now on "american history tv" a film from the republican national committee telling the story of his political life. >>> thomas e dewey was elected, four years earlier he was appointed special prosecutor by the governor for the war on organized crime in new york. >> you have been given a most difficult task, and you have the opportunity to help people in this city. what can we do to help you. >> there is a detective in new york, mr. mayor, whoa i think i one of the best in the united states. i would like him to head my squad of detectives. >> clearing out gangsters, racketeers, they were tightening through years of rule. >> are you going to keep out of our territory or not? >> i'm not. but i don't need any protection. dewey started by getting the frightened victims of the racket to talk. after long months of work. he had enough evidence to move in on the city's racketeers. he convicted all but one of the criminals. rackets that flourishes with immunity started to break up as the cities gang overlords went off to jail. on the straight on this record, tom dewey was not nated, he continued his sc

a full month co-chair of the republican national committee and now a voice or so the campaign called. it is known as the poor man's cocaine tramadol. in onto a coast more and more young people are taking the painkiller. the drug is cheap but often impure and almost always comes with a high price hard to curative should cut a 77 percent. to 60 minutes to talk to. in the height of climate change. conference proceedings. what's in store for such. things used for the future and. p.w. to come for to make a city to the multi just inside clear cut or. i'm pharaoh you through the night all through. the reality news good from disney friends this won't be filled with food leaving your entitle to your opinion that you're not entitled to half the need for more than needs based so when the election comes down to getting out as the u.s. election campaign draws to a close most of the polls showed joe biden in front of the truck campaign still insists the president can only will win the 2nd to my guest this week from austin texas is making a last fuck up before my co-chair of the republican not.

now, on american history tv, a film from the republican national committee, telling the story of his political life. (music) thomas dewey's public career was launched in 1931 when crime was a national scandal. four years later, dewey was appointed special prosecutor by the governor to war on organized crime in new york. >> mr. dewy, you have been given a terrible task. but the opportunity to help people at the city, what can we do to help you? >> as a detective in new york, mister mayor, i think one of the best detectives in the united states, i'd like to have this man had my squat of the tech tips. >> from the beginning, he faced almost a hopeless, job clearing out gangsters and racketeers in a city that had been tightening for years in the rules. >> are you gonna load information, again? >> for the last time, i'm gonna keep it on my territory, or not? >> i'm not. >> >> i don't need any protection. (music) >> his small head big staff began singling out single records and getting them to talk. after a long months of hard patient, dangerous work, do we had collected enough evidence to

now on american history tv, the film from the republican national committee, telling the story of his political life. >> thomas do we public career was launched in 1931, when there was a national scandal. four years later, do we was appointed special prosecutor for the governor, to war and organized crime in new york. >> you have been giving the most difficult task. of the opportunity of helping the people of the city, what can we do to help you? >> as a detective in new york mister mayor, i think it is one of the best detectives in the united states, i'd like him to meet my squad of the effectives. >> from the beginning, dewey place an almost hopeless job, clearing out gangsters and racketeers, the city had been tightening for years on this rule. >> you've been loading for me again, for the last time, are gonna keep out of our territory or not? >> i'm not. >> well i don't need any protection. >> do we small hand picks, tap manage an attack on the other world by having secret records, and getting the victims up to rackets to talk. after a long months of hard patient dangerous work, do

2nd to my guest this week from austin texas is make a last backup for my co-chair of the republican national committee and now adviser to the trump campaign if it's all going so well why has mr trump himself started talking about losing. become us back a welcome to conflict zone we've seen a steady stream of or a prominent republicans jumping ship to vote for joe biden and now donald trump himself talked publicly about losing if i lose he said i'll have lost to the worst candidate in the history of presidential politics he's already talked about how tough it's going to be to hold on to the senate what hope is there for your campaign if trump himself is already behaving like a loser. well outing is fire and sending them to by ordinary people certainly is out working you know or going well i stamp well with rambus rallies today 80 minutes at a time in a graphic for example this past week 25000 people you've been ordered out of the people are turning out to hear the president's message and you referred to the democrats daryn we're reporting republican that have not ship i presume you're talking about lin

now on american history tv, a film from the republican national committee telling the story of his politicalife. ♪ ♪ >> thomas e. dewey's public career was launched in 1931 when crime was a national scandal. four years later early in mayor laguardia's term, dewey was appointed special prosecutor by the governor to warn unorganized crime in new york. >> mr. dewey, you have been given the most difficult task, the opportunity of helping the people of this city. what can we do to help you? >> there is a detective in new york, mr. mayor, who i think is one of the best detectives in the united states. i'd like to have him head my squad of detectives. >> from the beginning, dewey faced an almost hopeless job, clearing out gangsters and racketeers, and the hope around the city had been tightening for years around the rule. >> you've been loading information again and you will keep out of our territory or not? >> i'm not. ♪ ♪ >> but i don't need any protection. ♪ ♪ >> dewey began his attack on the underworld by ferreting out secret records and getting the victims of the records to talk. ♪ ♪ after lon

including the senate of wisconsin the chair of the republican national committee so there does appear to be an upsurge in terms of these infections that is why the head of the said the majority leader in the senate has actually said the senate floor will be closed until october the 19th but here's the rub he insists that the nomination hearings for president trump selection as the new chief justice in the supreme court will go ahead to shed chilled on october the 12th this means that it's going to be a virtual hearing now democrats are absolutely adamant that that cannot happen that anything as important as an appointment to the supreme court has to be in person they are arguing too that the whole process should be held until after the election pending the possibility of a new administration being voted getting which would want to make its own appointment to the critical supreme court bench so certainly there is a lot of to and fro going on here the impact of the virus now getting very close obviously to the white house with a large number of people who are being affected connected to

not for vice president mike pence, or that save the republican national committee says, well, mike pompeoeet, as instructed by the constitution, injoint session meet, as instructed by the constitution, in joint session as soon as constitution, in joint session as soon as they get to washington, dc onjanuary soon as they get to washington, dc on january four, fifth or sixth. soon as they get to washington, dc onjanuary four, fifth or sixth. the constitution has 600 words of very explicit rules. bruce ackerman, thank you so much forjoining us. we apologise we had some trouble with your vision. these are live pictures of walter reed hospital where the president is being treated. we have been told by his doctors that he is doing very well but equally a source familiar with the president‘s health says that his vitals over the past 24 hours were concerning in the next 48 is will be critical in terms of his care. we are still not on a clear path to a full recovery, so slightly conflicting signals there with different briefings. we will bring you all the latest. you‘re watching bbc news. thanks s

straight ahead the chairman of the national republican congressional committee minnesota congressmanins me too discuss why three battleground states could decide the next president of the united states. keeping your oysters business growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventy-five-dollar credit when you post your first job at indeed.com/promo jon: fox news alert president trump to campaigning today, he is back at the white house and there you see him with the first lady melania of trump, they are hosting the annual halloween celebration at the white house, the event caps off with presidents busy we can campaigning in five key battleground states, the election eight days out from now, halloween by my count is six days out but the white house is having its halloween party tonight, there is a group of trick-or-treaters lined up at the 15 street interests of the white house remember when you were kidding you planned your halloween trick-o

figure statewide, we announced last week we are doing a combined coordination with the republican national committeewe are on tv in florida, a 6-figure bile local cable, spanish-language, radio in florida. we are competing in florida, and issue a new version. the analytics bloomberg said they were relying on said to be clear trump is on tv in florida. that is the deal. we are fighting in florida. we are ahead in florida. the president is going to win his home state a second time. we feel very good about that state, joe biden wants to waste his time that is his business but the president will be solid. shannon: he was in georgia raising questions for folks who think there's a level of confidence about kicking up what has traditionally in the last few years been a red state. politico said caution and confidence keep biden close to home in the final facing he stuck with his plan of running a slow but steady race on the idea that trump step all over himself when out campaigning and best to keep making the election a referendum on the president's behavior, key battleground states gives the former vice pr

you saw at the democratic national committee many republicans coming out in support of him, and biden talks about how he'll be president for all americans as he's trying to appeal to voters of every stripe. >> the biden campaign is honing in on the rust belt as an area that they hope biden can win over trump voters in this final push. >> reporter: this is going to be a critical area that the biden campaign is really honing in on. today you have kamala harris holding a virtual early vote rally. in-person early voting is underway in the state of wisconsin. jill biden is in michigan on the ground making four stops. and tomorrow we will see president obama hitting the campaign trail in pennsylvania. as wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania are really those key states of the biden campaign that feels could be pivotal to their nomination and election. those were states that president trump flipped back in 2016 that they are devoting significant time and resources to have biden flip back to the blue column in november. jake? >> we'll see. arlette saenz, thank you so much. >>> william mccraven

we'll have more on tonight's vice presidential debate, the chair of the republican national committeenna mcdaniel, joins us here later in the broadcast. >>> the justice department today unsealing eight charges against two radical isis terrorists from britain. they are accused of murdering two dozen western hostages including americans james foley, stephen sod love, keither kassig and kayla mueller. fbi director wray led a news conference with other fbi and doj officials to announce those charges. the self-aggrandizing, somewhat absurd theatrics here made it seem as if they had defeated isis themselves. the bows they took were not exactly what one would have expected. wray and everyone at that podium once again ignoring president trump's leadership and his work to permit the u.s. military to defeat the islamic state and our thanks to the u.s. military. >>> president trump today urging congress to come to an agreement on targeted china virus relief. the president wants stimulus bills for airlines, for small business and another round of direct payments to the american people. president

been exposed to we know that the president his wife or positive of the chairwoman of the republican national committee is positive hope picks we know is positive the vice president and the 2nd lady his wife we are told is negative many members of donald trump's cabinet are negative much of the trump family is negative we're still waiting to hear about nancy pelosi the democratic leader of the house of representatives and joe biden himself being tested we're waiting for those results and again were it as we said it's going to rely on good communication and transparency that we have all the facts and we can decide and we can that that the american people have confidence that the government is functioning as it needs to it's just amazing how this all ripples out obviously stick around going to put on hold just for just a 2nd because we want to take a look now at how president has handled the greatest public health challenge in decades when the president has long been dismissive of the coronavirus and the precautions his own experts have recommended here's how he's reacted to developments. from initial op

the republican national committee and the democratic national committee really do the housekeeping choresf politics. >> it seems to me as one looks at this present campaign, this is almost in the primaries particularly, the triumph of individual organization. and after all, if you're a candidate and you began back last year to set up a campaign apparatus with media consultants and time buyers and speechwriters and it's successful and it wins you the nomination, then, obviously, you're going to keep on these people. they've done something right. they've gotten you through the primaries and the convention and you're there. and if a party apparatus in washington were to come to you and say, well, now we're going to provide you with all of these services, you would just brush them aside because you would say, look, i have people that i have confidence in. they have won for me. why should i listen to you people down there in washington? why should, as you suggest, mr. hess, why should i even manage my campaign from washington? i'll manage it the way i did when i was successful. since nothing s

ambassador to germany, now senior adviser to the republican national committee.day for john durham, and my first question has to be to you. why is he announcing that he's releasing documents and supports john durham at this moment? that, to me, has been a little confusing. can you help us out? >> well, first of all, lou, there are thousands of documents that need to be declassified and that need to be given to congress, the senate, to durham, to investigators. and those in oversight positions. we just haven't had the ability to be transparent yet. washington has tried to spoon feed this information for a very long time, and it's the ways of washington. it's -- they try to wear out the public so that when you hear russian collusion after at least three years talking about it, now the public is dismissive or reporters are even dismissive. and so they wear you down, this is the washington way. but i will, i will say this, we have not seen how the russian collusion investigation, how it started. and that's the key. we've had a lot of career intelligence officials sta

and if you went to the movie theater, you could have seen this ad put together by the republican national committee for wendell willkie. >> whether you are in oregon, a farmer in new jersey or california or a wheat grower in kansas or minnesota, you have a right to know how well your republican candidate for president and vice president understand your interest in farming. this motion picture has been produced. the two most talked about men in american life today are the central figures of this picture. wendell l willkie of indiana and charles mcnary of oregon. mr. willkie visits with a family -- and at his left is mary. father and law of wilkie and manager of the farms. it is a hot day and mr. willkie refreshes himself at the old pump before the inspection begins. these are not hyde park estates. these are practical corn belt farms. his interest and for each club work and in americas young people, it is genuine. in them, he sees a future of america. >> from the republican national committee. he describes himself as a liberal. and this is an important point to understand. liberalism in the 1940 is

president trump's attorney, rudy giuliani joins us and republican national committee chair ronna mcdanielmong our guests here this hour. republicans on the senate judiciary committee today unanimously voted to advance the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the full senate. the radical dems on the committee boycotted today's proceedings. that helped make it a unanimous decision. the full senate will vote to make judge barrett a supreme court justice monday. >>> turning now to wall street, stocks moved higher today. the dow jones industrials gained 153 points, nasdaq 18, volume on the big board 4.2 billion shares. reef minder to listen to my reports on the salem radio network. >>> up next, npr, changes its tune about the newsworthiness of the biden corruption scandal. sanctimoniously they say, they don't feel that it's, well they shouldn't be covering it and it is just a distraction. we'll show you what they were saying a year ago before there was a democratic nominee by the name of joe biden. we take it all up with rudy giuliani and thank you to everyone who has made my

in them he sees the future of america. >> from the republican national committee, and amity shlaes, i want to ask you, he described himself as a liberal and this is an important point to understand, liberalism in the 1940s, a very different term how we view it today. >> the -- when willkie said liberal, he meant the liberalism of the individual, your individual rights, maybe your human rights, that was a big issue for him, not the liberalism of the group, not the progressive bloc and he saw an opposition there. so that's quite different from liberalism that's progressive where we have blocs such as farms, such as veterans, such as senior citizens and we hand things out to them. that's what he was seeking to define. especially in the middle of the '30s, later '30s as he was becoming a political personality, '38. >> richard is joining us from wellington, florida, go ahead with your question with amity shlaes and jim madison. >> caller: yes. you mentioned the important role of the publication houses in new york and henry louis and so on, i recently visited the special collections at geor

adding to the course today former republican national committee chairman michael steel. second former chair to endorse biden. rejecting his parties nominee. in a new ad for the lincoln party he explains his closing argument. >> for four years many said there will come a moment. this is the moment. because this ballot is like none ever cast. i'm a lifelong republican and still a republican. this ballot is how we restore the soul of the nation. electing a good man. joe biden. and a trail blazer kamala harris. and ensure an orderly transfer of power. or plunge our country into chaos. >> joining me now. michael steel. former rnc chairman. and editorial board member of the "new york times." and white house correspondent for pbs news hour. let's get into this. i have been debating with you on television since 2011. i know that you are very much a republican. you're ideology hasn't changed. it's so fun to debate with you. you have now done what only one other republican national committee chair has done. ever. it's yourself and mark. voting for the other guy. what brought you t

former republican national committee chairman reince priebus pushed back yesterday on "the washington post" report that he is worried about the president's chances in the oncoming election. let's watch that. >> is that right, you are concerned that the president is headed for a loss? >> no, not at all. these are unprecedented times. the polling is all over the map. this is something that's going to come down to the wire, and i hope and expect the president to win. >> harris: first of all, do you agree it'll come down to the wire? if it does, how important is it to speak directly to those undecideds? >> i certainly think it's a close race, and the president, again, has a great story to tell. i think he is doing the right thing by being out on the campaign trail, making the case to the american people, nobody sells his message better than donald trump sells it. i think it is smart for him to be out there. i hope he will really zero in on the message that does matter to undecided voters. that has a huge part to play and how to november 3rd turns out. the economy is still one of the bigge

the republican national committee would pick a new candidate, and almost certainly pick mike pence to be that candidate. happens: lew, so what to the people who have already voted by mail-in? i think there are already over one million of them. lew: every state has different rules and processes, and my understanding is most of the states -- the party that the person voted for would still get the vote, so if a voter had voted for the trump-pence ticket, and then between now and the election, that becomes a pence, you know, nikki haley ticket, they would still get that person's vote. do you think -- this is speculation at the moment, because we do not know how the president is feeling or the symptoms he has, if, indeed, he has. ticket be pence-haley most likely? it really changes the debate dynamic between the vice presidents coming up. thatit does, and i assume the debate we will continue next week with the vice president. look, a pence-haley ticket would definitely change the ticket, and i think a lot of suburban women who have been leaving the republican party and trump supporters for

joining us you now, the chair of the republican national committee, ronna mcdaniel.n friday, chairman, the u.s. set a new single day record for covid cases in the country, more than 85,000. that same day, here's what the president had to say. take a look. >> we're not entering a dark winter. we're entering the final turn and approaching the light at the end of the tunnel. that's the way i look at it. chris: the single worst day of the pandemic and the president says we're entering or we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. what is he talking about? >> well, chris, as you know, we have a vaccine on the horizon. there are many, many trials that are in phase three. we're getting closer and closer to that vaccine. obviously, the testing has ramped up. the therapeutics are working well. mortality rates are down. we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel he'll especially when we -- tunnel especially when we get the vaccine at the end of this year or early next year. chris: but the top experts say we're not going to see a vaccine until the end of the year. the pre

pole, saying donald trump's campaign has slashed its budget in florida relying on the republican national committeeo carry the message there. by comparison, biden has booked $16.7 million in florida for the last 15 days of the race. are you conceding thought or feeling positive? >> [laughs] no, we feel very confident in florida and we know the president is ahead in florida. we had a pretty lengthy argument with bloomberg today because their initial reporting was way off. we were up on television and 40, seven figure by statewide, and we announced last week we were doing a combined coordinated buy with the republican national committee come out on in florida, a six figure buy on local cable, spanish-language, also radio in florida. we are competing in florida at a heavy, heavy level, and i don't know what bloomberg was looking at, they had to go out and issue a new version of that story, and the add analytics that bloomberg said they were relying on came out and said, hey, just to be clear here, trump is on tv in florida, so that's the deal we are fighting in florida, we arer to come and the preside

republican national committee filing a complaint with the federal election commission. the rnc accusing twitter of boosting the biden campaign for blocking a story regarding hunter biden's business dealings . it something the president coul talk a little bit more at that campaign rally you were talking about in the next hour or so. he's going to a rally in ocala. and then he's on to georgia. not traditionally battleground state for republicans, but it's 2020 so of course it is this year. this weekend more campaign stop are included scheduled in michigan is well as wisconsin paired then he will be heading out west. the campaign trying to maximize as much time as they can on the road scheduling multiple campaign stops in a day putting those big rallies. more campaign ads are launching but we look to see how this campaign will shape up the fina days between now and election day. >> it is on. that's clear. nice to see mark meredith down there in florida. peter ducey is in michigan just outside of detroit where the president is going to speak there in a few minutes on health

want to movie theater in 1940, you very well could have seen this i'd put together by the republican national committee for wendell willkie. >> whether you are in oregon or florida, a farmer in new jersey or california, or a week grower, you have a right to know how well your republican candidates are president and vice president understand -- and the personal interest. for this purpose, this motion picture has been produced. the two most talked about men in american life today, are the central figures of this farm picture. when bill wendell willkie i've indiana, and mick miry of oregon. mr. wilkie visited with the family of one of his operating, louis. at his left is mary, who succeeded the league father in law of mr. wilkie as manager of the farm. it's a hot day and mr. wilkie refreshes himself at the -- before his turban specks and begins. he doesn't let up anything stand in his way, these are not high parker states, these are practical corn forms. his interest in americas young people is genuine. in them, he sees the future of america. >> from the republican national committee, i want to ask you, h

donald trump has said that he's going to you know make sure that there were public a national committee the republican national lawyers association plans to have lawyers in place to make sure there is a free and fair election joe biden in this will his surrogates have said plainly they plan to contest they plan to i are going to rephrase not contest the outcome lecture but not but not concede if they lose prior to contesting in enclosed states i'm sure they are preamp. to avoid each their clearing a court battle were all the president trying to said is that he wants to ensure that it is a free and fair election and i think there is you know ballot that you know about read write about harvesting about harvesting is a great point you're seeing ballot harvesting across the country even legally on video this week well and then only that really don't you go back to you and say you know we had these elections in new york state and it took weeks to find out the count coming weeks ok and that's and that's a blue state so i'm not i'm not really sure you know you can point to being read aperitif you're looking

hope hicks, trump's campaign manager bill stepien, former trump advisor kellyanne conway, republican national committee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel and former new jersey governor chris christie, who has been hospitalized. trump's personal assistant has also tested positive. many of those infected attended ceremonies on september 26 at the white house for trump supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. three journalists who cover the white house also now have covid-19. press secretary kayleigh mcenany said the white house will no longer reveal the number or names of staffers who test positive for the coronavirirus. on saturday, ron johnson of wisconsin bebecame the third senator in recent days to announce he tetested positive fr covid-1919 after he had contacat with an infected person n earlir in the week. despite this, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell vowed to move forward with supreme court confirmation hearings for trump nominee judge amy coney barrett on october 12. democrats have said virtual confirmation hearings would not be acceptable and are calling for a postponement. in related news, the p

as well as michigan governor gretchen whitmer, and republican national committee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel. in developing news tonight, more than 600,000 people remain without power across louisiana, mississippi, and texas in the wake of hurricane delta. the storm roared ashore last night. it has since been downgraded but it's still dangerous. mireya villarreal is in hard-hit lake charles, louisiana. >> reporter: for the second time in two months, lake charles is picking up the pee pieces afr another massive storm. hurricane delta made landfall friday as a cat 2, taking almost the same path as hurricane laura just six weeks ago. the wind is relentless right now, hitting about 70 miles per hour. on saturday, volunteers with the cajun navy cleared debris so people could return to their homes. >> tens of thousands of losens, as we speak, are in a very difficult situation. and we are going to do everything we can working with our federal and local partners to make sure that we are addressing their needs. >> reporter: but in lake charles where so many homes had already been damaged by hurricane

the republican national committee chairwoman with this warning. >> any republican that doesn't recognize that running with the president is going to help them is hurting themselves in the long run. >> reporter: at least 27 million americans have now voted early and today in-person voting begins in the key battleground state of florida. in boston over the weekend lines wrapped around fenway park. now being used as a polling place. >> i would have voted here if i had known that that was the case because i would much rather do that. >> reporter: meanwhile, after that chaotic first debate between president trump and joe biden, the debate commission says the final debate which is set for this thursday will be in the same format. no further rule changes have been announced. >> mona. >> faith, thank you. >>> today a california woman is spending her first full day with her family after she was missing for nearly two weeks. holly courtier was missing at zion national park. she had taken a shuttle bus to the park on october 6th with plans to go on a hike but never came back and didn't have her pho

. >> now joining us by phone is the republican national committee woman from california, supporter of president trump. we are just weeks from the general election. the president had a full week of campaigning planned. first tell me, were you even surprised by this after we learned about hope hicks testing positive? >> i was surprised by it because of some of the other people around the president like mark meadows tested negative today. we can't draw conclusions about how the president was exposed by whom and when. that would be rampant speculation and irresponsible. >> okay. let's talk about the fact that we saw all of the people gathered in the rose garden. what does president trump need to do going forward? we all like to assume he will remain asymptomatic and that he and everyone will be fine, recover, be healthy. what would he need to do going forward for his campaign? you know there would have to be voters out there thinking about voting for trump but he can't keep himself from coronavirus. >> i would say that would be a judgy and wrong thing to say. ill informed. like i said we

elections project more than 69 million americans have voted early republican national committee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel admits most of those ballots were cast by registered democrats early on the absolutely get got some gains in the absentee voting. but she says she's confident that on tuesday republicans will come out on top republicans like to vote in person so as early voting has started where we're racing those gains and then election day we feel we'll be really strong for republicans at a rally earlier this week president trump said he's focused on the finish line i think on tuesday. we're going to over perform. but house speaker nancy pelosi says the early voting numbers speak for themselves, i feel very confident that joe biden will be elected president in his final days keep that sense of empowerment with you both presidential candidates plan to spend the next few days in swing states with multiple rallies each day. in washington, i'm anna warning key. now to the south bay levi stadium is one of the many places that voters can cast their ballots for the presidential election. >>e

among the latest defections the former chair of the republican national committee, michael steele. onight i spoke with former secretary of defense leon panetta and asked him if president trump properly represents the republican party? >> i think the president does a great job representing himself. i'm not sure he's ever really wanted to build a republican party and really define what it stands for. the republican party that i've known stood for -- stood for civil rights, stood for fiscal responsibility, stood for a strong american leadership in the world. they were not isolationists. and donald trump has not represented any of that. >> mr. pinetta, one of the most knowledgeable people in american politics. he's a former secretary of defense, chief of staff for president clinton and cia director for president obama. pinetta says no matter what happens on election day the country will be able to move forward because of the resilience of the american people. we mention that debate this thursday night right here on nbc bay area. nbc's kristen welker will be moderating. our coverage begi

republican national committee chair ronna mcdaniel and senator mike lee also tested positive today.nt trump's cabinet members

to discuss all this is the republican national committee's national spokesperson, elizabeth harringtonelizabeth, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. gerry: let's start with those supreme court hearings. did you think that there's anything that you heard there that will suggest that amy coney barrett will not be sitting on the supreme court within a month or two? >> no, not at all. the democrats certainly didn't have any argument against her, and i completely agree with your opening. it's kind of like how the virus appears and disappears depending on who's gathering, right? the mostly peaceful riots. there's no mention of the spread of the coronavirus when the left is gathering but, of course, when people are protesting lockdowns or exercising their first amendment rights at a peaceful protest at a trump rally, all of a sudden the virus appears again. it's this double standard wheree the only thing that matters is the letter that comes after your name. and that is not the way america is supposed to be, and that is not the way judge barrett explains the role of a judge

also testing positive, the head of the republican national committee. also testing positive, top white house aide hope hicks. i'm told she also is symptomatic. as of 10:00 eastern this morning, here's who tested negative for the virus. the vice president, the treasury secretary, the secretary of state, the health and human services secretary, who is, by the way, about to appear on capitol hill, jared kushner and ivanka trump, we learned the president's supreme court nominee amy coney barrett as well has been tested negative. we do not yet know the results of the test that joe biden has received per his campaign nor house speaker nancy pelosi who just appeared on this network, nor that of white house chief of staff mark meadows. that's where we stand at the moment. the ripple effect is real and significant and has serious implications that touch every part of government and the markets which are sharply down this morning. we are working our sources to find out whether the president may appear in front of the american public in some form today. those disc

to discuss all this is the republican national committee's national spokesperson, elizabeth harringtonelizabeth, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. gerry: let's start with those supreme court hearings. did you think that there's anything that you heard there that will suggest that amy coney barrett will not be sitting on the supreme court within a month or two? >> no, not at all. the democrats certainly didn't have any argument against her, and i completely agree with your opening. it's kind of like how the virus appears and disappears depending on who's gathering, right? the mostly peaceful riots. there's no mention of the spread of the coronavirus when the left is gathering but, of course, when people are protesting lockdowns or exercising their first amendment rights at a peaceful protest at a trump rally, all of a sudden the virus appears again. it's this double standard wheree the only thing that matters is the letter that comes after your name. and that is not the way america is supposed to be, and that is not the way judge barrett explains the role of a judge

it includes his re—election campaign manager, bill stepien, the chair of the republican national committeea mcdaniel, close aide hope hicks and former newjersery governor and campaign advisor chris christie. three republican senators are also affected — mike lee of utah, ronjohnson of wisconsin, and thom tillis of north carolina. meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic in the country continues to swell, with nearly 7.4 million recorded cases. according to johns hopkins university, more than 209,000 people have died from covid—i9 in the us. let's speak to dr paul whitaker, consultant respiratory physician. hejoins me from bradford. thank you for being with us. the president himself acknowledged that the next few days are crucial. can you explain why that is the case with coronavirus patients and particularly one of his age and condition? we often see the worst symptoms developing when people get to date seven, eight, nine, ten of the condition. assuming he developed coronavirus symptoms on around wednesday, which i think was one of the reports, it might not be until the reports, it might not be

it includes his re—election campaign manager bill stepien, the chair of the republican national committee several occasions this week, and the former presidential advisor, kellyanne conway. three republican senators are also affected. they are mike lee of utah, a member of the senate judiciary committee, ron johnson of wisconsin, and thom tillis of north carolina. he too is part of the senate judiciary committee. meanwhile the coronavirus pandemic in the country continues to swell, with nearly 7.4 million recorded cases. according to johns hopkins university, more than 209,000 people have died from covid—i9 in the us. julia manchester, political reporterfrom the hill, joins me from washington. are you expecting a more consistent message from the white house today on the condition of the president after the complete chaos of yesterday? it is hard to tell because the last couple of days have been chaotic. president trump‘s position said yesterday at walter reed medical center that the president was doing much better, did not get oxygen, however we later learned there was inconsistencies wit

the president's campaign manager , the chair of the republican national committee, three u.s. senators, and this morning we learned that the president's personal assistant, they call that person the body man, confirmed he too has tested positive for coronavirus. hope hicks when this story first broke, it was confirmed she has covid-19. the president at walter reed in bethesda, maryland this morning. the president has obviously been taking risks with respect to the coronavirus in terms of having close meetings, having public events, and it has apparently come back to bit he him. the viruswho brought into his circle, but it has clearly spread through his circle. the president is 74 years old. he is somebody who is significantly overweight. physiciansident's said yesterday, days seven through 10 are the worst. depending on when you believe he contracted it, he is still not even into the worst period. let's hope that the president recovers from this because all medical evidence suggests things will get worse for him before they get better. that is what is going to dominate the new