kaitlan collins, tamara keith, appreciate the insights. let's continue with a doctor who knows what it's like to work in the west wing, dr. pena, former physician to vice president pence. thank you are for your time today. you can take us inside a white house many people don't understand. when you hear this morning, let's listen, mark meadows said the president is itching. he's confined in the residence in his coronavirus isolation. he winston to get back to the oval office. a lot of the senior staff also has coronavirus and they are not there. they are put ting these isolatin carts together. >> we've got a number of safety protocols with full ppe, masks, goggles and the like for any direct interaction with the president in those areas. we continue to have a number of areas where we have disinfectants for hard surfaces and the like. >> if you were still working in the white house, would you advise the president it is safe to leave the residence and go to the oval office? >> no, i would not, john. thank you for having me. it's truly an hono

walter of the "cook political report" and host of public radio's "politics with amy walter," and tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." >> woodruff: hello to both of you. a lot to talk about. let's start, tam, with the president. he has been saying he is free of covid, and late this afternoon his physician put out a statement saying there are tests that they've doe that indicates -- he says that th president is no longer shedding the virus. so we'll take that at the word of the physician. but, meantime, the president is already out on the campaign trail, in florida today, pennsylvania, iowa, north carolina this week. a lot going on. what does his schedule say to us? >> his schedule says he is making up for lost time. and what his campaign has said, you can expect him to add more and more and more events, doing multiple events in single days as the election gets closer. president trump, it is as if he spent 10 or 11 days off the tria the trail, and had coronavirus and was in the hospital, and he feels better and he is going back, and the campaign is running things e

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and tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." >> nawaz: welcome to you both. good to see you. amy, let's start with you. can you believe it, this final stretch now before election day? look, we've got senator harris back out on the campaign trail. we've got vice president biden prepping for thursday's debate with the president. from the biden campaign's perspective, what is the name of the game in the final days? what should they be focusing on? >> the name of the game is probably stas quo. this is a challenger candidate who is leading his opponent, donald trump, by close to 10, 11points, in the average of national polls. and he is leading by seven or more points in the key battleground states in the midwest. it is a "let's just keep doing what we're doing." and the good news for biden is that the president is actually helping him there. again, the focus the president has put on denouncing anthony fauci, questioning on a call whether people really care so much about covid, they kind o

amy walter of the cook political reportnd host of public radio's politics with amy walter and tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the npr politics podcast. welcome to you both. good to see you. amy, can you believe it? a final stretch before election day. senator harris on the campaign trail. vice president biden prepping for thursday's debate. from the biden campaigns, perspective, what is what they should focus on? amy: the name of the game is probably status quo. this is right now a challenger candidate leading his opponent, donald trump, by close to 10 or 11 points. he's leading by seven or more points in key battleground states in the midwest. this is just let's keep doing what we are doing. the good news for biden is the president is actually helping him there. the focus of the president has been put on denouncing anthony fauci, questioning today on a call whether people care about covid anymo, telling states they need to open, getting into a fight with the governor of michigan, who recently was a target for kidnapping. these things are helping joe biden because they focus on all

tamara keith is away. >> nawaz: welcomyou both. amy, i want to start with you. because, man, millions of people have already voted. and a lot has happened in just the last four days. so what is the potential election impact, if any, of thesi prent's covid-19 diagnosis in these final weeks ahead? >> amy: right.re yoight, amna, the idea of an octer surprise usually was, we, something that happens in october that gives people three weeks or two weeks,ng or sometto process it, think about it as they go and cast their ballot inarly november. what we see right now is people are voting every single day,ven as huge stories are unfolding in front of us. president, of course, that has contracted the virus. it is people in and around his orbit, at the white house. we could be hearing more stories as we move forward. so it is definitely a factor as we move into this, you know, what could potentially be more shoes dropping. what we do know, though, na, is that this has been an incredible year of tumult and chaos and big events, and yet opinions of this president and opinions