Health security about the own decisions, they should be following the rules that are president s health and the established by the Public Health experts who set up those nations. Then, the diagnosis rocks the race for the white house. Debates. Chris i want to pick up on a question i asked mr. Steve sending my prayers for the health and safety of the cortes. First lady and president of the and thats the continuity of government, because the president is in the hospital. United states. Chris we will talk with a as we say, his prognosis is uncertain in the course of this. Top biden supporter, minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar, and we will ask our sunday panel about your thoughts about yet another turbulent week in Vice President pence, the next the 2020 race for the in line to the presidency, going ahead with public rallies, going white house. All right now on fox news sunday. Ahead with this debate. Is that a sensible action for him to take, or does it raise concerns on your part about the chris and hello again from next person in line to the presidency . Fox news in washington. Dr. Inglesby my view at we begin with the latest on this point is that the rest of the debates, the President Trumps health. Vice president ial debate and if he remains hospitalized at there are president ial debates Walter Reed Medical Center just should be virtual. Outside wang the coronavirus. I think at this point weve seen from the first debate that there but there are conflicting were unanticipated very large reports on his status. Risks that developed around the debate and days afterwards and the president s doctors painted a rosy picture, reporting yesterday he was doing very in fact, by public accounts, it looks like the Vice President well, but a senior official had a meeting with the president later identified as white house chief of staff mark meadows told on tuesday, period of time where he would be presumed to be reporters the president s vital signs were very concerning and contagious and in my mind it the next 48 hours will be seems like the Vice President should be in quarantine, even if critical to his care. He is getting tested on a daily in a moment, we will try to basis and so in any event i clear this up with steve cortes, dont think it is a proper risk to take to have him gathering Senior Advisor for the Trump Campaign, but first lets bring in Kristin Fisher at walter lee with senator harris in person Medical Center with the latest and it could easily do this on the president s condition. Debate virtually as was done in good morning, chris. The past four at least in the case of kennedy and nixon, i know we did virtual debates but President Trumps physician says the president continues to do for Public Health purposes i well but he is not out of the think it would be safer to have woods just yet. These large gatherings at this over the next period of a few point given the risks of the days, i guess thats the real test so we will be seeing what pandemic. Chris i want to pick up on happens over the next couple of something you just said, which is that in fact the pandemic is days. President trump releasing a getting worse. Fourminute video saturday night from inside walter reed medical the president has been sending a center he is fighting the same virus that is killed more than consistently optimistic message 200,000 americans. About where we are with covid19 when the president was admitted, the white house said it was done in recent days. Out of an eadows had said the heres some clips from that, take a look. We are rounding the turn, we president was experiencing were are rounding the corner of the actually much more serious. Pandemic. Tremendous progress is being made and i say it and ill say if these made unbelievable it all the time, we are rounding improvements from yesterday the corner. I just want to say that the end morning when i know a number of of the pandemic is insight. Us, the doctor and i were very concerned. Chris doctor, where are we on saturday morning, meadows really with covid19 at this said the president had gone through a very concerning period and was still not on a clear point in this country . Path to recovery, but mere dr. Inglesby we are still in the middle of a dangerous minutes earlier and just steps pandemic in this country. Away the president of austrias position gave brighter if you look at the papers this morning and the data, you can assessment. The team and i are extremely see that something on the order happy with the progress the of twothirds of the states in president has made. The country have had increases its still unclear exactly where and when the president in covid numbers in the last contracted a virus but the white house medical unit is week and we are seeing, as you looking at last saturdays rose said earlier, in the 40,000 garden ceremony for judge Amy Coney Barrett. At least seven people who range of cases every day. Attended have now tested hospitalization rate has just begun to take up again if you positive. Look at the numbers across the changes have now been made to country, and there are places in the Vice President ial debate, the country in the midwest, which is just three days away. Particularly in wisconsin, which Vice President mike pence and are having extraordinary numbers, by highest numbers yet. Senator Kamala Harris will now be seated 12 feet apart instead of seven, but it is still very places in wisconsin having unclear if the next president ial trouble accommodating all of the sick people that are coming sick debate will even happen. With covid, so i think people chris. Chris Kristin Fisher need to really continue to take this very seriously to avoid reporting from Walter Reed Medical Center, thanks. Large gatherings, where masks, joining us now, Trump Campaign physically distance as they have been overtime and hopefully in Senior Advisor steve cortes. The months ahead we will begin steve, respectfully, i would to get vaccines coming online, like to be asking this of a but in the meantime its white house official, but important to take all the theyre not putting anyone out this morning for us to question, precautions weve been taking all along to prevent so i got to ask you, how is the transmission. Chris ive got about a minute left and youve answered president doing . Part of it, but what is the because we had this briefing biggest lesson that people yesterday in which, on the should take on the fact that record, the president s doctors even the president of the United States, who was in the painted a very optimistic picture. Most secure health bubble of take a look. Anybody maybe in the world can hes an exceptionally good still get this, whats the spirits and in fact, as we were lesson people should take from completing our disciplinary rounds this morning, the quote that and specifically what they should and shouldnt do . He left us with is i feel like take a walk out of here today. Dr. Inglesby i think the lesson is that this is still the chris but then, same virus. The virus hasnt changed. White house chief of staff mark meadows said on background, we heard earlier this week that most of us are still so mike a later was reported that he was still susceptible to this virus speaking, that the vital signs in this country, only a small were very concerning and that percentage of us have been the next 48 hours would be infected and recovered at this point, so people should take it critical, so which is it . Very seriously. We do have to find a balance in is he doing well or is it more touch and go . Terms of living our lives and steve i can tell you, chris, that hes doing well and trying to get the economy im not going to give any intrigue of what was on moving, but everything that background of what was on the people can do as individuals in record or not, what i know is this. We spoke to the president terms of masking, physically yesterday, we meaning campaign distancing, avoiding large gatherings, we should be doing staff. He was as upbeat and assertive as hes ever been and then we that. Also know what the rest of the world saw, which was that and hopefully in the time ahead with more diagnostic testing and terrific video of donald trump, with the coming of new therapies the fighter, speaking directly and vaccines, the risk will to the American People continue to go down, but for extemporaneously for 4 minutes, looking good, sounding good and now, need to take this virus of course most important of all, very seriously. We know what his doctors said, chris dr. Inglesby, which is that his progress has thank you. Thanks for joining us, its always good to talk with you s been incredible, so this president is going to recover. You know, we are highly confident of that and again, he is a fighter in every sense of to one of joe bidens key the word and hes doing really backers, senator Amy Klobuchar well. Chris well, we all hope joins us to discuss the president s covid diagnosis and what it means for the campaign. That thats what his condition is and thats what the prognosis is, but forgive us, and i saved associate cart pusher. The public in general, for being the different positions ive had a little confused, because there taught me how to be there for others. Were very mixed messages. Thats the message to the doctors delivered, but again, i started out as a cashier. Mark meadows, on background, i mean, the skys the limit with walmart. Said the president is still not its all up to you. On a clear path to a full recovery. Dont the American People deserve the truth about how our president is doing . Steve of course they deserve the truth and thats what im giving you right now and the truth is, we talk to the patients, in this case the president of the United States, who tells us things are going great. The whole world heard correctly from the doctor that things are going great. If the patient on the doctors say things are great and you are from both of them and see both of them, to me, that is sort of case closed, really. Chris just one more time to ask you about this, should we disregard the much more guarded message from the chief of staff . Steve again, look, that is allegedly on background im not going to get into that intrigue and im certainly not going to take on by the way chris its not intrigue. He did say it, steve. Chris coming up, Joe Biden Steve how do we know that . On the campaign trail talks to have a tape of it . Chris in fact he was about the president s illness. Its a bracing reminder to all of us that we have to take quoted directly by a reporter and there is tape that when he this virus seriously. Was having this background its not going away conversation it was he who was talking on camera, so yeah, we automatically. Chris we will ask do have a tape of it. Steve ive seen that tape, senator Amy Klobuchar how the president s diagnosis changes the race. But again, im not going to get in business you have to be able to shiftpivotadapt. Into that intricate all. I have no idea im not mark meadows, im not part of white house staff. As you well know, but the campaign in the white house staff both serve the president but we have very different tasks and again, what i know is that we have it from the president himself that hes doing well and he is on task, believe me. There was not one even iota of the president being sorry for himself, he says we are going to win this campaign. He is still governing actively as president of the United States even from a hospital. We are fully confident that his recovery will be complete and that we look, if the baseball playoffs right now, if i could use a sports analogy, hes on the dl right now but very, very shortly hes going to be back in again throwing 95mileanhour fast balls, you can count on that. Chris well, we all hope that hes got his high heat, as they say in baseball, with you on that, steve. I want to go back to the rose garden event last saturday where the president announced his nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. I want you to take a look at this picture that we have here. Seven people there, the president and first lady, then do it all over again. Senators lee and thom tillis, comcast business gives you fast, reliable internet kellyanne conway, reverend john jenkins, the president of on the nations largest gigspeed network. Notre dame and chris christie. And now for a limited time, you can also get fast shipping all of those seven people in with amazon business prime essentials. That picture have since tested so no matter what comes next, youll always be ready to bounce forward. Positive for covid. Get started with powerful internet and voice question, steve, people packed for 64. 90 a month, and ask how you can get together, the vast majority not one free year of amazon busines prime essentials on us. Wearing masks, how does that make sense . Call or go online today. Steve heres what i was comcast business. Saying. Tremendous precautions are taken to protect the president , as you well know. Anybody who goes to see the president must submit to a covid test first and also there were significant distancing. People dont physically get close to the president , at least people dont have to. Of course his family members, some of the security detail, thats a different story, but i think given his precautions and given that he is probably the most protected person on earth, the fact that he still got infected shows us that unfortunately this virus has that kind of power, that kind of communicable ability. And the president though, and hes made this clear, he was unwilling to completely sequester himself to take no risk because leaders take risks and he is the servant of the people as well as the commanderinchief so he said he must be around the people he serves and he knew that it was not riskless for him to do so. He could have been hermetically sealed in the residence and been chris the narrative for practically guaranteed that he the president ial campaign wouldnt get the virus, but flipped on friday after the instead, he took Reasonable Risks, not reckless ones but president s positive covid test. Now the Trump Campaign has Reasonable Risks. Unfortunately he got the virus and i think this shows us from a shifted to Virtual Events while policy perspective, and i think joe biden hits the trail. This is important, that we know joining us now from minneapolis, even the most severe of senator Amy Klobuchar, a key lockdowns cannot completely stop the virus. Therefore, we should take backer of the former Vice President. Reasonable precautions, as a senator, what are your thoughts society, and we should not, as about the president of positivist illness . Joe biden threatens, even think first of all, the fact that the about shutting this economy in president and first lady have this society down again. Contracted covid, and secondly, for me, the most consequential how hes handled covid over divide from a debate that you moderated between the two most these last months . That issue of the president saying we are staying open, we senator klobuchar well, first, chris, my prayers are will take precautions with the president and the chris lets talk was talk about Reasonable Risk first lady. Because there was the debate on and all of their staff and the tuesday night, as you say, that republican senators that we now i moderated, and the rules from know are ill. If we wish them all a speedy the Cleveland Clinic could not have been more clear. Recovery. I think it was joe biden that everyone, everyone in the said that this should be not audience was to wear a mask. About partisanship, not about politics, this is an american the president and the moment and to me, that means Vice President former Vice President and i were the electing a president that has a only ones exempt from that. Weve got a picture up on the plan instead of pandemonium. Screen after the first family i think it means putting a came in, they all took off their strong leader in place that masks, so to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows. Number one, understands we listen to the experts, just like do they think that the health the doctor you just had on, who and safety rules for everybody is telling people yes, where masks in public settings. By the way, it will save 100,000 else do not apply to them . Lives in 100 days. Steve thats not the you need a plan for having reality. Everybody was tested before that event, as you well know. Those of us who went first war National Testing strategy, which would help us immensely with our tested by cleveland going economy, so businesses can directory, everyone on reopen in a very consistent Way Air Force ones tested and then the third thing is chris steve, it doesnt matter. Everyone that was in that room steve, everybody that transparency. Was in that room was tested in the Cleveland Clinic of a stress and we just havent seen that. It didnt matter, everybody we for things like this will be except for the three of us on done by easter, this will go away with warm weather. The stage was to wear a mask and this is a hoax. Come up people from the Cleveland Clinic came over and this is deeply personal to me, chris. You know that, my husband was offered the first family mask thinking maybe they didnt have very, very sick, had pneumonia, them, they were waved away and was in the hospital for nearly a the commission on president ial debate positioned a statement week and it is deeply personal saying from now on if you dont to so many americans. It is now personal to the wear a mask, you will be escorted from the hall. President. But it is deeply personal to so so forget this question of being many people and thats why i tested before in ever but it think you see in states like was tested before no, im going to finish my question. Florida now, since the debate, everybody was told to wear a mask. Why did the first family in the where people didnt like what they heard from the president. Chief of staff feel that the rules for everybody else didnt joe biden is up five points in a apply to them . Poll yesterday or hes up in steve chris, we believe that masks are very useful, the president has warned them on pennsylvania. Clearly democrats, republicans many occasions, including visiting the hospital where he and independents want someone is now a patient, when he was that is following the facts and is going to help them out and visiting us commander in chief as a guest to visit soldiers their families and get us there he wore a mask, we believe through this pandemic. Chris senator, the biden in masks we also believe element of individual trust, people were campaign has taken down all of distanced and they had been tested. Its negative ads, but the both of those things which are chris they werent distanced and there were roles and there was no freedom of president some republicans are saying the democrats are choice. They broke the rules. Still attacking the president while he is now in hospital. If steve i was there like you were chris why did they break should discussions about covid the rules . Be offlimits at this particular steve look, those chairs were not close together and we also believe chris it doesnt matter, point . Senator klobuchar well, that discussion not steve, the rules from the Cleveland Clinic the rules discussions about covid. From the Cleveland Clinic were not when you have 7 Million People get this virus. Everybody wears a mask, why not when you have people in didnt they . Steve the way you are starting to harangue me now assisted living who have been actually reminds me of what you did to the president during the isolated for this entire year debate on tuesday night end moms juggling their kids on their laps while theyre trying chris oh, yeah, not just to do their work. Him. Steve he had the bait not no. But i think joe biden has set over to just biden, but you as well. The tone here, because hes a you are not a neutral moderator leader and he said look, i want them. I dont mind tough questions. The president to be back he wants to debate him more. But what i dont think is okay as for you to become the effective opposition to the he wants him to have a speedy recovery. President. Okay . And everyone there was tested in and so this isnt about politics or partisanship, but certainly the crowd, they were distanced from each other. People can make the pandemic. The effect that its had on chris steve no, peoples lives, how they have miscalculated this actually they cant, there are rules and they will be kicked administration, of course thats out next time. On the table, because as joe pointed out at the debate, we steve, let me just say the president interrupted me and the have 200,000 families right now Vice President 145 times, so i that have a chair at the table object to saying i harangue to the president. I know its the talking point. Thats empty, so it is on the with the president in the table, as well as the economy and how we can get through the hospital, theres a concern day after tomorrow and the kind about the continuity of of leadership youll need to government. If the campaign giving any make sure we get there. Chris right. Consideration given the fact that the Vice President is the the issue of how to Campaign Next in line to the president , during a pandemic came up during about keeping him off the trail tuesdays debate. Or delaying the Vice President take a look, senator. Debate until we see the president is safe . 25, 35,000 people show up at steve we think its airports, we use airports chris are you not worried important that our campaign about vigorously proceed and look, the so far we have had no problem Mega Movement is bigger than whatsoever. Its outside just President Trump, hes in for mental of course, but is not hes been totally responsible in the way hes handled the the only key element of the movement and so what we have said is that the other people, social distancing, the people wearing masks, basically including of course encouraging them not to. Vice President Trump, came chris this race is the people, what millions of regular americans need to step up and to whole this raises the whole some degree fill the void that question of how to reopen the is left because our champion, country, whether its reopening our main instrument is not able and how you conduct the at this moment to vigorously campaign, whether its reopening the economy, whether its campaign and certainly not campaign physically right now at reopening schools, you just all. But inntuity of heard Trump Campaign advisor government, the governbigger stf steve cortes say and the president said in the debate that joe biden is being too cautious, too much of an command and there will be no disruption there. Alarmist and is too ready to shut down the government again. Spoon and the Vice President is going to go on with his schedule or rather shut down the economy again, excuse me. As planned to the debate, two senator klobuchar joe biden has made really clear rallies . Steve correct, he is going that he wants to build back to continue to campaign of course with an abundance of camp better. And he wants to get this economy to a place where we are actually dont make caution. That was already in place but even more so now. Expanding, and in fact, i would chris the president keeps note that moody not exactly saying that we are rounding the corner of the pandemic. Liberal organization, said the here are some of his recent bidens plan will at 7 million more jobs last year than statements. Take a look. Donald next year than Donald Trumps plan. He believes you use science as a i mean, i have a mask right guide, thats all. Here. I put a mask on what i think i need it. You shouldnt just have testing tonight, as an example, everybody has had a test. For white house staff, we should be able to have Grocery Store i dont wear masks like income every time you see him hes got clerks and nurses and a mask buried he could be speaking 200 feet away and he first responders. They should be able to have more shows up with the biggest mask ive ever seen. Frequent testing too and there is a way to do this, but right chris but, i want to put now its just this idea that oh, this graphic up on the screen. This is going to get better, we the seven day average of new turned the corner, as your first cases is almost 44,000 new cases guest just said, 33 states, a day and 700 new deaths a day. Thats the facts. The doctor said them. 33 states weve seen increases steve, how is that rounding the now in the last two weeks and so corner . What does that mean to me . Steve i cant see the we can get through this. Graphic but i tell you how we if there is so much promising are rounding the corner. Its not my opinion, its for work being done on vaccines, but to get to that point, we have to medical authorities, so the admiral was on the air just two have a National Testing strategy and then we also have to have an days ago, the chief testings are economic plan for what i call the day after tomorrow so we can of hhs and he pointed off of the get through this. July neck and spike high, how we chris senator, it turns are doing better nationally. We are down 50 and out that two of your republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary committee, senators hospitalizations, down 60 and icu patients and down 34 in mike lee and tom tillis, have deaths. Nobody is signaling the all not tested positive for covid. Clear, but all o all of the stas are democrats going to try to that i just noted tell us that we absolutely are rounding the use this as a way to delay the corner as a country. By the way, not just on the confirmation hearing and the virus, but also economically. Confirmation vote on we are more than rounding the judge barrett to corner, we are actually senator klobuchar its not exploding higher economically and they are very much related, a matter of using it. It happened. Those two phenomena, and part of in the first thing we know is the reason president needs to that if you look at the and will recover quickly is precedent that Mitch Mcconnell because he needs to also get set, we should let the people back to leading the greatest decide and thats where the economic recovery in american majority of people are when it history, tied to our trend comes to this. Decide who the president is toward health. Chris finally, and ive got about a minute left for you after this election and lets on this one, steve, with the then pick the nominee. Secondly, weve got the fact that now three senators have it, as you point out, two are on the covid outbreak not only in the white house and among people Judiciary Committee and there, but also at least three Mitch Mcconnell has shot the republican senators now have senate down for two weeks covid. Because of health concerns. Democrats are calling for a because we dont know how many delay in the confirmation other republican senators had it hearing and the confirmation buried there were a number of vote on judge barrett to the other ones that were at the rose garden. They have a lunch together where Supreme Court. Any chance of that . They dont have masks, we dont steve no. Do that on the democratic side, listen, there will be no delay they do. And leader mcconnell has been very adamant on this. So its very possible we are theres already been quite a bit going to have more senators, more staff, so i dont know why of Remote Technology used in you would ram through the these hearings, clearly those who dont feel safe to be in a Supreme Court hearing, put people in danger because it would be within that two week room can do so, but there is a constitutional mandate to do this. Period, but while you have theres also an electoral checked on the whole senate. Mandate from the American People i just think itsesting that th. To get this done. It can be nonexpeditiously, Amy Coney Barrett is an amazing justice, shes going to be a credit to the court. Chris but senator, the fact is that you can hold chris steve, thank you, thanks for joining us today. Sometimes it gets a little hearings in different ways. Heated but youre always a in fact, last may, when the chairman of the judiciary gentleman, i appreciated sir. Steve thank you. Committee Lindsey Graham held a chris coming up, we will virtual hearing, you very much discuss the president s treatment and prognosis with a praised him and thanked him for top Public Health expert, and did the Trump White House let doing that, so you could hold a down its guard in dealing with virtual hearing for judge covid19 . Judge barrett, which raises the question again, are you trying yeah, thats half the fun of a new house. To use the fact that there has been this outbreak, at least three republican senators, to try to block the nomination that you frankly oppose fiercely . Senator klobuchar absolutely not. This is for the highest court of seeing what people left behind in the attic. The land, and guess we have had well, saving on Homeowners Insurance virtual hearings. I helped to put them together, with geicos help was pretty fun too. Its important to give senators ahhhh, its a tiny dancer. That option, but you want to be able to go back and forth with they left a ton of stuff up here. This nominee. Given her views on the Affordable Care act, given that she is clearly has clearly criticized justice roberts, who again, not exactly a blazing liberal, for upholding the a welp, enjoy your house. Nope. No thank you. Constitutional affordable character which allows people to geico could help you save on homeowners keep their insurance when they got preexisting conditions and and renters insurance. She has criticized that, yeah. Chris but we are doing this senator, we are doing this virtually, so why cant you question judge barrett virtually . Senator klobuchar again, we believe you should have an in person hearing. That doesnt mean the virtual option wouldnt be available, but why would you ram i guess i turn the question around here, even though you could to ask the questions, why would you ram this through when we dont even have a covid package done to make sure that people have health cr that. The Senate Republicans have been resisting this while nancy pelosi has been valiantly working on it and the white house now claims they want to package. When would we be doing this instead of actually helping the American People . Thats why i think it is so important that thats what we do instead of ramming through a Supreme Court justice. Wait until after the election, better for safety, better for the country. Chris senator klobuchar, thank you, thanks for your time this weekend, please come back. Senator klobuchar i will, and i did that all without interrupting your wants, i would like to point out, chris wallace. Chris [laughs] i interrupted you a couple of times. Its a little hard on this skype deal. Senator, thank you. Up next we will bring in our sunday group to discuss whats at stake now that the president people have been asking for online classes for the longest i thought,you know what . Geico could help you save on homeowners is off the trail and in a hospital, just 30 days from the it was amazing. Election. Business kept growing and growing and growing. Chris President Trump is hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for the coronavirus. As new cases emerge among his top advisors and allies. Running is once again from baltimore, dr. Tom inglesby, director of the center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins university. Doctor, i always have the tape to ask about a specific case to a doctor who hasnt seen the patient, but from your expertise, knowing what we know about the treatment that the president is receiving, the facs been hospitalized, what does that tell you about his case, his condition . Dr. Inglesby well, chris, i think the news that we heard yesterday was largely encouraging, the fact that the president is not requiring oxygen, that a number of lab checked on my tests were reported to be normal and he was able to delivered yesterday. What we heard from the from the chief of staff was concerning, the fact that at least mr. Meadows said his vital signs were concerning on friday, that he was requiring oxygen. Those are worrisome things. If at least they suggest for the president does have pulmonary involvement from covid if those things are correct, and there were a number of tests that i presume were done at walter reed, including a ct scan, white blood cell countd be useful to be able to judge his risk Going Forward to know what the results of those tests work, but so far the news that weve heard has been encouraging. Chris thats encouraging to hear. But you anticipated where i want to take this. The president is a 74yearold man who is technically obese. How long before we have a sense whether hes out of the woods, and in what one point mark meadows was saying the next 48 hours, the doctors were saying 710 days. When are we going to know whether hes okay and i guess part of the question is, what is i think im doing very well, the likelihood, being where he but we are going to make sure that things work out. Is right now that he can participate in a president ial the first lady is doing very debate in 11 days . Well. Going into crowds unmasked and all the rest was sort of a dr. Inglesby it is always very difficult to make judgments brazen invitation for something about individuals, especially like this to happen. Unless youre really involved in the care. Overall in this age category, chris President Trump in a video message before heading to people the president s age, it the hospital friday and house was a study done by cdc in Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying the january to may time frame that president s illness should be a set a third of people his age learning experience for him. And its time now for our sunday were diagnosed with covid would group. Be hospitalized and that there steve hayes, editor of the is a significant mortality rate dispatch, fox news correspondent in that age group. Gillian turner and charles lane the president is receiving from the washington post. Extraordinary care and it looks like is doing well but its steve, lets talk as obviously certainly a serious disease for our concern is with the help of people of his age and with the president , but there are political implications as we are underlying condition. We do know that some people have just 30 days from the election, symptoms that are mild and so lets talk about that. In the latest fox news poll, recover and do extraordinarily well in the first week but there are others that in the 510 day when people were asked who do time range can have a relatively you trust to do a better job on coronavirus, and this is before the events this week, 52 said quick deterioration and develop more severe symptoms. Biden, 44 said President Trump. Its very difficult to judge that at this time. To the degree, steve that this again, those additional test results would help us make some puts covid back at the top of judgment about the likelihood of the political agenda and that as his disease Getting Better or we see in that paul, people the potential for worsening. Already had concerns about the in terms of the debate, i think president s handling of the coronavirus, how tough is this. Its too soon to say. Go ahead, chris. How big an obstacle for the chris is going to ask you pt Trump Campaign . I think its a very big obstacle and theres no question that covid is at the top of the list of concerns of voters right now because of the attention thats being paid to the president as he tries to work through this, as he tries to recover. I think the challenge for the president is that he has been stricken with the virus after having been in cautious about it, to be generous. I mean, reckless would probably be more appropriate descriptor and i think thats a challenge for the Trump Campaign. It was interesting hearing steve cortes suggest that Vice President pence would be operating with an abundance of caution Going Forward, eveas he potentially does some Campaign Events and participates in the debate. The trump team, including his family of the debate has been operating in the absence of caution. And i think that will sort of put additional focus on the ways in which the trump world, the Trump Campaign, the white house, the president himself has not taken the kinds of precautions you would expect him to be setting an example for the rest of the country. Chris gillian, i want to pick up on this question of continuity of government, because weve got such dramatically different answers from the Trump Campaign advisor steve cortes and from a Public Health expert dr. Tom inglesby. With the president in a hospital and the word coming out that whether its the next 48 hours are critical or days 710, we dont know. We hope, but we dont know how the president is going to do here and i want to ask you what you are hearing from your sources in the National Security community. How concerned are they about the Vice President s intention, apparently, to go ahead, to go back on the campaign trail, to conduct this debate with senator harris, the Vice President ial debate in utah on wednesday given the fact that under the lines of president ial succession, hes next in line to be president . So chris, since the president of estevez diagnosis, his positive test results became publicly available a few days ago, i pretty much spent the entire time speaking to National Security officials in his administration, current and former and previous administrations and to a person, every Single Source tells me that the number one priority now Going Forward is on what you just mentioned, continuity of government operations. In laymans terms, essentially means making sure that the government continues to function as normal now while President Trump is in the hospital, and then over the coming days should he become more ill, more gravely ill then he is now, making sure that there is a plan for that too, theyre working on that behind the scenes hour by hour now. If the white house isnt talking about this publicly at aside from saying everything is fine, but that is going on behind the scenes. Theres a lot of machinations and internal calculations about how to prevent more spread inside the white house, moving people to differentwho is allowo walter reed and see the president , that kind of thing. Chris but gillian, specifically, is there talk, either among current officials or just in the people in the National Security community, that perhaps the Vice President should shelter himself, shouldnt be going out in public and rallies and going out to this prize of mike Vice President ial debate . Chris, its unsurprisingly the information im getting on that is very split. People invite and world say that of course quarantining not only because he was exposed to President Trump, but also because his health is now a matter of national concern, is a greater obligation to the American People than ever before to keep himself healthy. The Trump Campaign says absolutely not, with President Trump sequestered away at walter reed, the Vice President is now kind of taking center stage for the first time in five years. This week is going to be on the campaign trail, is going to host a rally on thursday. Hes really the face of the administration on the ground this week while President Trump is there. Chris chuck, lets talk about the biden campaign. Do they have to be sensitive in the way that they handle the president s illness and covid generally in this period while the president s and the hospital . On the one hand, steve is suggesting its a good issue when covid is the top issue, people tend to lean towards the Vice President. On the other hand, you know, any kind of an attack that seems overly backfiring. S, plated accordingly. Theyve pulled their negative ads. The candidate himself has expressed his best wishes to all concerned. You saw Amy Klobuchar just now repeating that as well. And frankly, i dont think they need to campaign overtly on this because it is such again, unfortunately we have to talk about it in political terms, it is a political benefit to them to remind the entire American People of the issue of the pandemic, which they have been trying to put front and center. And i might add theres another theme that this raises. The kind of in the rush of these incredible events of the last week, theres a unifying theme for the president s tax returns congut extraordinary performance at the debate, to the people not wearing their masks. At the unifying is that you could argue this is a president who doesnt believe the ordinary rules apply to him, and that theme is now out there in contexts, very difficult for the administration to explain away, and its helping biden. Chris you know, you mentioned the debate, and it seems like that was about two weeks ago. In fact it was on tuesday and theres no question it was unusual. Heres a look back at some of that. I think the country would be better served if we allowed both people to speak with fewer interruptions. Am appealing to you, sir to do that. And him too varied frankly, youve been doing more interrupting. But he does plenty. Sir, less than you have. Chris steve, what is your sense of the reaction to the debate, and there are stories that republicans are quite concerned that this is not only going to hurt the president , but may hurt other g. O. P. Candidates down ballot . Yeah, i think we are already seeing that. Its good to be sort of dismissive of the instant polls that we see on the night of the debate or maybe just the day after, but now weve had several days of falling and ive had conversations with republican strategists who are working in swing states around the country and they are, to put it simply, they are alarmed. The numbers that theyve seen since the debate suggests that exactly as you point out, its not just affecting President Trump. People look at the debate performance negatively. He was interrupting considerably more than joe biden, as you point out, but its also starting to rip affect republicans down ballot and we are seeing competitive races in states he would not expect to see competitive races and i spoke with one republican strategist who said, you know, well of this group of senate races that we thought of as competitive. To this point. And if this current trajectory continues through november 3rd, we are going to be talking about a lot more republican senators at risk than we are talking about right now. Chris chuck, ive got less than 45 seconds for this. The question of judge barrett and the outbreak of covid in the senate, do you think democrats are going to be successful in trying to use this to delay and or eventually block her confirmation by the senate . It doesnt seem that way. Ive spoken with people in Mitch Mcconnells camp. They are determined to go ahead with this. They may have to tweak the schedule here and there and frankly, the recent events incentivize them more because this is a topic they want to be discussing the last two weeks of the campaign instead of the pandemic. I expect the republicans to do everything they possibly can to get it done. Gillian, your thoughts, any chance this is going to stop the republicans from confirming Amy Coney Barrett . I dont think so. Senator graham has said hes going to do whatever it takes, whether thats virtual hearings, virtual votes, even on the house floor, so rules are going to be changed in the next few weeks. Chris and as weve all learned, virtual works. Maybe not as well as in person, but it works. Thank you, panel, see you next sunday and we will be right back with a final word. Election. fisherman vo how do i register to vote . Hmm . Hmm . 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