt her pain, others did not. >> not even the plexiglass could contain the st

handling of the pandemic as the "greatest failure in any presidential administration in history", while mr pencean eventual vaccine. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik watched the debate. with the chaotic presidential debate still on the minds of americans, vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris walked on stage eager to reset the tone. over the course of 90 minutes, they delivered a far more substantive discussion that was civil, but not without fire. this is important. mr vice president, i'm speaking. i have to weigh in. straight away, the coronavirus that has infected millions of americans, including president trump and his white house, dominated the discussion, their divisions going beyond the glass barriers that separated them on stage. the american people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country. and here's the thing. 0njanuary 28th, the vice president and the president were informed about the nature of this pandemic. and they knew what was happening and they didn't tell you. but the vice president, as head of the c

greg: thank you mr. pence.he key moment for me was pence debunking harris and her find people on both sides lie. cemex senator harris submitted after the president made comments about people on either side of the debate over the monument he condemned the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacist and has done so repeatedly. greg: the bbc fact checked pants and had to back them up or there was a lie and harris knew it but he's not running for the second spot issue but the first. sadly she came off his presidential is one of those brats in the cars for kids commercial. the vp, and focused, the good cop to trump's bad. meanwhile harris more time pivoting than a lawn sprinkler. the media will always focus on sexism or the fly. that fly that sent twitter a buzz. we hear it zoomed in on the flight to get a better look. not surprised but when you have to focus on the fly you know you have lost. right king kong paddle pete? >> i got bit. i don't know about ping-pong paddle pete although it's fun to say dagen to the talking h

the clash shows that mr. pence is much more than merely a loyal deputy and harris's views are more to the left than they want americans to know. they have to have a policy contrast to have any chance of victory and mr. pence showed how to do it. dan, does the editorial board declare anybody a winner from last night's debate? >> i think yeah, i think mike pence was clearly the winner. kamala harris certainly did not win. she had to show that she could do a workman-like job. sandra, i think one of the other issues we haven't talked about too much was it is assumed given joe biden's health status and so forth he might not finish out a first term. running in the background has always been the question of whether kamala harris was able to step up to the presidential level. i honestly did not think she did that last night. i think she provided a kind of proforma workman-like vice presidential candidate performance but really didn't strike me as presidential. mike pence clearly had a grasp of the facts. he understood in d

i am proud to report, mrs. penceready back in the classroom and that little school just outside washington dc. i figure a lot of you are just as excited as me that thanks to president trump's leadership, come this saturday, big ten football is back too. [applause] the buckeyes will be back on the gridiron! [applause] so we are making real progress. the time of testing through which we have passed. we are gathered here today on this breezy october day in ohio because we have a choice to make. the choice in this election has never been clearer, the stakes have never been higher. when you look at their agenda,, higher taxes open borders, socialized medicine, green new deal, defunding the police, packing the courts, it is clear. joe biden would be nothing more than a trojan horse for the radical left. joe biden said democracy is on the ballot. i think our economic recovery is on the ballot. law and order are on the ballot. i also think there are things much more foundational to who we are that are on the ballot. this ele

so actually, mr. pence, vice president pence, is really more than a decade out of touch with the actual reality on the ground in terms of jobs and growth. >> shannon: okay, but let's talk about that, because a lot of people here that argument -- it sounds good, everybody wants more jobs in america at a better economy for everyone, but they think of things like solyndra and i look back at other promises about green jobs that were going to do great things and see you didn't come to fruition, and they didn't pan out the way it was promised. >> actually come if you look at the number of clean energy jobs in america, there are multiples of jobs and fossil fuels right now, but more than that, where you can see in the marketplace, shannon, and i really wish vice president pence would spend a little time learning about what is going on on the ground, is you can see clean energy, right now, is cheaper than fossil fuel energy. matt, in fact, all of the parts of the clean economy are crossing, in terms of cost and eff

[applause] i am proud to report to you that mrs. penceteaching back in the classroom at that little christian school just outside washington, d.c. and we are working around-the-clock to make sure that our teachers, administrators, school nurses have the testing and supplies to get our kids back in the classroom where they belong and keep them there where they belong. it is true. but because of the strong foundation that we poured in those first three years of less taxes and less regulation, because of the unprecedented recovery efforts for families and for businesses -- $4 trillion made available , supported by your congressmen and others, secured by the president. in the last five months as we have been opening up america again, we have seen 11.5 million americans go back to work including 600,000 people right here in the sunshine state. [applause] florida can be proud of the job all of you have done putting the health of your family members and neighbors first, but let me also say, the president and i could not be more proud or grateful

we know if he were to get sicker that, the vice-president has tested negative as has his wife mrs. penceey could step in to take on any functions that the president was unable to carry out. the third level, just over 4 weeks away, is the political impact. think it's considerable. at the least the president will be cough at campaign trail for 10 days at the least. when we talk about 10 days, we don't know what will happen with the president's illness. we hope and pray he gets better quickly. but he is a 74-year-old man. i am 72. biden is 77. we are all in the most vulnerable group. you have to take it seriously. we don't know how this illness will evolve. i think it's going to make the covid virus and how the virus is being handled and how the president has dealt with it and how joe biden handled it, that puts it right to the top of the political agenda again and makes it a very important issue in this campaign. >> melissa: chris, this is melissa francis. i don't believe you are in your 70s. i may need to see identification later. we have 32 people staying inside for i believe 10 days. th

. >> that's what mr. pence always does challenging the president's recklessness by making it seems like the questioner attacking the american people. a few people would get up in the morning today its going to contribute to a dead lipan democrati because of that, friends and family and members, some of them are getting sick and dying. >> our gary tubman is joining us live. >> reporter: this rally, donald trump spoke for about an hour. if you thought if people would be more careful after hearing that donald trump had coronavirus and there was a super spreading event at the white house, you would be incorrect. hundreds of people lined up outside in the bright sun for hours here in sandford, florida, there were no social distancing and about 90% of people did not have masks. every one had their temperatures checked and they were given masks and there were no mandate to wear them. most of those masks were put in pockets and never came out again. we talked to a lot of people without wearing a mask and we heard vario

criticize vice president pence's decision to keep his campaign on schedule after five people close to mr. penceted positive for the virus. >> the whole getting of covid, to begin with, and not wearing a mask has been a problem. i've talked about that over the last couple weeks. i think everybody has got to put the health of the people they are going to be in touch with first. you've got to keep yourself away from everybody. i am a little bit surprised. >> harris: i want to bring in no white house deputy communications director, brian morgenstern. brian, thank you for being on the program today. my first question for you, with all these headlines about the novel coronavirus, what is the white house and the president's latest strategy for this precipitous spike? which, again, we are testing. they are running out of icu beds. >> harris, i appreciate the question for the president's response has been historic. a big part of that has been the coronavirus task force constantly communicating with state and local jurisdictions, ensuring that they have everything they need on a proactive basis. we have

>> well, next to maybe mrs. pence, there are no two people who spend more time with the vice president than his chief of staff and his body men. they will have spent many hours with the vice president in the last several days. what i will say is this, the only reason for the vice president to still be on the road now is at some point in the last three months he's had the virus. that sounds like an outrage thing to say. that's the only explanation for not being in quarantine now. how are we going to tell our patients who have had a first degree exposure, the waitress in the coffee shop, how are we going to tell them to stay home for 14 days when the vice president of the united states completely thumbs his nose at these common sense requirements? >> doctor, the white house is claiming vice president pence is an essential employee. that's how they are, i guess, going around their own guidance from the cdc's guidance and coronavirus task force virus he heads up. does that make any sense to you? >> my definition of essent

the white house says the vice president, mr. pence break down what this means official the election. >>> here at home, the glass fire continues to force people out of their homes in the north bay. so far, it's scorched more than 60,000 acres and is just 6% contained. we'll have the very latest in our midday newscast. >>> or head to our home page for the latest at any hour. kari, how are the fire conditions today? >> it's still looks pretty bad. we have the red flag warning that continues. you can see how thick the smoke is in the air. our air quality is very unhealthy in the north bay and that will continue as we go throughout the weekend. the spare the air alert has been extended through tuesday as we will only see some minor improvements as we go into the next several days. our temperatures still very hot today. we'll have more updates throughout the morning. chris? >> kari, thank you so very much for that. >>> i'll have another local news update in half an hour. now back to the "today" show in new york. this election, all californi

how did mr. pence do on both those things yesterday? way in here. the polls right now are also exactly where they were for hillary clinton because of the way we do polling. so i would say that biden ought to be exactly as comfortable as hillary clinton was because they have about the same lead. which i think does not reflect reality in the country. but i thought vice president pence was amazingly well-prepared, very disciplined. and i think that he not only drew the contrast on policy, but in the process, he allowed people to really have a much better sense of who senator harris was as a person and all the stuff i have seen so far, she didn't fair very well, just as she didn't when she ran for president on her own. she dropped from 15 to 4% support while she was a candidate and dropped out even before iowa. because she had lost so much ground. so i think not only did pence do his job, but i think it would be really helpful for the president to rewatch that debate two or three times and try figure out what was about the med dal disciplin

and just to be clear, according to cdc guidelines, mr. pence should be in quarantine. but here's what president donald trump said when asked whether the head of his coronavirus task force should leave the campaign trail after exposure. >> here's white house correspondent john harwood with more on all of the. >> reporter: events on sunday encapsulated the dilemma facing president trump and his campaign with just over a week to go before election day. the president was campaigning in both maine and new hampshire, insisting we're rounding the corner on the pandemic, appearing without masks or social distancing, getting very close to voters. but reality intruded with a major outbreak of coronavirus with people close to the vice president, including his chief of staff marc short, as well as his body man, the one who travels most closely with mike pence. despite that, the white house continued to have mike pence out on the campaign trail. he disregarded cdc guidelines, did not quarantine himself. the white house chief of staff mark meadows confessed in a conversation with ja

despite this, mr. pence spoke at an event in kinston, north carolina.rtual concert tonight. kamala harris campaigned in

trump and mr. pence. the president has to come off of the campaign trail, he'll need to isolate for several days after he gets well. and for the vice president, his health needs be maintained. so, he'll have have to come off the campaign trail too and they need figure out an alternative way to deal with voters, other than how they were going to spend the last three weeks of the race. >> the president? >> absolutely. we cannot risk the health of the vice president while the president is sick. this morning the vice president tested negative. and we hope he continues to. but every day he's on the campaign trail, he's putting, not just his own health at risk, but the continuity of the united states government at risk. so, it's incumbent to isolate the vice president and insure his health is maintained. >> i hear what you're saying and i think that's pretty commonsense. but i want to read what the campaign is saying. vice president, mike pence, who has tested negative for covid-19, plans to resume his schedule