there you see the podium in north miami.t expected to step up to that podium in just a few minutes from now. could he be the difference in the sunshine state for mr. biden? we will show you his remarks live as fox news channel coverage of the election 2020 continues when we come back. ♪ ♪ here? nah. introducing the all new chevy trailblazer. here? nope. ♪ here. ♪ when the middle of nowhere, is somewhere. the all new chevy trailblazer. making life's journey, just better. the all new chevy trailblazer. - [announcer] meet the make family-sized meals fast. and because it's a ninja foodi, it can do things no other oven can, like flip away. the ninja foodi air fry oven, the oven that crisps and flips away. arthel: former vice president joe biden getting some help from his former boss, former president barack obama about to take the stage in florida. we're told that congresswoman fred' e ca wilson is on stage right now, but when president obama takes the stage, we will -- looks like nobody's up there right now. but when president o

obama heading down to north miami, which, we should talk a little bit about why he's going there, in that part of the city. first and foremost for the campaign, they've really been targeting north miami because it does represent a number of coalitions that they're trying to turn out, from seniors to black voters, specifically haitian voters, where they want to mobilize and turn them out as much as possible to potentially make up for other deficits, other vote losses with other minority communities, specifically, the latino community. while biden is expected to win it, he does have a tighter gap than hillary clinton did against trump within the latino community. many different reasons for that, one being the fact that they resonate with trump's economic message, and that is exactly what biden will be trying to put a dent in, as he has for the last number of weeks. he's trying to make the pitch, talk about the economy, especially through that coronavirus lens. you heard president trump there say all that biden talks about is covid, covid, covid. biden's response to that is, yes, that's

for more on this, in north miami where president obama is set to speak in the next hour. the war of words, it's heating up as we enter this home stretch now, just ten days away until election day. >> yeah, really is, fred, and today, the biden campaign is focusing on florida and pennsylvania, two states that could be critical to deciding this presidential race in november. joe biden held a drive-in event a little bit earlier today in bucks county, pennsylvania, where he once again took aim at president trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. biden really making this a central focus of his closing pitch to voters in these final weeks. take a listen to what biden had to say a little bit with the drive-in event in pennsylvania. >> he tried to claim he didn't want to panic the american people but the american people don't panic. he panicked. and he still has no plan. all he can do is double down on his park avenue way of looking at the world. i'll shut down the virus, not the economy. and we can walk and chew gum at the same time. >> that is a message we could rel

arlette saenz in north miami, thank you very much. joining us now cnn medical analyst dr. lena wen, and dr. peter hotez, vaccine specialist and dean at balor college. barack obama stumping for joe biden with a socially distanced drive-in rally in north miami as donald trump holds three in-person rallies two of them in states seeing a dramatic surge in cases with no social distancing, few masks. dr. hotez, first of all what's your reaction? >> well, my reaction is profound disappointment at president trump and the white house. here we are now looking at the steep acceleration of the number of new cases as was mentioned, 85,000, 83,000 new cases yesterday, and so this is the highest number ever. but it's not just the cases, the hospitalizations are up. the positivity is up, and the deaths we had 925 deaths yesterday. so we're hitting that awful 1,000 death mark. and the institute for health metrics has new estimates. we're looking at 511,000 americans who will die by february 28th at this current rate. and here the president thumbs his nose at it, and what does he do? he hol

let's go to north miami. that's where former president obama will be speaking soon. people were lining up for quite some time. what are you seeing now? >> reporter: you can hear some people already starting to speak. this is going to be president own's first time campaigning on behalf of his former vice president joe biden in the state of florida. over there is the stage where we expect to see the former president in about an hour. you can see the crowd here. they are excited. this is a drive in rally. one we have seen on so many times in the campaign cycle. if do you look a little more this way, i want to show you, you see all those people who have gotten out through the sunroof in their cars sitting on top of their cars hoping to hear from the former president. i have covered many rallies, this is first time i've been to a drive in rally. seeing this in person, it's surreal. a constant reminder of the times that we are living with. people have been here since 8:00 a.m. trying to get in. some people who weren't on the guest list parked a little further away hoping t

phil keating is in north miami florida where early voting is ramping up.her is in pennsylvania where the president is making three stops today. kristin? >> well, i heard you guys say it didn't quite feel like halloween where y'all are. i will tell you what, it feels like halloween where i am. i'm standing on the side of a dark road underneath a full moon it. feels kind of spooky out here. quite telling that president trump has divided to spend the final saturday before election day in pennsylvania. he has four events in this state today. i'm at the first one in newtown, pennsylvania. it's a farm and it's about 45 minutes outside of philadelphia. so, president trump clearly coming here trying to court all of those suburban women that you have heard so much about in the closing days of this campaign. another thing about this event it's going to be quite a bit smaller than a lot of the other trump rallies that you have gotten used to. most people sitting down which we aren't quite used. to say it's going to look and feel perhaps very similar to one of the ral

here is what the former president just said in the last hour he was speaking in north miami. >> eightonths into this pandemic. eight months into this pandemic. new cases of breaking records. donald trump isn't going to suddenly protect all of us. he can't even take the basic steps to protect himself. there's no sense that he's coming up with a new approach. when a new plan. he doesn't even acknowledge that there's a problem. >> he says the president doesn't have a plan for coronavirus how has virus issue effected this race in your state? >> we've seen a pretty significant shift in the older demographic turning towards vice president joe biden at least according to the polling that we have and that was a demographic that had president trump surprisingly did very well with in 2016, and it's been about a 20 point swing almost a parody at this point, obviously, the president spent some time in the villages where, you know, that is older retirement community that's kind of his base. but in other swing counties we've seen a lot of older voters getting their ballots in early. going, you know

friday early voting opened up at 7 am and at this north miami library, they lined up outside despite the rain to vote in person. for those who haven't returned mail in ballots, they are being encouraged to drop it off at the official ballot box in person so that slow mail delivery doesn't become a factor in there is a report in miami-dade county that there is a weak backlog of mail at one distribution center. voters told us why they voted early and not on election day. >> make sure our vote counted. >> we wanted to do before the long lines would hit, didn't want to take any chances. >> i voted the other day but i'm here with my wife today, a brazilian citizen, now a us citizen, i've been heckling her to get it done, if you want to be a us citizen you have to participate in the process, she said fine. >> reporter: joe biden was in south florida thursday aiming to get democrats together voting to run up numbers before election day, biden went to a second rally that evening in tampa where the president had his own rally earlier in the day. we learned trump will hold one more pre-electio

the election will be over, and the former president held a socially distant driving rally here in north miamid about the character and leadership traits he has seen in jo biden and contrasted that and slammed president trump. he took over the president over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his handling in office, saying that is not a normal way for the president to act. and president obama talked about the up coming 60 minutes interview. take a listen to what he had to say. >> when 60 minutes and lesley stall are too tough for you, you ain't that tough. if you have to walk out of a "60 minutes" interview, you are never going to stand up to a k dictator. if you're spending all your time talk about how mean reporters are to you, you are not going to stand up to putin. >> so that is one of the rare moments where you see a former president criticizing their successor. and an overarching message for obama in florida is encouraging supporters to make a plan and get out there and vote early. as the election is reaching a ten 46 day period as the election is quickly approaching. they have

yesterday former president obama added his voice at a biden rally in north miami. >> donald trump likesctually give him credit for it. listen, america created 1.5 million more jobs in the last year. obama/biden administration than in the first three years of the trump/pence administration. their first three years fell short of our last

arlette saenz, cnn, north miami, florida. >> to discuss, natasha lindstat, university of essex, joining from us colchester, england. the news coming from the vice president's office, mike pence's chief of staff diagnosed with covid. what are the political ramifications given pence is head of the coronavirus task force, and also the vice president campaigning without his chief of staff? >> right. again, this just isn't good news for the trump campaign. it may not really matter, but trump is at a point where he needs all the help he can get. and this shows that the trump administration can't even contain the virus in the white house. with the case of pence, his chief of staff, mark short, tested positive. his lead adviser, marty ops, tested positive, and three advisers in his team. reportedly, the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, wanted to keep it private. there's a reason why it's not good news. what we've seen with this task force, once mike pence took over, it became very politicized. it wasn't really about listening to experts and listening to science, in fact, they wanted to

. >> now, obama also speaking here in north miami that has a diverse community of black voters and hispanic voters talking about issues of particular importance to latino voters criticizing president trump's response to hurricane maria down in puerto rico and also pushing back on this notion that trump and his campaign have pushed that joe biden is a socialist. obama calling that garbage and saying that biden is not a secret socialist. and obama's overarching message here was trying to turn out voters, black men, young voters as well as latinos to get out there to the polls in a state where early voting is already under way, the biden campaign really believing obama can help turn out those voters heading into the closing days of this election. >> this is marathon day for the president. three rallies in three states. what has his message to voters been so far? >> you get the sense listening to president trump today he would really like to turn the page when it comes to the coronavirus. he seemed annoyed at one point during speeches both in north carolina and here in ohio there's been such a

former president barack obama stumping for joe biden in north miami. and the fact joe biden is on his way to lucerne county, pennsylvania. a second stop in the battleground state today. ali vitali is on the ground in dallas, pa. ali, welcome. what will we larry from the fbee vice president? >> reporter: today biden's campaigning in the battlegrounds within the battleground state of pennsylvania. you mentioned he was in bristol earlier. he's heading up to lucerne county now. a county, for example, obama won and trump flipped in 2016. prior to this stop, biden was campaigning in a suburb of philadelphia. providing a sort of one-two get out the vote punch to what obama did earlier in the week. barack obama earlier this week with his first foray back on to the campaign trail trying to tell voters in the urban center of philadelphia they need to get out to vote now. now biden doing the same thing in the suburban areas of the state, trying to function across the state as they try to turn out all parts of the coalition. one of the key issues here is fracking.

cnn, north miami, florida. >>> to discuss all this, i'd like to bring in thomas gift, the director of the center on u.s. politics at university college london. he's in oxford, england. thank you for joining us. i want to start with the news from the vice president's office, mike pence's chief of staff diagnosed with co-vid. so given pence is head of the task force, what are the political ramifications of campaigning without the chief of staff? >> in terms of the politics, this story is of lesser than when trump tested positive for covid-19. it's unlikely the news will alter the election significanty. still, for trump it keeps the coronavirus in the news heading into election day when the president is trying to deflect attention from the depressing data coming out of the cdc. just yesterday the u.s. did reach a peak one-day record of over 83,000 new infections. mike pence directs the coronavirus task force and mark short as his chief of staff testing positive. he's played a central role in down playing the virus. before chr in many ways, i think the news is another anecdote challenging

yesterday former president obama added his voice at a biden rally in north miami. >> donald trump likes to claims he built his economy. some people actually give him credit for it. listen, america created 1.5 million more jobs in the last year. obama/biden administration than in the first three years of the trump/pence administration. their first three years fell short of our last three. and that was before he could blame the pandemic. >> either they're very happy with what he was saying or somebody was just trying to turn right. >> a lot of hugging yesterday. >> as we say good morning, it is sunday, october 25th. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm lindsey reiser. we're happy to have you here. >>> we're going to new york, where the president is holding a rally today. and the breaking news of vice president pence's advisers testing positive. what more do we know? >> of course, guys, vice president mike pence is the head of the coronavirus white house task force. he's been the one leading these weekly meetings, often talking to agency heads about wearing masks or social distancing but we are l

some of the larger packed rallies that the president has been holding himself, and then here in north miami, florida, in just a short while, president obama is hitting the stump once again for his former vice president. you heard him earlier in the week in philadelphia. quite critical of president trump's four years in office. we will see if he comes with that same level of force here today, but another focus for president obama today is early voting, specifically telling biden supporters to get out there and make plans to vote early in a state like florida where early voting has already been under way and in fact, in florida, more than 5 million people have already voted, just showing the power of early voting, both in person and mail-in ballots as this election day is getting closer and closer. ana? >> we see the images of the lines and people waiting in cars. former president barack obama in miami. >>> the day began with president trump also in florida where he cast his ballot. >> it was a very secure vote. much more secure than when you send in a ballot, i can tell you that. everything

he'll be in north miami. also in minutes, note, i'll speak with jaime harrison. in a neck and neck race with lindsey graham in north carolina's all of that in a moment. for all of you first, reporters ready across the country following each candidate from point to point. start with joe biden just wrapping up wrasremarks in buck county. first of two stops today. and joining us from washington, good day to you. talk about the focus of biden's message today. he hit on a lot of topics. >> reporter: he did indeed, alex. only ten days to go until election day. you saw biden trying to fit inasmuch as possible to draw the contrasts between himself and president donald trump. of course, the core message there to voters is take a look at how trump has handled the coronavirus pandemic. biden saying for a while now, but really drilling down his message and note thoing he does deserve for mour more years as president and telling voters it's time to go out and vote in the days left until election day. take a listen to what joe biden said when it comes to the coronavirus pandemi

here is former president obama making the case for biden and harris today in north miami. >> and if you've already voted, what do you need to do? you've got to go help your friends and family make a plan to vote. because this election requires every single one of us. what we do in these next ten days will matter for decades to come. >> joe biden's running mate kamala harris also hitting the trail today in ohio. >> ohio's going to help determine the outcome of this election. there is no question. so i'm here to talk to the voters in ohio, but also to listen to them, and there is no question that the path to victory runs through ohio. >> the sitting president also in ohio, but with a very different message. >> if joe biden and his democrats socialists gain power, they'll delay the vaccine which is happening. we've got them. they're coming real soon. in fact, if it weren't for politics, i wouldn't be surprised if it would have been here before. >> he is in wisconsin tonight, a state still ravaged by covid-19 and a state where the last thing needed is a potential super spreader event. so of co

he is in coconut creek just north of miami.ccording to twitter, they are saying 200 cars there for that kind of a drive-in type of event that they have been doing on the democratic side. president trump spoke for the first half of this hour, and he is continuing -- i think he is still up there, yes. they are in tampa, florida. tampa and coconut creek. the president and the former vice president today. i want to bring in frankel. i think you have been watching this with me and we are talking about closing arguments and tell me a little bit about the closing arguments both in florida and arizona. and i feel like what you were talking about a message in exchange, this is actually similar. >> what is happening is you get a different look because florida and arizona states are growing. they are opportunity states. people find them places to go to create a new life, get a job, do something to improve your life. and so the messages are a little bit more hopeful. in donald trump's case, it is about the economy and it has to be because

you heard president obama here in north miami making his case not just for his former vice president but also issuing another scathing rebuke of president trump. this is the second time that president obama has been out on the campaign trail on behalf of joe biden and has just torn into the president for everything from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic to his behavior. the president -- the former president calling president trump's behavior not normal. and you heard obama also taking on trump over a recent interview he did with "60 minutes." take a listen to a bit of president obama's critique. >> he also sat down with "60 minutes." he was asked, what's your priority in your second term? and let me say, i've run for president, miami, so i just want you to know, it's a good idea to have an answer to this question. it's a good idea if you're running for re-election to say, here's what i want to accomplish. what did trump say? he got mad and walked out of the interview. he thought the questions were too tough. too tough. miami, listen. if he can't answer a tough question like, w

he really had his achilles heel moment was talking about his tax returns, and then you go up north from miamind look at the former vice president. and he had a very difficult time explaining to the american people why he would or would not pack the united states supreme court. expand the number ofjurists supreme court. expand the number of jurists on that supreme court. expand the number ofjurists on that bench from nine to 16. i was looking at the way the moderators treated the candidates, not so much the substance of what they had to say but how they had to confront their antagonists or protagonists. interesting. marianne, let's go to you. there was a case in thejoe biden debate, saying thatjoe biden's wasjust a biden debate, saying thatjoe biden's was just a bit boring. i think biden's was just a bit boring. ithinka biden's was just a bit boring. i think a lot of voters would be fine with boring after the la st be fine with boring after the last four years but it was a stark contrast. donald trump was trying to win an argument and joe biden was trying to win and joe biden was trying to win

course, was talking about his tax returns and then you go up his tax returns and then you go up north from miamind you look at the former vice president and i think he had a very difficult time explaining to the american people why he would forward not pack the united states supreme court, in other words, pack the united states supreme court, in otherwords, expand the number of jurists on court, in otherwords, expand the number ofjurists on that bench from nine up to 15 or 16, so again, i was looking at this with the way the moderators we re with the way the moderators were treating the candidates not necessarily the substance of what they had to say when they met their antagonist or protagonist. this was a case in the joe protagonist. this was a case in thejoe biden protagonist. this was a case in the joe biden debate just reading some of the commentators online saying that joe biden was actuallyjust a bit boring. and i think a lot of voters would be fine with boring right now after the last four years, but i think there was a stark contrast tonight. donald trouble trying to win an argument and

it's hot and humid here in miami, north miami and that's the line right now, which has picked up significantlythe past hourment it had really diminished to the scarcity because of heavy rains earlier this mon r morning, but they are all gone now. we talked to some voters, and they tell us, they believe this race truly is consequential. >> i hope it helps to make change and since marginalizing politically, but also the climate in the united states right now is very divided. >> in the continuing climate we're in and feels so consequenti consequential, i feel like being part of this election cycle feels like i contributed something significant. >> and we have now learned that president trump will hold one more pre-election day, florida rally, battle ground florida, of course, late sunday night and somewhere in south florida. kamala harris, the vice-presidential nominee with joe biden is here today as well in south florida. she is making campaign stops in three big counties that typically go blue. miami-dade, broward and palm beach counties. for those who still have not returned their mail-in ball

with about an hour north of miami. >> you could hear a pin drop. >> another school shooting in the u.s. >> i heard what sounded like firecrackers. >> did you know any of the 17 students and teachers that were killed? >> one of the students, her name was carmen, she also was in drama. we talked like we had a little friend group. >> parkland is still one of the ten deadliest shootings in u.s. history happening about two and a half years ago in the middle of donald trump's presidency. how would you say president trump handled that shooting? >> terribly. he did basically nothing. we need to find new solutions because my generation is disproportionately affected by gun violence. no one thinks something so traumatic and terrible will actually happen to you until it does. that's the reality of america and that's why we have to vote. >> four more years! >> i know that if i do not vote that's a vote for donald trump. with new rewards from chase freedom unlimited, i now earn even more cash back? oh i got to tell everyone. hey, rita! you now earn 3% on dining, including takeout! bon appetit. hey

from miami, our north america editorjon sopel sent this report. i's famous skyline. around 200 boats. it is chaotic, noisy and exuberant. if every election throws up a new way of campaigning, this is 2020's innovation — the boat parade. the president's son eric is the star attraction. eric, are you feeling confident? how are you feeling? oh, you tell me how it looks, right? is there love in this country or is there love in this country? tremendous love. we're going to win this thing. trump 2020! if you look at the polls, donald trump is facing, well, very strong headwinds. he's being outspent. in key battle ground states, he's down. but among hispanic voters, his head above water and in this critical state, that could be a vital lifeline. the hispanic and latino vote in florida is critical. many of these latinos have already seen what the rhetoric is on the left side, pushing socialism, free stuff. they don't want it, they are hard—working americans that are here and they want the freedom to choose. they want donald trump. both sides are pouring mi

mike memoli is north of miami with joe biden and also our most knowledgeable florida man of them all, mark caputo. let me start -- let me start with mike memoli there in coconut creek. mike, joe biden coming to florida. this is considered a busy day for him on the trail. what is the goal, and who is the focus? >> well, chuck, as you well know, covering florida politics, you look at broward county, miami-dade county. first on election night if you are a democrat. you want to run up the numbers. they're trying to push early voting here, making sure that their democratic base is getting out. we also heard this morning biden in a new ad targeting latino voters announce that he would, on his first day of office, sign an executive order, create a task force focused on the more than 500 families separated at the border. very clearly the need to get the latino vote where it needs to be at this point. so the turnout operation here in south florida. then he flies up to tampa where it's much more of a persuasion argument. that's the strategy in florida. turnout here. persuasion up there. but rea

from miami, our north america editorjon sopel sent this report. da making a splash against miami's famous skyline. around 200 boats. it is chaotic, noisy and exuberant. if every election throws up a new way of campaigning, this is 2020's innovation — the boat parade. the president's son eric is the star attraction. eric, are you feeling confident? how are you feeling? you tell me how it looks, right? is there love in this country or is there love in this country? tremendous love. we're going to win this thing. if you look at the polls, donald trump is facing, well, very strong headwinds. he is being outspent. in key battle ground states, he is down. but among hispanic voters, his head is above water and in this critical state, that could be a vital lifeline. the hispanic and latino vote in florida is critical. many of these latinos have already seen what the rhetoric is on the left side, pushing socialism, free stuff. they don't want it, they are hard—working americans that are here and they want the freedom to choose. they want donald trump. both

from miami, our north america editor jon sopel sent this report. kyline. around 200 boats. it is chaotic, noisy and exuberant. if every election throws up a new way of campaigning, this is 2020's innovation — the boat parade. the president's son eric is the star attraction. eric, are you feeling confident? how are you feeling? you tell me how it looks, right? is there love in this country or is there love in this country? tremendous love. we're going to win this thing. if you look at the polls, donald trump is facing, well, very strong headwinds. he is being outspent. in key battle ground states he is down. but among hispanic voters, his head above water and in this critical state, that could be a vital lifeline. the hispanic and latino vote in florida is critical. many of these latinos have already seen what the rhetoric is on the left side, pushing socialism, free stuff. they don't want it, they are hard—working americans that are here and they want the freedom to choose. they want donald trump. both sides are pouring millions into ads for the his

it is really five states where you have the panhandle in the north, miami in the south, you have the coast and you have the central area as well as the west. and republicans and democrats do well across those different -- five different states as you can call them. the villages is interesting actually. close to trump's home. it is near west palm but the surrounding counties produce republican votes. not surprising the president will go there trying to get his supporters to the polls early and erase some of the early voting lead the democrats have been accumulating in florida. >> sandra: sumter county he handily won in 2016. 70% of the vote there. you talk about the panhandle. pensacola where the president will be. pensacola will be heading up later today. talk about the president's goal on the ground there as this will be his stop later today. the counties over here he won 60 .7% of the vote in 2016. >> right. ever since -- those of us who go back along way remember 2000 and waiting for these results to come in from the panhandle and karl rove and other republican operatives cautione

in the north miami library. those here to participate in 2020 lined up to vote in person. those who haven't returned their mail-in ballots due to election day just four days away they're being encouraged to drive in, drop them off in the official ballot box. that way slow mail delivery does not become a factor. both candidates stumping in person in the sunshine state thursday as battleground florida critical for both biden and trump. in fact, more so for trump on the road to get to 270. he praised the economy as well as taking plenty of jabs at biden on thursday. >> president trump: this election will decide whether our children will be condemned to the misery of socialism or whether they will inherit the glorious legacy of american freedom. >> the former vice president also rallied in tampa yesterday but first he was down south in democratic-rich broward county. his goal to get high numbers of turnout of democrats and black voters to offset all of the republican votes in the majority of florida counties which the end to go red. biden's focus from the top was the coronavir

phil keating is down in north miami with a recap of the rallies in florida. begin with griff jenkins he is in milwaukee where joe biden is heading today. hey, griff. griff: hey, ainsley, brian and steve. here comes that midwest final push. it's happening in states that could have been closer last time. remember in 2016 here in wisconsin trump flipping it red. but just over 22,000 votes in michigan next door, trump red as well just over 10,000. in minnesota trump losing by 44,000. let me show you where the real clear politics average of polls stand right here in america's dairy land in wisconsin you have biden up 6.4. in michigan biden up almost the same. 6.5. and in minnesota up 4.7. now, let me show you the map of where the candidates are president trump in michigan, wisconsin, and minnesota. biden in iowa, wisconsin, and minnesota. so, specifically here in the badger state. biden rallies in milwaukee as you mentioned ainsley. trump is green bay this afternoon. over in the gopher state a battle is brewing over the president's rochester, minnesota rally keith

from miami, here is our north american editor, jon sopel. s is donald trump's hispanic armada, making a splash against miami's famous skyline. around 200 boats. it is chaotic, noisy, and exuberant. if every election throws up a new way of campaigning, this is 2020, the boat parade. the president's star eric is the star attraction. >> how are you feeling? >> you tell me how it looks. is there love in this country or is there left in this country? we will win this thing. >> 2020. jon: if you look in the polls, donald trump is facing very strong headwinds. in keyattleground states, he is down. among hispanic voters, his head is above water. in this critical state, that could be a vital lifeline. the hispanic and latino vote in florida is critical. >> many these latinos have already seen what the rhetoric is on the left side pushing socialism, free stuff. they don't want it. they are hard-working americans that are here, and they want the freedom to choose. they wt donald trump. jon: both sides pouring millions into ads for the hispanic tv market

early in person voting begins in alaska, arkansas, colorado, idaho, north dakota, and broward, miami-dade, duval and palm beach. >>> remember the chaotic scenes at the start of the pandemic, the desolate city streets, the frantic emergency rooms, lack of medical equipment and no end in sight? the u.s. faces the very real possibility it will find itself right back there and soon. this is even as the president admits the quiet part outloud that he has no plans to put science first. the u.s. is averaging more than 56,000 new cases a day. up 60% in five weeks. now, remember cases are what's known as a leading indicator. first we have more cases, then more hospitalizations, and then sadly, more deaths. nearly the entire country is either trending the wrong way right now or at best, treading water. >> cases are increasing and we're seeing this happen because we're getting colder weather, and we're losing that natural social distancing that happens from being out of doors, and people are getting tired. the american people have given so much. we're seeing mitigation fatigue right now. >> yes, ame

miami, florida, at a drive-in rally. we'll monitor that from the control booth for you. also going to take you now to north carolina, take a quick look at the vice president. he is at a rally, a maga rally there. take a listen for a moment. >> -- of the congress who worked to create the greatest economy the world's ever known. it's amazing to think that we stand here today just three days before an election, that joe biden actually wants to raise taxes by $4 trillion. in the midst of a global pandemic. he's got a $2 trillion version of the green new deal. >> okay. there you see two very different messages there. one about covid, the coronavirus, its affliction of 9 million people here in this country and that of the economy and the potential for raising taxes for those who make over $400,000. welcome, everybody. i'm alex witt. it is a sprint towards history. the final weekend before election day 2020. voting already at unprecedented levels gut w s but who's voting where? this is the scene right now in milwaukee, wisconsin. we're about to give you a live picture of that. on the campaign trail at this hour,

after a visit to north carolina earlier today, president trump heads to miami for his town hall. at the same time, former vice president joe biden will answer questions in pennsylvania. givens replace the second presidential debate. the president also revived online attack against biden and his son, hunter citing a tabloid report. "the new york post" published an article yesterday based on files and emails from a laptop. the post says belong to hunter biden. report alleges the former vice president used his position to advance his son's business interest in ukraine and both bidens were not truthful about that relationship. >> there was never an administration more corrupt than the obama/biden administration. >> the biden campaign pointed to an investigation by senate republicans that cleared the former vp of wrongdoing in ukraine. the story sourcing has raised red flags. the files were given to the post through an attorney for the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. they were allegedly obtained from a repair shop that claims the device was left and never picked up. >>> ba

. >> from north carolina, president trump off to miami, the side of tonight's second canceled debate. in an nbc news town hall. at the same time, joe biden participates in a competing town hall on abc. president trump musing on what's in store to him compared to nbc's recent town hall with joe biden. >> i just want to see the tone of the way they treated this character and the way they treat us. >> by appearing in competing town halls, viewers will get a chance to watch both candidates tonight. ultimately, bragging rights may go to the candidate who gets the best ratings this evening. bret? >> bret: john, thank you. i will be watching both and i will be on janet's show tonight. meanwhile, the presidential campaigns as vice president nominee kamala harris is suspending in person events until monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for coronavirus. also learned this afternoon biden himself has been around someone infected. correspondent peter doocy reports tonight from wilmington, delaware. >> joe biden war two masks at once on the flight and there was someo

a north carolina rally first, then to miami. the president says the united states is doing fine versus the virus, you need not worry. but the numbers don't lie. nearly 60,000 new infections added to the case count just yesterday, wednesday. all the data tell us we're climbing to a new peak, not as the president says coming down. dr. anthony fauci calls the math self-evident, says the united states enters the next months in kproe mie compromised position. leaders in europe considering shutdowns in some cases. look to the president of the united states, you hear something very, very different. >> what happens if you get a big spike in cases in the united states? and cases are rising. >> we're not doing any more lockdown and we're doing fine. we're not doing any shutdowns. we learned about the disease. young people, 99.9%, right, are in great shape, strong immune systems. the younger the better, hard to believe. >> we're doing fine. that's the president of the united states. you heard him there. we're doing fine. that was the presi

miami. after a swing the battleground state of north carolina. >> were going to win the state of north carolina, we are going to win four more years the white house. >> he has been using his own family's experience covid-19 including his son to try to push and classroom learning. as biden continues to hammer the president's handling of the pandemic. >>> he throws parties at the white house, republicans hug each other, how many of you have been unable to hug your grandkids? >> meanwhile prompted senators on both sides are taking heat for this hug. california democrats dianne feinstein and south carolina republican with graham waiting for a mask was embrace after galang out the contentious supreme court nomination hearings. >> now that the people associated with the biden/harris campaign tested positive, what does it mean for candace as they make the final push to the election? at o'keefe gives us some insight. >> they will continue to keep the former vice president at least on the road, fighting he goes to michigan and makes two stops there, this after announcing tonight that he has tested negat

about to address supporters at a campaign rally in california which is about four hours north from where we are in miami, his opponent joe biden is in another battleground state pitching the healthcare plan to voters in michigan. we have fox business team coverage of her top stories with blake burman standing by the white house, we start today with jacqui deangelis and the new york newsroom as we wrap up with a volatile week on wall street. >> good afternoon connell, two out of three bad of what we've seen we've seen three straight days of losses for the dow was positive for the week and you mention the retail sales, t 2% jump, the optimism was important because it speaks to the consumer, also you have vaccine optimism weighing over the stimulus pessimism in the dow roughly 3% below its record closing high back in february, it's pretty remarkable when you think about that. today was industrial stock, the healthcare stock that led the way were so used to focusing on technology but that was not the gain, unitedhealth, boeing, caterpillar, honeywell, 3m they were counting for the bulk of the dow's gain on

miami. he's also supposed to have a rally in north carolina. and then he's going to have a fund-raiser at his doral property just outside miami. john, back to you. >> look, he might need the money. the biden campaign announcing record-breaking fund-raiser numbers. joe johns at the white house, thank you very much. >> reporter: you bet. >>> so a brand-new interview with former president obama. he's speaking out about president trump criticizing him and previewing what he will say when he goes on the campaign trail next week for former vice president biden. cnn's jessica dean live in washington with the latest on this. jessica? >> reporter: well, good morning to you, john. yeah, we heard from president obama in this new podcast on the popular podcast pod save america. it's hosted by former obama white house alums. so you can imagine that most of the listeners already listening to this are planning to support the biden/harris ticket. but now it is time for the biden campaign to convert support into actual votes. and that's where we see them deployi

miami. both at 8:00 p.m. >> the president also holding a rally in north carolina today where early in person voting begins and cases as you can see on your screen are spiking. that's after he took the stage last night in iowa where cases are also spiking and he did next to nothing to protect thousands of iowans in this crowd. >> the biden campaign playing its much anticipated ace in the hole against president trump. barack obama interviewed by alums on the pod save america. telling the progressive audience, the first priority is winning and to push for policy changes when democrats hold the white house. he talked about the pandemic and how governments should be able to respond if competent people are in place. >> just basic competence can end up saving lives, and so, you know, one thing i would say to anybody who's skeptical about what government can do generally is to just take the example of when we were in office. you might not have been happy with everything i did, all my policy choices. i didn't, you know, eliminate poverty in america, but when we had a pandemic or the threat of pandemic, we had competen

kick off today in alaska, arkansas, colorado, identiaho a north dakota there are some closely watched counties in florida including broward and miaming people rent out theaters it's $99 for 20 people it can go up to 399 depending on the movie and you can add on food and drink just while you get a new movie, new release, that's getting pushed back. maybe you can get some good classics. >> that's a good point i love the idea. trying to figure out whatever they can do. >> here's a list you do not want your hometown to be on orkin listed the most rat infested cities, come on chicago. they've held the dubious distinction for six years in a row. l.a., new york, san francisco. the largest cities in the country. baltimore made it into the the top ten for the first time this year they come in at number 8. >> i'm surprised nyc isn't there on top 2020, covid, so many people have peaced out of the city >> the rats taking over the city because there's less people around, less food. >>> new stadium slack line has been made. this is a 240 feet above the ground he broke the world recor managing type 2 diabetes? you're on it. exercising often and e

north carolina tomorrow. pence is currently in miami where you are, hallie, campaigning today. so that is the critical contrast here. you see them completely ramping up, leaning into this travel in the final stretch. that's not something that's going to slow down, but campaign aides telling me that the president and the vice president expect to be on the trail every single day until election day with those surrogates as well but another big, big difference is that you're going to see a giant crowd here today in greenville. thousands expected. you can see some of them lined up behind me at events we've seen all week long, have no social distancing and incredibly inconsistent mask usage, continually flouting those coronavirus guidelines, because they call these peaceful protests in a state where as ali was referencing we are seeing spikes of coronavirus that are very concerning as we head into this fall wave, hallie. >> that's for sure, monica, something we saw as well in iowa, where the president was last night. ali, you are in philly. i am in miami. our two locations happen to

a north carolina trump rally first and then to miami for his town hall. the president said the virus is on its heel, you need not to worry. the numbers don't lie. nearly 60,000 new infections added to the u.s. case count yesterday. 14 states registering record highs in their new cases. all the data tell us we are climbing toward a new peak, not coming down. dr. anthony fauci says the math is self-evident and says the united states enters the next month in quote a compromised position. leader after leader in europe urging more personal responsibility, some urging new restrictions. and here, defiance, president trump ignores the challenge and defies science and common sense packing rallies shoulder-to-shoulder. dr. fauci calls that dangerous plain and simple. >> i don't like to be pitted against what the president says, but it's so clear when you have congregate settings and so many people when you're in a situation, when the community infection rate is there, you can't run away from or argue with the numbers. it's a high risk endeavor. >> you hear dr. fauc

miami. >> bret: year on the north lawn and we are looking at marine one on the south lawn where the president delivered the republican national convention final speech that thursday night. just outside the rose garden. we don't think, is this right, that he's going to speak to reporters? >> we don't have any indication that the president will stop. he's infected with coronavirus and while he could stand ten or 12 feet away, he might not want to stop and talk for fear of infecting someone else. he may not feel up to it. a note about the shot that you're looking at, that's a shot we normally don't see. that would be from a local live truck probably parked on constitution avenue shooting back against the south lawn. in front of the tale of the helicopter is assembled the white house press pool. the photographers and the camera men who will be getting pictures of the president as he exits the south portico. it's possible he could stop and talk, tell us how he's feeling. you remember the iconic photograph from the reagan administration. ronald reagan and nancy reagan in the door of marine one as h

. >>> welcome back, today president trump on the trail in north carolina holding a rally there before heading to miamior his town hall tonight. joe biden will hold his own competing town hall at the same time, all this happening during what would have been the second face-to-face presidential debate. joining me to discuss tim kaine. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> absolutely, jim, blad to be with you. >> so you have these dueling town halls giving people a choice of who they want to tune in to. we have a third debate scheduled for next week. given the performance in the first one, are these debates still useful for voters? >> i think they are. i'm not sure they change anybody's mind at this point. i think maybe this race uniquely is one where folks have their minds made up. i'll tell why you debates are useful, you get people on the record on things and later on you can hold them to their promises. you said you would do this, so do it. i think voters are entitled to make people hear their case and hold them to it later. i'm glad we're going forward with the debate next week. i'm sorry t