it is nice to get one right. housing, consumer spending, retail sales, auto sales, they are booming. consumer confidence, small business confidence. here's one. new business applications for startup companies are booming. speak, inventories have been depleted. we need to rebuild inventories to meet the various new demand. and that really gives you momentum for quite some time. a million person drop in continuing claims last day. that is a very good sign of a continued strengthening employment. i am concerned still because i think the employment story is moving a little slower than the rest of the economy. we want to get them back to work and protect those unemployed people while they are getting back to work. targetswhy one of our was unemployment assistance. i think the economy is strong. i really do. >> larry, these coronavirus outbreaks we have had in the ,hite house and the rose garden it creates a larger question of whether the white house can help the whole country if it can't contain the problem inside the white h

a are not represented at our state house right now and we have to flip the state house with these two great ladies right here. they are not represented in the white house or in the senate, but we are going to make that change. elect teresa and joe and kamala, though 600 bills filled with great stuff for the american public that we have passed out of the democratic house majority will be made in policy to finally once and for all, giving quality and opportunity to every single person in this nation. [applause] we have been fighting for affordable health care and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. we have been working to raise the wages through minimum wage raises that we voted for and to lower the cost of prescription drugs and premiums. we have been fighting to address mental health and all of the issues that our children and teachers and community members are facing. we have been working overtime to for a george floyd policing act to protect members of our black communities. and we know that the job is not over. we need to make sure that we are doing every single thing we can,

right? i mean, it is nuts. execute a baby. interesting that he talks about low-income housing, a man who is living in public housing right now because it's the people's house and he is living. i mean, tiny fish without water. these are national forests, by the way, amanda, run by the federal government that he is talking about. letters in a river. all of this stuff has been debunked. what is happening? >> well, let's think about what happened today. he decided that maybe he would boycott the next debate because he would have to the it over the phone. why does he feel free to do that? because he can call up fox news whenever he wants and just spew whatever he wants for minutes and minute, even hours on end. that was his second call into fox today. >> wasn't that crazy? wasn't that more erratic than usual? no? >> we know he is crazy. we know he does this. what i struggle with is knowing there is an entire network that gives him a free pass to do this, right? and i think it's important to remind people that although donald trump is in a very important position of power and fox news is a powerhouse in its own right, they are the outlier

right house and the artists joined forces they organized an event to raise awareness for insects and their preservation. the village residents ended up collecting 992 flies one lucky specimen eva one a prize the fly erica was treated to an all expenses paid spot weekend with her owner's flight included. all day and we've been out and about with erica not one person has given us funny looks or called us a bit loopy and. the event prompted hums dietrich wrecked house to put his company's future on the line he's invested around 2000000 euros in the conservation of insects and other small creatures. the project also includes setting up green groups to compensate for the animals his products have killed. the roof of his headquarters. has also become a home for insects. by products kill insects makers but i don't see a contradiction in making insecticides one of the same time helping insects. from killer to save really or is this just a marketing ploy because these days products that can boast environmentally friendly credentials tend to sell better. because this can marketing guns and the

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year they are highlighted in red grey areas represent countries largely unchanged freedom house says the rights abuses weren't only reported in countries with authoritarian regimes but others rated as being free the freedom house survey focuses on 5 main areas it says have weakened during the pandemic they are checks against abuses of power protection of vulnerable groups government transparency media freedom and credible elections or leaders are accused of failing to be transparent about the impact of the coronavirus prompting public distrust and allowing misinformation to spread. citizens face limits on free speech and government abuses of power are rising says the survey adding that pandemic restrictions disproportionately affect marginalized communities and minority groups the disease has disrupted elections and some governments have used that to their advantage and looking ahead the imposition of new laws may be blamed on the pandemic but they can't be easily reversed so the survey says the crisis in democracy is likely to continue long after the coronavirus is under control. all right let

this point saying make sure if you don't have to work at the white house don't work at the white house right now. quote, we cannot stress enough the importance of mask wearing, social distancing and common sense at the white house complex. >> brian, i used to cover the white house. one of the things that people are surprised is how close the quarters are. not just for the reporters. we are talking about very small areas that make it very difficult to socially distance and you have to take as many precautions as possible and i talk about the press offices. there are people sitting there chock a block at desks. like a classroom feel. >> definitely. that's why it was a mistake for kayleigh mcenany to hold a press conference yesterday. would we know right now if news did not leak? there's murkiness about that. the fact that there's a white house staffer who sits with the press who's a confirmed positive, this speaks to how many other cases there might be and there's privacy issues here but might be other cases of the white house right now. >> all right. brian stelter, thank you so much for the n

. >> no, when i met with barack obama we sat in the white house. right at the gunning. had a great conversation, was supposed to be 15 moneys and it

hold on a 2nd you're seeing there's normally 47 democratic senators and you'd be absolutely right come the house didn't vote in that but she will be casting her vote in the final vote that we expect sometime in the next 30 minutes or so the democrats have tried everything they possibly could divide argued that this has been rushed through one senator saying it's gone so fast it would make you see in ball the olympic sprinter jealous of they have tried public opinion by saying look this is going when people are voting there's more than 30000000 people have cast their votes in the u.s. presidential election and therefore they should wait until the next president comes in they have argued that it's going to be

a man who is living in public housing right now, becauset's the people's house. i mean, about tiny fish who without water -- these are national forests by the way, amanda run by the federal government that he is talking about. letters in a river, alldebunked happening? >> let's think of what happened today. he decided that maybe he would boycott the next debate because he would have to do it over the phone. why does he feel free to do that? well, because he can call up fox news wherever he wants and spew whatever he wants for minutes and minutes and even hours on end. that was his second call in to fox today for the america interview. >> wasn't it more eradic than usual? >> we know he is crazy, what i struggle with is that there's a network that gives him a free pass to do it. it's important to remind people, although he is in an important position of power and fox news is a powerhouse in their own right. they are the outliars in this respect, most people will look at the dynamic and say, that's not normal. that's not right. that's not what

news regarding stimulus on the airlines which i see stocks are moving higher >> reporter: that's right. house speaker nancy pelosi issued a statement calling on the airlines the hold off on furloughs because she said congress working on relief her statement says that relief for airline workers is being advanced in congress congress be advance a bipartisan stand alone legislation or achieve this as part of the c e comprehensive negotiated relief bill that will extend the payroll support program for another six months these workers can maintain their criminal training and certification rierms that are unique to the industry she said the job cuts would be devastating. this does seem to echo the sentiment we heard that the negotiations on a bipartisan relief bill seem to be ongoing even though hope had faded these talks are clear lir moving forward now. >> i want to read to you the very bottom of our screen which i'm noticing, vice president biden, dr. jill biden and his wife have tested negative for the coronavirus. with we have those now. earlier today on news of the president's positive test.

when it comes to -- by the way, a live look at the white house right now. we know the president and the first lady are quarantining right now inside the white house. so many questions about the politics of this all. we are in the heat of the 2020 presidential race with the election about a month away. and at this point people are wondering where does the president go from here when it comes to campaigning, when it comes to getting back out there, when it comes to some of the rhetoric? we know the president has been continuing to question election security as he hurls baseless allegations of voter fraud. >>> the trump campaign is now suing the city of philadelphia after its representatives were not allowed to enter election offices to watch as people registered to vote and filled out mail-in ballots. democratic officials across the country are pushing back. abc's elizabeth schulze has the latest. >> reporter: with early voting under way in many states, ongoing concerns about intimidation at the polls. president trump continuing to make unfounded attacks on t

. >> reporter: the right house description about the presidents rosie disposition conflict at with other sources which told the president was on oxygen. >> until we know exactly what his vitals are where he is situated, it's on oxygen, if he was ever on oxygen, it's hard to assume how sick he is, and how the next 48 hours are going to pan out. >> reporter: president trump on twitter says he is taking a spearman antibody cocktail. >> if you look at the therapeutics, which i'm taking right now, some of them, and others are coming out soon that are looking like frankly, they are miracles if you want to know the truth. their miracles, people who decide me when i say that, but we have things happening that look like they are miracles. >> reporter: the doctor says the president does have to risk factors when combating the coronavirus. >> it is hard to stratify, but he is to risk that is, one being age and the other being obesity. and one is not more significant than the other, obviously we understand that people at 65 are at increased increased risk of severe covid-related complications. but i

getting new details of this event the president is planning to hold at the white house tomorrow afternoon. >> that's rightfirst we should point out the president has been in the oval office this afternoon and we are lending as you said the president is planning to host an event tomorrow at the white house as he is recovering from the virus and other officials could be contagious with covid-19. the event is planned for the south lawn and the president is expected to address what is described as hundreds of attendees from the balcony where we saw mr. trump after he got out of the hospital earlier this week. and on top of that, the president is planning on holding a rally in the orlando area on monday. this busy schedule comes as the president is confirming what our sources have been telling us for days that he was in trouble as he grappled with the coronavirus at walter reed medical center. keeping behind closed doors and away from reporters, president trump is turning to a support network of conservative broadcasters to offer new details on his bout with covid-19 including an admission his illness has been

they are not represented at the state house right now. need to flip the state house and make some inroads with these great ladies. they are not represented in washington and the white house or the senate. we are going to make that change. boy can i tell you when we elect those 600 bills filled with great stuff for the american people we have passed will be made into policy to finally give equality and opportunity to every person in this nation. we have been fighting for affordable health care and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. we have been working to raise the minimum wage and of course to lower the cost of prescription drugs and premiums. we have been fighting to address mental health nelly issues our children and teachers and community members are facing. we have been working overtime to put in bills like the george floyd justice in policing act to make sure we protect members of our black communities. we know the job is not over. we need to make sure we are doing everything we can to make sure we turn this state blue. iowa is

house. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, paula reid at the white house tonight. thank you. and we'll be right back. now. tomorrow on "face the nation," margaret brennan's guests include the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. and if you can't watch the evening news live, don't forget to set your dvr, so that you can watch us later. and that's tonight's special edition of the "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell in the nation's capital. we'll see you back here on monday. if not before. good night. this is the "cbs weekend news." captioning sponsored by cbs capt >> slide from the cvs area studios this is kpix 5 news. >> it is the news that cruz and the frontlines of the glass fire do not want here. they learned they are facing a new red flag warning. >> and its next 24 hours that we have to get through. but then, there is more good news in this long-range forecast than bad. i can't wait to share that, coming up. >>> this is a city in desperate need of affordable housing.>> there are not enough gas stations left in the city. >> perenni

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it is right there. see that house? right inside the halls of the white house where the president sits tonight, infected, lashing out, exposed. making himself feel better by recording videos and tweeting. if you're sick, man, just chill out. just do the thing, right? you don't have to do all the antics or whatever because you're afraid. just maybe it will help you if you just got off the stage for a moment. tonight we have learned that stephen miller -- stephen miller is the president's senior adviser and speechwriter. stephen miller has tested positive for covid-19. so, where does that bring us in the tally? think about this. think about if you went to a business and they told you, hey, 17 people here have been positive. would you go inside that business or inside that house? because at least 17 people directly connected to the trump white house currently have the virus, and i'm not even counting all the cases that could be associated with this. just trump staff and closely connected politicians. that's it. and then it

the whitee right, house and democrats have begun to come closer and nancy pelosi thinks they can getn agreement by the end of the week. she and secretary mnuchin will be speaking tomorrow. we are not at the end of the tunnel yet, but we might have gotten a little closer within the last 24 hours. shery: we are watching closely because it is starting to feel like groundhog day at this point, isn't it? what is happening between the white house and senate republicans, because we are not going to get a package until senate republicans are on board? emily: at this point, that is the biggest obstacle to any potential deal. senate jordi leader mitch mcconnell -- senate majority leader mitch mcconnell the house not rush into a deal before the election but said also he would put the bill on the floor if there was an agreement. of course, putting a bill on the floor doesn't guarantee anything. o'connell didn't say he would support the bill or encourage members to support it. didn't say he would support the bill or encourages members to support it. a lot of republicans are trying to show themsel

how important is it for the american people to trust what's coming out of the white house right now? t's the most important thing in a democracy, i think that people can trust the information that's coming from the white house. and there's a troubled history of white houses trying to camouflage what actually was happening to presidential health, always on the rationale that the people would panic. it's incredible to realize that president cleveland had actual surgery for a diagnosis of jaw cancer, part of his jaw is removed, nobody even knew it. obviously, we've talked about woodrow wilson having a massive stroke and the public didn't know it. fdr had congestive heart failure, but his doctor said it was simply bronchitis. in the last couple of decades, ever since ronald reagan, there's been more transparency. the question for this administration, are we going to go backward, or are they going to trust as long as the government tells the people the truth, they can take it on the chin, they will keep heart, but then the people have to trust that the government is telling them the truth.

contacts raised in quarantine grows much larger and that means a tree the white house testing defense system which right now if you try to scale the fence of the white house you would be quickly arrested tackle the white house crime defenses that is just one thin fence of a test and in which once you enter you don't need to wear a mask that is clearly shows that is a very dangerous proposition we need a multilevel castle the fence stopped because it is simple testing the defense system is not working for the white house whatsoever right and that was a test system that was in place on the infamous saturday yesterday was not for the rose garden event where several very high level people have been laid low. yeah and that ruse going on was outside but there was also in a separate ceremony event inside in the north where people were pictured without maps so that event clearly is a natural super spreading events and honestly all of these leaders and republican senators who by the way have lunch without any now whatsoever 3 times a week they should all be quarantined absolutely for like at least 2 weeks or mor

right now we are told that the vice president is at his home at the naval observatory. but we are told by the white house communications director that there is not going to be a transfer of power. she says that president trump is still very much in charge. so that is the status of things right now, wolf. but of course the question is what happens over the next few days? what happens with the president's condition, as sanjay was noting? because, of course, if they are sending the president to walter reed not just for a brief afternoon visit, for the next several days that reflects a different level of concern than what we've been hearing publicly from the chief of staff and from the press secretary and from the president's economic adviser today who all seemed to talk about mild symptoms, great spirits. this seems a little bit more concerning to that internally in the white house as we were seeing marine one sit on the south law for over 20 minutes now as we are waiting for the president to come out. and of course those images of what happens when he does come out will tell a story since we haven't seen h

some of his aides do not want him to leave the right house -- the white house residence. the presence doctor said he has no symptoms of the coronavirus's first night back. joe says he and president trump should scrap next week's debate if the president still has the coronavirus. the debate is set for october 15 in miami. there president was diagnosed with a virus october 2. the cdc says people with mild to moderate cases remain infectious for as long as 10 days after the onset of symptoms. mexico to calling on ised up a week -- 2 -- it urging that fiscal supporter households, private bins is as, and health care be more than tripled. i met has forecast that mexico's economy will st shrink 9% this year. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more i'm ritikauntries, gupta. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks so much. a data check. interesting off the 600 point drop we saw in the dow, futures up 19, s&p futures up 19, dow futures up 1.77. the vix centers here, out to 29.48, showing maybe the pulse there

so, this is not a good model for the country to be following right now. >> even mitch mcconnell says he hasn't been to the white house since august because their policy right now is different from that of the senate, including mask-wearing being optional on the grounds. doctor, what does it mean when the president says, "i've been retested and i know i'm at either the bottom of the scale or free"? what does "bottom of the scale" mean when it comes to covid testing? >> it's not clear what that means, so that's why we really need to hear from his doctors, and we haven't heard from them in a number of days now. in fact, there are so many questions about is status. the president mentioned last night that he had congestion, quote/unquote, noted on his lung imaging. and so, there have been concerns about whether he has pneumonia and how extensive that might be, but that also has not been confirmed by his doctors so far. we know that his oxygen dropped in the past and required supplemental oxygen. so you add this all up, kendis and lindsey -- we need more clarity, more direct information from his doctors, and then as much c

house. well it's been a remarkable year it's been a remarkable 4 years it's been a remarkable day in those remarkable 4 years. donald trump says to a very high quality medical unit right here at the white house but clearly there was some concern and we've just been remarkable 24 hours just a little and. obviously after he was diagnosed with cope with the doctors what aware of the treatment he might need to be monitoring his situation at the gate from the cold killa drugs that mike has been talking about. there is all beazley it can sound that as he displayed

of trash around baghdad just open that avenue within the last few minutes so right now the area in front of government house has been cleared protest leadership before they're arrested said you know we will continue with with peaceful protest but right now obviously this protest has come to an end but again when you look at it from the protesters perspective they did what they promised and that was to march to government house and they stayed overnight 2 of the most high profile leaders are now in jail. scott many thanks for that no doubt will be speaking to you again in the next hour or so. protests are continuing in cyprus against government corruption they follow an al-jazeera investigation of senior politicians who were willing to sell separate passports to convicted criminals the scheme was run as financial investment in exchange for citizenship the government has now abolished the program. this is out as there are these are the top stories riot police in thailand are detaining protesters shortly after the govern announced an emergency decree to protest leaders have been arrested demonstrators accordin

-- even if the president is negative, there's so much virus transmission going on in the white house right now, i'm more worried about his entourage, which could be shedding virus. there's not a culture of masks in the white house. and this puts a lot of -- puts the vice president, vice president biden in potential danger, having so many individuals who have been infected, and the white house has not shown a big effort to try to contain the virus. there isn't a culture of masks. and so even if the president has been shown to be negative by p drchlt r, i worry about the people that he brings with him. >> clearly the white house a hot zone right now. the white house claims, dr. hotez, that the date of the president's last negative test is what they call a private medical history issue. the president is not a private citizen. is there any good reason at all for them to withhold that information from the american public? >> look, this is a president that plays by a unique set of rules. the idea you're going to require physicians to sign a nondisclosure agreement, i've never heard of that befor

when i left you last hour, of not really knowing exactly how widespread this is inside the white house rightpecially considering that the white house is refusing to say exactly how many people that they know of who have tested positive of covid-19. back out here at walter reed, we have not yet gotten an update today on president trump's condition. the white house chief of staff mark meadows did say on "fox & friends" this morning that the president's condition quote unquote, improved overnight, though we haven't gotten any official word from the president's physician or official word from the white house so far today. neil? neil: blake, thank you very very much, my friend. blake burman in the middle of all of that. to dr. tom price right now, the former health and human services secretary under this president, former georgia congressman, much much more. secretary, how do you think the white house is handling this right now, you know, spread of cases, at least, i'm not the doctor, you are, sound pretty worrisome. what do you think? >> well, good to be with you. i think right now, the secret i

fox if he wanted to, but so far the white house or the president choosing not to do that at this point in time. >> when it comes to the president's health right we have sources undercutting the white house's own physician. why tis the white house right now, on a critically important day like today, having such a hard time keeping its story straight? >> right, and for the past three -- >> i -- hold on a moment, brian. i think we're having some audio problems. go ahead and try it again. i think we lost brian. but we will continue this conversation for sure down the road. apologize to our viewers. you can join brian tomorrow morning, by the way, on "reliable sources," his sunday morning program, 11:00 a.m. eastern. it's an excellent, excellent program. >>> president trump has long blamed china for the spread of the coronavirus, so what's china saying now that the united states president -- about the united states president and the fact that he has covid-19? we're going to beijing. you're going to be fascinated about what the chinese regime is saying when we come back. ♪ ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪ ♪ it's amazing to see them in the wild like th-- shh

hard to know, both in trump's family and the staff of the white house, who has tested positive or how many people have tested positive right before the precipitate kayleigh mcenany tested positive , she told reporters on sunday she would no longer be reporting the number or the people in the white house -- it would go dark. how are we going to find out this information now because this ghosted issue of contact tracing. something the white house says it is also not going to do for the large rose garden ceremony, more significantly, the receptions that were held indoors last weekend the supreme court justice amy coney barrett. nominatede woman he as a supreme court justice. >> it is a real national security issue because we don't know how many people are exposed or even how their offices will be exposed what if we find out this has gotten into the pentagon? what if this has gotten into other areas of the white house? remembering by not contact tracing come to quote dr. conley "we're not going to look back," contact tracing is looking back. the idea that somehow they're not going to report out how many people are positive min

house. your right up wing of the white house. your right up against people. high. yes. air force one, look at the cabins inside, it is even smaller. so my heart goes out to the family, but you have to think about the tens of thousands of lives that could still be here if we have just handled this better, so i think that has to be litigated over the next month and i think it will be and there's a certain level of symbolism here that the president himself has gotten the virus, primarily related to his malfeasance in the way he has handled the situation in terms of not taking it seriously enough. handled the situation in terms of not taking it seriously enoughlj wa nt to not taking it seriously enoughlj want to come back to what kiting was just saying about the white house. we have a floor plan of the first floor. —— what katty was saying. i guess we will and oppression ofjust how tight it is. you have this impression it is a sprawling place the west wing but actually, you have an office, hope hicks right next door, almost opposite the vice president, and then y

let's get straight to the white house right now. r chief white house correspondent jim acosta is on the scene. the president is putting the health of people around him at the white house potentially at risk by simply walking around from the residence to the oval office. he certainly doesn't have to do that. >> reporter: that's right. president trump returned to the oval office as he is still infected with the coronavirus. and capable of spreading doef i covid-19 to other people. he's in the oval office with a couple of aides including mark meadows, the chief of staff. the president's doctor released a statement saying mr. trump feels great and m-free but top white house officials are giving conflicting answe lrned was not being tested daily for the virus pof prior to his positive results last week. white house officials only say he is tested regularly. with marine stationed outside the west wing, meaning the president was back in the oval office, white house officials are dodging key questions about mr. trump's recovery from the coro

i can tell you what's going on behind the scenes right now in the white house.the pool of reporters they came in and were able to get their abbott lab tests, the rabb rapid tests. they're also allowing some reporters who were here last week when the press secretary publicly briefed to get tests as well. obviously there are a lot of reporters who want the opportunity to get tests given the fact we know of at least three white house reporters who tested positive. >> and so peter, that brings the total number of people connected to the white house or trump campaign infected with co-vid to 15 if f any numbers are right? >> i think you're right. i think the number is now 15. >> okay. >> peter at the white house. thank you much. i'll see you there later today. >>> president trump repeatedly seeming to down play the coronavirus telling americans don't be afraid of it. christen lost her father mark to co-vid and joins me with her reaction next. reaction next. it's about the humans. fun loving, fast paced humans. this human that human or these humans. it's about getting

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i can tell you, anderson, this is the work from home white house right now. there are large esections of ths white house that are empty and almost like a haunted house where you don't find staffers and where there are areas of the white house are teaming with staffers. the area of the west wing are almost totally empty except for a couple of staffers. what they are telling everybody right now, if you suspect you have symptoms or coming into the white house, stay home. you know there are more members of the press than white house staffers at this point. >> the white house continues to claim they been taking all the right precautions. clearly they have not. and stephen miller is another example. they continue to be reckless. >> they absolutely have not. the thing is people have gone to the white house to see the president for events are told that by the medical staff at the white house that everybody is being tested and the assumption from people who go to the white house, everybody including the president of the united states. if you look at the members of the

right now. you're at the white house right now. how worried are you? >> reporter: i'm worried, wolf.y with an n95 mask and a face shield in the event that we are brought into some kind of impromptu photo opportunity with the president. that didn't happen. but when you talk about the importance of steven miller, he's not just the domestic policy adviser but the chief speechwriter for the president. it is often steven miller who writes the script in the teleprompter for the president. so it is a question, i think now, as to how much steven miller can contribute to the president in these final four weeks of the campaign. as we saw in 2016 and throughout the last four years of this administration, steven miller has been instrumental in guiding policy and guiding the messaging of this administration in a very controversial way, as everybody knows steven miller is a firebrand when it comes to the issue of imdwrags amigration an. >> this picture we're showing steven miller, hope hicks, jared kushner. this is last wednesday heading off with the president to minnesota. of course, they went wi

right now, we go from vice president to speaker of the house. apparently, a yale law professor argued in 1995 the house speaker becoming the acting president would be unconstitutional, saying the constitution says officers, and they mean that to mean people in the executive skip thehich would speaker and pro tempore. what do you think about that? guest: it is challenging under the constitution. it is certainly not a universal approach or theory on this. we have never had to test this. the furthest we have gone in the line of succession is the vice president, thankfully. i do think if we were in a situation where both the president and vice president were either incapacitated, no longer in office, or dead, we would be in a very serious national crisis. would step inlosi as acting president, legal challenges would arise, they would be dealt with in the courts. but during that time, i cannot imagine a federal court issuing werejunction saying they removing nancy pelosi as acting president, or against whoever the speaker was at the time acting presi

tell us first about the white house event and the president's plans for the coming days. >> that's right, wolf, the president is not chastened, and he is gathering hundreds of supporters on the south lawn of the white house earlier today. the white house claiming that it was not a company rally but it looks like exactly that. you saw hundreds of people tightly packed together with make america great again masks. they were wearing masks this time. but there was no social distancing and the cdc makes very clear that masks are not a substitute for social distancing, and the president's rhetoric, he is making the same claims as before the coronavirus. >> through the power of the american spirit, i think more than anything else, science, medicine will eradicate the china virus once and for all, you see big flare-ups in yup, and big flare-up in canada, you saw that today. a lot of flare-ups but it's going to disappear. it is disappearing and vaccines are going to help and the therapeutics are going to help a lot. >> wolf, the reality is that in the united states is nothing like what president

house. if you heard that right, the white house, the sight of her nomination and the super-spreader of him. >> we have right now is mitch mcconnell setting the house on fire. >> i will never in the rest of my life relate amy coney barrett decision from the court without seeing the charts, the deadly fatalities. >> laura: is that a parody? is not even real? joining me now is mollie hemingway, senior editor of "the federalist." i needed a good laugh tonight, that was ridiculous. they have to paint her in the worst possible light. now trying to contact her to covid? what'? >> it's true the media really tried to have something stick with amy coney barrett and they failed to do so. they've done all sorts of crazy coverage over the last few weeks. they tried to tarnish her for her religious views, went after her children and different ways, trying to tie her to global pandemics. what i think is interesting about it as much as the media tried to do a repeat of what they did to brett kavanaugh, nobody seems to bite on at this time. part of that is a reflection of people having learned a lesson by wh

we're told mcconnell said to the white house, forget it, i'm not screwing up the judge as confirmation, i can't get the votes right? >> i think the latter is the truth. mcmcconnell has been reported, it been reported he told the white house he didn't want a deal before the election. look, chris, nancy pelosi had the house pass a covid relief bill on may 15th. mitch mcconnell never brought it up. not only did he not bring it up, he never entered into any kind of negotiations. he never came to chuck schumer or to the white house or to nancy pelosi and say, okay, let's sit down and make a deal. it never happened. >> but isn't that bad for trump? doesn't trump benefit from a deal right now? >> he certainly would. and it would have benefited even more if a deal had happened a month ago. the house, by the way, passed another bill. they reduced -- the bill they passed in may was $3 trillion worth of stimulus. they passed another bill, brought the offer down by a third. no response. the president said we're not going to negotiate and the next day said yes we are. mitch mcconnell has been missing from the table. >> why wou

obviously there are still a lot of other staffers and other people in that white house there, and you have to keep them safe. >> right, exactly. and the president is expected to stay in the white house residence. i'm not quite sure if he is planning to go into the oval office at all, but he is expected to be surrounded by medical teams who are going to be watching him 24/7 to make sure that there are no, you know, instances where his health starts to decline again. but we are still just waiting, honestly, at this point for more information to come out of the white house. they're being pretty tight- lipped at this point exactly the president will be working precisely, who, exactly, is going to be surrounding him, whether the chief of staff will be in there. we did see the chief of stuff on marine 1 just now, so we know they have been in somewhat close contact. >> all right. and lastly here, lauren, let me ask you about what efforts are underway right now to do contact tracing, especially, you know, as you look back at that white house rose garden ceremony that we saw the prior weekend, when the president announced his

these are the kinds of conversations going on at the white house right now because people are petrified, they are frightened that this virus is just working its way through the grounds of the white house and infecting people left and right. and the president may think he's flexing his muscles right now and he's about to go out on the campaign trail and go back to the way things were. but just about everybody else, not just in the press but among his staff, people are just petrified that this is getting out of control. >> yeah, it's a really nerve-wracking -- and some members of the white house press corps have already come down with covid-19. right? >> that's right. >> do we know how many? >> we believe three right now. and michael scherer of the "new york times" is one of them. and as he has been explaining over the last couple of days, nobody from the white house reached out to him to let him know they were doing contact tracing. so it appears they are not doing the kind of contact tracing you would expect after a super spreader event inside the white house. and so yes, wolf, reporter

eastern, joe, but if you are awake, we have a camera right outside of your house right now. you could walk outside of your house. leave your basement bunker, step out and answer these pressing questions. we will be happy to hear you out. we have a lot more on this huge bombshell development coming up. whether or not joe steps up to the mic is anybody's guess. tonight the president is gaining massive momentum. democrats despite what they say and the media mob, it's hard to believe. november 3rd two weeks from tonight you will be the ultimate jury. 2020 is not a coronation for joe biden. over the past week the race has become extremely tight. polls in every battleground state are showing this is well within the margin of error. we will show you the bolls. you will hear from the pollster who predicted donald's landslide in 2016 and believes donald trump is on track to do it again. a full report from lawrence jones in erie, pennsylvania where the president wrapped up another massive rally. with 14 days to go the trump campaign is planning an aggressive travel schedule. the presid