Before the plague came in, i had it made. We had this thing won. We were so far up. We had the greatest economy ever. The dreaded second wave, now washing over the u. S. Were facing a tough circumstance right now. Well see accelerating cases heading into the next four to six weeks. Youre going to get scared, youre going to get depressed. This is a normal response to a very stressful situation. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is wednesday, october 21st. It is 6 00 here in new york. And this morning, the country needs to brace itself for what is coming. Overnight, more than 60,000 new coronavirus cases were reported. Ten states reported record hospitalizations. The nationwide hospitalization rate is now reaching levels not seen for two months. So on its face, just these figures tell us the situation in the United States is dangerous. The real problem, though, according to the former fda commissioner, is that its about to get decidedly worse. He says we are one week away from a rapid acceleration of coronavirus cases. Even above the 60,000 we see today. Not one state is trending in the right direction. 26 states are seeing an increase in cases. The first lady had to cancel a Campaign Appearance because of ongoing symptoms from her battle with coronavirus. Yet despite all of that, the evidence in his own house and in the nation, the president continues to spread the demonstrably false claim that the u. S. Has turned the corner in the pandemic. President trumps strategy in the final days of the 2020 campaign appears to be to attack his perceived enemies from leslie staal and Hillary Clinton. Joe biden, meanwhile, has been off the campaign trail this week, preparing for tomorrows debate. And attempting to portray a positive path forward for the country. Overnight, new Financial Filings show joe bidens campaign with a substantial cash advantage, with nearly triple the amount of cash on hand than the Trump Campaign has. President obama delivering a video message to young voters as he gets ready to hit the campaign trail today for joe biden. Were less than two weeks from election day and more than 33 million votes have already been cast. That, john, is 72 of all of the early votes cast in 2016. Its 25 of the total vote from 2016 and we still have 13 days left to go. Weve been counting them by hand. Lets begin our coverage with cnns jessica dean live in nashville, the site of tomorrows final president ial debate. Jessica . Reporter good morning to you, john and alisyn. Well, President Trump is hopping from mustwin state to mustwin state. In the lead up to this final president ial debate here in nashville, which will likely be his last chance to really change the trajectory of this 2020 campaign and try as he might, he simply cannot escape his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. A President Trumps Campaign Rally in pennsylvania, no signs of the coronavirus pandemic thats impacting much of the country, as supporters stood without practicing social distancing and very few wearing masks. Trump telling the crowd in erie, he was not expecting to make a stop there at all this year. Before the plague came in, i had it made. I wasnt coming to erie. I mean, i have to be honest. Theres no way i was coming. I didnt have to. I would have called you and said, hey, erie, if you have a chance, get out and vote. We had this thing won. Reporter while the president continued to make false claims about status of the Coronavirus Crisis in the United States were rounding the turn on the pandemic. Normal life will finally resume. Reporter the truth is, cases are on the rise in at least 26 states this morning. And pennsylvania has seen spikes in new cases in recent days. Pennsylvanias been shut down long enough. Get your governor to open up pennsylvania. Reporter the president s complaints come just nine days after the White House Coronavirus task force urged the keystone state to maintain aggressive Community Mitigation efforts. Former Vice President joe biden is off the campaign trail to prepare for tomorrows final president ial debate, but his biggest surrogate is making his first appearance in philadelphia later today. President barack obama is looking to give the Biden Campaign a massive boost, with election day now less than two weeks away. This as trump uses the final days leading up to the election to distract from the massive crisis at hand, attacking everyone from dr. Anthony fauci to biden to journalists. Sources telling cnn the president abruptly walked out of an interview with 60 minutes at the white house wednesday. You have to watch what we do to 60 minutes. Youll get such a kick out of it. Youre going to get a kick out of it. Leslie staal is not going to be happy. Reporter meantime, senator Kamala Harris telling voters, now is the time for the country to work together. It is about Building Back up better. It is about unifying our country. We are all in this together. And were going to get through this together. For their part, the Biden Campaign aide is telling cnn that they are preparing for President Trump the to, in their words, bully and deflect on that debate stage. Theyre also preparing for personal attacks against both joe biden and his family, as well. But alisyn, they come back to what they wanted to do in the last debate, and that is speak directly to the american people. You can expect joe biden to look right into that camera again and talk about how he would handle the coronavirus pandemic and build back the economy. Okay, jessica, thank you very much for the preview and all of the reporting. So as jessica said this morning, coronavirus cases rising in 26 states, including illinois where new restrictions on Indoor Dining and bars go into effect this week. As you can see, this is the second time that we have noticed no green at all on this map on your screen. Cnns Adrian Broaddus is live in chicago with the latest on the pandemic. Adrienne . Reporter good morning, alisyn. Illinoiss governor is determined to stop the spread of the coronavirus. And that means part of the state are going to look a lot different starting friday. Indoor dining and bar service will once again be banned. That mandate takes effect in the southern part of the region on friday. And thats not all. Gatherings will be limited once again. 25 people or less. Chicagos west and south suburbs could see similar restrictions. This after an explosion of new cases. The midwest, as you all know, is struggling to get a grip on this virus. But the midwest isnt alone. Take a look at your screen. I want to show you some of the other states experiencing record high numbers. For example, across the country, iowa, montana, nebraska, south dakota, and wisconsin saw record hospitalizations on tuesday. This as new protocols take effect in california. Theme parks, their leaders are upset about the new guidelines. For example, places like disneyland and six flags are saying these new guidelines affect peoples jobs. The leaders of the theme parks saying they can open safely and the new guidelines really hurts people. Bottom line, lawmakers know, doing whats right to keep the public safe is not going to make everyone happy. Alisyn . Adrienne, thank you very much for all of that reporting. 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This is a roving nationwide mayhem tour presenting this kaleidoscope of chaos. So what is joe biden doing . Hes been off the trail in debate prep. Its a heck of a contrast. And most probably a deliberate one from the Biden Campaign, which last night spent a heap of money to run this ad during the world series. Joe biden doesnt need everyone in this country to always agree. Just to agree we all love this country and go from there. Im joe biden and i approve this message. Thats the voice of sam eliot, or as i like to call him, the guy from roadhouse. Joining us now, alex wagner, executive producer of the showtime series the circus. Also with us, lauren lopez. I had this epiphany as i was watching the world series last night as i saw that ad. First it, shows the cash advantage that biden has right now, but also answers the question of whats joe biden doing . Hes taking these days off the campaign trail to prepare for the debate. Well, hes presenting this stark contrast with the president , who is out there, your show is called the circus. Joe biden is running against the circus right now. And i think trying to provide that chaos. And if the president wants to be out there with this mayhem tour, so be it. Yeah, i mean, it is a study in contrast, also known as a view into the parallel universe where reason, logic, and science prevail, john. But the reality is, you know, the president , we look at these closing days and say, oh, each campaign has a strategy. Joe biden most certainly has a strategy and is executing on that strategy. The idea that President Trump has somehow hatched a multipronged plan to make a Closing Argument in the last remaining days of the election is a fallacy. He is hemorrhaging support among suburban women and seniors and what is he doing, taking on a fight with the elder statesmen of the most venerable news brand in america. She is an older woman at precisely the time he needs to be getting women and seniors. Hes also giving 60 minutes the best onair promotion theyve ever, virtually guaranteeing that anyone is going to tune into what can only be imagined is an acrimonious interview. Hes throwing so much spaghetti at the wall in these closing hours, theres going to be no left pasta left in the pot. Im just not sure vilifying leslie staal is what voters put at the top of the list of their concerns for 2020. But i think we should also just talk about, joe biden is also employing an unorthodox Campaign Strategy, which is within these final two weeks, just lay low and stay inside. Thats right. A big part of why biden decides to call as early as 9 00 a. M. Is the fact that, yeah, hes following this Campaign Strategy if your opponent is imploding or doing the work for you, you let them do that. But its also because, we are still in the middle of a pandemic. And thats why his campaign decided to be on the road less. And right now, we are starting to see increases in states across the board, in covid cases. So, thats the main reason why his campaign has decided to hold smaller events, socially distanced events. But again, hes also allowing trump to dominate the campaign coverage, which doesnt appear to be helping trump, as alex was talking about. Which is that trump is attacking the most prominent Infectious Disease expert, dr. Fauci, at a time when cases are rising. And also, fauci is considered to be one of the most trusted people in government when it comes to the coronavirus. And coronavirus is the main issue for a lot of voters right now. So that doesnt make sense in the Closing Arguments of this campaign. I guess the point im making, i actually do now think this is a concerted strategy from the biden team. I mean, the president was out yesterday in erie, pennsylvania, literally saying, joe biden will be so boring. And i image the entire Biden Campaign erupting in cheers saying, yes, yes, joe biden will be boring. Thats what we are now running on. Its this closing message of normalcy, as highlighted by, you know, the sonorous tones of sam eliot. Its not just boring, its responsible. Its what you do when theres a surge in a deadly virus across the country. And theres Something Else that i think is increasingly obvious, which is where the biden team is focused. So former president obama is making his first appearance on the trail for joe biden tonight in philadelphia. He has a new Campaign Video out to accompany that. Lets just take a quick look at that video. Your generation can be the one that creates a new normal in america. One thats fairer, where the system treats everybody equally. And gives everybody opportunity. I know joe better than almost anybody. I trust him to be a great president. Hes different. Hes on the right side of the issues. Hell get the job done. So, as much as what hes saying, its where hes saying that interests me. Hes going to pennsylvania, alex. And if you look at the map, all you need to know is what joe biden needs to do to win is flip pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. If he wins all Hillary Clinton states and just flips those three back to the democrats, he gets 278 electoral votes. Thats the simplest, clearest path for the democrats to retake the white house, and it seems that the Biden Campaign is saying, you know what, thats where were going to put president obama. Everything we do is going to try to get the clean, sure hit. Thats the brass ring. They realize that they need to make an uplifting, optimistic, forceful argument in the closing days of the race. If biden is not going to make it, you bring in the best closer there is, and thats barack obama. That message you played, john, hes talking a lot to young voters. And the Biden Campaign knows, look, the an mitigate factor in this race, the reason we have seen early voting numbers where they are is because donald trump is a huge motivator. But you also need to have a message beyond just, it wont be donald trump in office for four more years. And they clearly think that the most effective messenger to articulate that is barack obama. He has a long history of getting young people excited about voting. And it is not a surprise all right. We lost alex for a second. Laura, lets talk about for a second the cash on hand and the story that that tells. And so at the end of october, joe biden had basically three times as much cash in his coffers as trump did. So trump was 63 million. Biden, 177 million. What does that tell us and can the rnc supplement that for donald trump and pick up the slack . So a lot of the grassroots money thats going to joe biden, you can see it potentially as a sign of enthusiasm among democrats in this campaign, despite the fact that up until this point, you know, polling has shown thatbiden appears to have a bit of an enthusiasm gap. But its just an obscene amount of money, alisyn. And so biden is spending it in places like phoenix, arizona, which for about four weeks running, was the top media market for the Biden Campaign. So even though he has focused on the blue wall states rebuilding pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin, he is keeping an eye on those expansion states like arizona, which a democrat hasnt won since 1996. And youre seeing that Trumps Campaign is struggling to keep up. Theyre having to spend in states that they never expected to have to spend that much money before. Florida being one example, where theyre dropping far more money there in the final stretch than they thought they were going to have to at this point in the race. Laura barronlopez, alex wagner, we deployed new debate rules to you and cut off your mic. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. So joe biden and donald trump face off tomorrow night in the final president ial debate. This is so important. Cnns special live coverage begins at 7 00 p. M. Eastern time. So several states now putting back new restrictions as the nationwide coronavirus hospitalization trends hit levels we havent seen for months. And were getting these stark up in warnings from experts. Well tell you what they are, next. Your journey requires liberty mutual. They customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. Wow. That will save me lots of money. This games boring. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. At visionworks, and we want you to see yourself in your new glasses and think, ooh but if you get home and your ooh is more of a hmm. You have 100 days to change your mind. Thats the visionworks difference. Visionworks. See the difference. Before we talk about taxsaudreys expecting. New . Twins wed be closer to the twins. Change in plans. At fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. So were about a week away from starting to enter a period where were going to see a rapid acceleration in cases. And i think november and december are going to be tough months. Were seeing hospitalizations go up in 42 states right now. Cases are going up in 45 states. And there really is no backstop. Thats the former commissioner of the fda warning that the coronavirus pandemic is about to get worse. This morning, there is not a single state that is trending in the right direction, that would be green on your screen, of which there is none. 26 states are seeing cases increase. Overnight, ten states reported record hospitalizations. The nationwide hospitalization rate reaching levels not seen for two months. Yoing joining us now is cnn medical analyst dr. Reiner and the cardiologist for former Vice President dick cheney. Dr. Reiner, what does that mean . The rapid acceleration that Scott Gottlieb is predicting, what would that look like . Well, were already having that. If you look at states, you know, throughout particularly the midwest and plains, were seeing record cases almost every day. If you look at states like idaho, south dakota, nevada out in the west, were seeing positivity rates, for instance, in idaho, its almost 30 . In nevada, its 46 positivity rates. Which means two things. First of all, it means that were not testing enough in those states, but moreover, it means that there is an enormous amount of virus in the community. So were already already seeing this. Were averaging almost, if you look at the sevenday moving average, its about 60,000 cases a day, but its on the rise. Soon it will be 70,000 cases. But obviously, the major implication of this dramatic rise in cases will be in two weeks a dramatic rise in deaths. And the rough way to think about how many deaths a daily case of 60,000 or 70,000 cases translates to is to multiply that by about 2. 5 . So, yesterday, we had about 900 deaths. You know, once we start to get 70,000 plus cases a day, youll start to see closer to 2,000 deaths per day. Really a horrifying turn of events. We had one day of 70,000 new cases. That was last friday. There is every reason to believe that we will be averaging that number before too long, if not higher. Its just headed in the absolute wrong direction, as we sit here this morning, dr. Reiner. Some interesting new facts and figures out of the cdc that i do think bear repeating. The cdc put out a study. It compared coronavirus to the flu, covid to the flu. And i think this is important. And one of the Main Findings was, is that people who go to the hospital die at five times the rate if they have coronavirus. Five times more frequently than with the flu. In other words, its five times more deadly than the flu. Its the first type of study like this to be rather definitive. And i think its worth telling people, because they keep getting misinformation here, just how dangerous this is. Right. One of the i think most damaging myths propagated by the pandemic deniers has been that this is not much more than just the seasonal flu. Its kind of the bad flu. But weve known that using the most optimistic projections, the mortality rate for covid19 is about five times seasonal flu. So seasonal flu has a mortality rate of 0. 1 . We think, if we knew the denominator, and we obviously dont, because we dont test everyone, we think the mortality rate for all would be about 0. 5 . So in that va study you mentioned, looked at 4,000 patients. So you were twice as likely to immediate the icu, five times more likely to die. Twice as likely to get pneumonia or have myocarditis, inflammation of the heart. And disturbingly, the covid19 affects underrepresented communities at a much higher rate than the flu. So for instance, in that va study, almost 50 of Covid Patients were black or hispanic, compared to about 25 for influenza admissions. So its a disproportionate afflicter in this country. Dr. Reiner, how about kids . Theres a new report out by the American Academy of pediatrics, theyve seen a 13 increase in cases just since the beginning of october. They say thats in children. But thats not terribly descriptive. Do we know whats happening . How old these kids are, how severe the condition is . Well, you know, fortunately, this disease is often or usually tolerated to a much better extent by children. But remember, whats happened recently . Kids have gone back to school. Thats why were seeing this dramatic rise. We didnt really know what was going to happen in children, because since the beginning of the pandemic when schools closed, in most places in the United States, kids were largely sequestered. But in parts of the United States where inperson school exists now, were seeing transmission from childtochild. We know that children over the age of about 12 transmit the virus to adults probably as efficiently as adults transmit it to adults, maybe a little less for younger children. Most children will do pretty well with this virus. They will transmit it to adults, but a small number, still a tragic number, will not do well. Will either have longterm sequelle or will sadly die of this virus. This is nothing that we can just let children have. This is not a chicken pox party, which you also shouldnt let kids have. Dr. Reiner, appreciate you being with us this morning. Stay safe. Voters in at least two states this morning say they have received emails threatening them to vote for donald trump or else. Whos behind these . What does it tell us, thats next. Look at this human trying to get in shape. You know what he will get . Muscle pain. Give up, the couch is calling. 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Anything that seems to be this overt in terms of voter intimidation, very concerning. What do we know . Reporter thats right, john. And theres still a lot of questions here. But here is what we know. The Election Officials are working with Law Enforcement in florida and alaska after registered voters there received a threatening email that essentially said, vote for trump or else. Now, to the voter, it appeared as though this from the farright group the proud boys, but the chairman of the group denies this. He says, in fact, hes working with the fbi in hopes that whoever sent this is punished for impersonating the group as well as voter intimidation. Cnn obtained a copy of this email sent to an analyst who seems to back that up, saying that this email appears to have come from a foreign internet infrastructure. So still digging into that. And if any viewers have seen this email or gotten this email, they should forward it to the cnn tip line. But regardless of where this came from, voters are not letting it intimidate them. Listen to one man who received this email. I think calling it out for what it is, its useless words to try to ruin a Civil Society and i think calling it out and letting it be seen for what it is will hopefully encourage people to ignore it. Reporter now, unfortunately, this is not the only story about alleged voter intimidation coming out of florida. I want to talk about one other thing that really went viral overnight. Look at this photo. It was tweeted out by the chairman of the Democratic Party in miamidade county. You can see here, it is a miami police officer. He is in a polling location, fully uniformed. He appears to be armed and he is wearing a trump 2020 mask. Now, the chairman is accusing him of voter intimidation. Listen to this statement. This is what hes told cnn. He said, essentially, it was a taxpayerfunded voter intimidation. He was inside of the polling location, wearing a trump 2020 no more bull mask in full view of voters with a badge and gun. The mayor of miami has since tweeted that this mayor is under investigation. The miami police chief has said that these actions were unacceptable. It was being addressed immediately. One question is whether or not he was actually voting. It should be noted that people who are voting, they can wear whatever they want to a polling place. Okay, kristen, thank you very much. I mean, it just sound like foreign interference is alive and well. Right. By whom, though, is the question. On whos behalf . Why do they think it will work . All of these things are key. More on that. Meanwhile, developing this morning, were hearing from members of the Breonna Taylor grand jury for the very first time. So after a kentucky judge issued this rare ruling that allows them to speak publicly, one anonymous juror says the jury was never given the opportunity to consider homicide charges against the officers involved in taylors death, writing in a statement, questions were asked about additional charges and the grand jury was told there would be none, because the prosecutors did not feel they could make them stick. Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron responding overnight, n insisting he could only ask for an indictment on charges that could be proven under kentucky law. This morning, were also hearing from one of the Police Officers involved in the raid for the first time. He says hes frustrated with how the case has been perceived. This is not relatable to a george floyd. This is not like it. Its not ahmaud arbery, its nothing like it. Its not a race thing like people want to rye to make it to be. Its not. This is a point where we were doing our job and we returned fire. Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly was shot by taylors boyfriend after police broke down her apartment door and before police opened fire on the couple. Well, florida shattering early voting records. Voters lining up for hours. Well show you whats going on there, next. Hot liquid medicine. Powerful relief so you can restore and recover. Theraflu hot beats cold. Powerful relief so you can thresponds to snoringse from automatically. So no hiding under your pillow. Or opting for the couch. Because its our first system that detects snoring and automatically adjusts to help reduce it. Your best sleep. All night. Every night. I cant. Theres never been more divisiveness in this country. Its frightening and sad. That was trumps whole thing, you know, take the politics out of it and run it like one of his businesses. I know people were looking for that kind of change, but its not working. You know, weve only gotten more in debt, we have this virus now out of control, people out of work, no healthcare. How is that helping people . We need someone that knows what theyre doing, and i think its biden. I know he will listen to the experts. Thats what we need. I trust him 100 to get this under control. He has the capability to bring us back together. Im joe biden, and i approve this message. Both president ial candidates pulling to win florida on election night, but how important is that state to their president ial hopes . Joining us now is cnn senior Political Writer and analyst, harry enten. Harry, great to see you. So why is florida so key . So, you know, lets just talk about where we are first in the state of florida. And that is that former Vice President joe biden has a small advantage there. And hes under 50 , unlike in a lot of other swing states, right . Hes at 49 in my average of polls and trump is at 46 . But to get to your point of why florida is so important, look at the history of the state over the last 92 years. Look at this. Look how many times the state has voted with the winner. Pretty much all of them, except for just two times in 1960 and 1992. Every single election since 1996, the state has voted with the winner. And one other thing ill point out, every single time, florida has had a final margin of six points or less. The fact that the poll average right now is three points fits well within that. Were looking for another close election in the state at this particular point. And why is it that trump needs florida more than biden . Right. This is something that i will point out, that President Trump needs the state more than former Vice President biden. There are different sites that runs electoral simulations, and what it essentially tells us that if trump were to lose the state of florida, he would lose less than 5 of the time versus Vice President biden. If he were to lose florida, he would still have a 60 chance of winning the election. You can paint a lot of different electoral maps where joe biden wins without florida. If he just wins in the states where hes ahead by five points or more at this point, he would win. And hes ahead by five points because he has those leads in michigan, wisconsin, and add those to the clinton states, he gets over 270 electoral votes. Trump could still win if he lost florida and carried all the other states he won in 2016, but that is a very difficult task. Harry, tell us whats happening in the senate. What are you seeing in senate races . Yeah, so you know, all of this talk about the president ial races. And you know, we still have a bunch of senate seats that are up for control in later this year, in two weeks, actually, or less than two weeks. Right now, it looks like democrats are the favorite to win back the majority. They need a net gain of three seats, right, if joe biden wins the president ial race. And what you see on the left side of your screen, the democratic pickup opportunities, they need probably at least four of those seats, because alabama is probably going to go over to the republicans, you can see right there, Tommy Tubberville has an 11point lead. The democrats need at least four of the seats on the left side of your screen and they are leading in four of those states by four points or more. In fact, in north carolina, theyre up by three points. So they could pick up more seats than that. And the other thing ill note here, michigan, which is probably the republicans secondbest pickup opportunity, the democratic senator there is up by five points, so the republicans really dont have that much room in order to pick up seats and democrats have a much wider map. What about some of the other states that we keep hearing about in terms of the senate, like montana, say. Right, this is another reason why i think the democrats have such, just such a Good Opportunity to pick up the senate, which is get beyond those five races that we previously showed you. Look at some of these lowertiered pickup opportunities for democrats. You mentioned montana. How about georgia. There are two races there. Kansas, alaska, texas. While democrats are probably not leading in any of those at this point, they are very competitive in a bunch of them. Even if they lost a state like iowa, lost a state like north carolina, they would still have an opportunity to pick up senate control, because of all of these backup opportunities that republicans simply dont have. And this is the same thing that were seeing in the president ial race, right . We spoke about earlier how biden could win without florida . And the reason is, there is just a wide range of different scenarios and that means that even if the first pathway doesnt work, a second, third, or fourth pathway may still work. Harry, let me ask you about the where President Trump, weve talked about this a lot, where he would gain voters. Where he stands to gain some. And theres always been a question of, if hes just keeping his base or if hes adding. And so what about the reporting that there is strong voter registration, republican voter registration, in three critically statcritical states, florida, north carolina, and pennsylvania. I hear this all the time, its always very interesting to me. If we were living in a voluacuu and you heard about that, you would say, thats really good news for republicans, and in so some cases, there is. There are a number of pollsters who wait by Party Demonstration and pollsters like the new york times, siena college, pollsters Like Monmouth University should be keeping their list of registered voter up to date. And if they are, the polls are capturing that. And the thing thatly no li will even though republicans are gaining in registration, i asked my friend at the times, and what you see is that former Vice President joe biden is winning a larger share of democrats than trump is of republicans. And hes winning among those without party affiliation. So even though republicans are gaining, biden is till leadi is in the polls. Really helpful, harry. And great to see you. Thank you so much for giving us a snapshot of where we are right now. Thank you. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the white house are still talking, but how close are they to a Coronavirus Relief deal . We have the latest for you, next. Worse. 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I prefer you didnt xiidra. Not today, dry eye. Introducing the allnew 2021 gla suv. Starting at just 36,230. Its the biggest thing that ever happened to small. Lease the gla 250 suv for just 399 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. New this morning, house Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is hopeful that a deal on a relief package can be reached this week. Negotiations will resume this morning with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin. But sources tell cnn that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is telling the white house, dont do it dont get behind a deal before the election. So joining us now, cnn chief business correspondent, Christine Romans, and Cnn International anchor, julia chatterley. Romans, whats going on here . These negotiations seem to be going on. Speaker pelosi and Steve Mnuchin seem to be willing to reach some kind of agreement or at least work towards one. And Mitch Mcconnell seems to be saying still, no, no, no, no. There are three people dancing this tango, Senate Republicans, democrats, and the white house. And the white house, saying, the president has been saying he wants to go big. Nancy pelosi says democrats have already gone big. They passed almost 3. 5 trillion in new stimulus five months ago. But youve had cold water thrown on all of this, really, by Senate Republicans. And it seems they want to really focus on the Supreme Court nomination here, getting that through. Time is running out here. And there are there are republicans who are increasingly vocal about the size of the package. They would not like to see a 2 trillion package here. They would rather see a piecemeal approach, something that the democrats just wont do. Julia, you have pointed out to us so many times, people are desperate. We have never seen in recent memory long lines at food banks like were seeing right now. And so people who are desperate and hungry dont care as much about the Supreme Court nomination as they would about this relief bill. So whats that calculation . Yeah, the political calculation here from the Senate Republicans is the cost of doing some kind of splashy deal here preelection. And aligning with a weakened president , too, versus the political cost, perhaps, of what that means if they lose the senate as a result. And unfortunately, when it comes down to it, the politics here matters more than the people. And weve been saying this all along. People dont care about the Supreme Court nomination as much as they care about paying their rent, being able to feed their families, for example. And the fact is, this has been a problem now for two, three months. Thips wh this is what its coming down to. One thing you could take heart from is the statement from nancy pelosi which said, everybody now, at least in terms of the negotiation, the two that are fighting this, not the three as Christine Romans pointed out there, they get the seriousness and that it will be retrocan i have retroactive. So when it comes, it will be backdated. Romans, i was talking to House Majority whip jim clyburn yesterday and he said if a deal doesnt happen now, then nothing will likely happen until the inauguration. Whoever is the next president , whether it be donald trump or joe biden. Thats january 20th. So if it doesnt happen now, you are talking months without people getting money. And any question about whether the recovery has been stunted is answered by that. Because we know, we know that the first stimulus worked. We look at fico Credit Scores and we see Credit Scores actually rose because for the first time in a long time, people actually had money to have a livable wage. And that was because of massive Government Intervention to get money in unemployment checks and get extra checks out to all of those people. So we know. We look at the retail Sales Numbers and Consumer Spending and you can see that money went into the economy and into savings. People are still drawing down on that, but just not having it, right, and even an economy that is not completelyhealed yet is a Dangerous Police to be. Julia, side note, tell us whats happening with google and the antitrust suit and why this didnt scare investors away. You know you have a credibility issue when you announce the biggest legal case in over two decades and the stock ends up higher at the end of the day rather than lower. Look, i think theres a few things here. Timing, two weeks before an election. The department of justice, there were rumors behind the scenes that apparently people the investigators wanted more time here. And of course, youve got a president thats criticized you for being rigged against him. Theres a whole number of elements here. But what it boils down to is the suggestion from the regulators here between google processes between 80 and 90 of all search requests in the United States. Critics say they simply have too much power. Power over search, no one else can get a look in. Power over the money, too, and the advertising spending. Google turned around and said, hey, you have to prove here that consumers are hurt, and Google Search is free. The critics here would turn around and say, hang on a second, how do you know if innovation has been suppressed. How do you know what youre missing if you missed it and dont get a chance to look in. The bottom line is, guys, lets make a date for 2025 when we can come back and discuss this quite frankly, because this stuff takes years. Ill write that down. I want to make a date for thursday, let alone 2025 at this point. The government is worried about the future. Because when you think about how you search for your car, your refrigerator, at some point, search is going to be an interface for all of us, and google has an empire in search. Theyre worried about the future when google really controls everything youre searching for. And its been that way for years, when bill barr and Elizabeth Warren are sort of in alignment, you know theres a kind of a trend going on here, right . Well, im telling you, there are a lot of people who have agreed that google is too big and too powerful, but everybody uses google and its free. So the government will have to prove that the consumer has been harmed. Thank you very much for that. We have new details this morning about what former president obama will say when he hits the campaign trail later today. New day continues right now. The president s very angry. Hes lashing out at the media, hes lashing out at his critics. Theres nothing fair about this debate, but thats okay. The president says hell still show up in nashville thursday for the next president ial debate. In times as polarized as these, your vote doesnt just matter, it matters more than ever before. The number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths has gone up in just way too many areas. We are headed into exactly where we did not want to be headed into the winter months. We are on track to having 200,000 more deaths by the end of this winter. Were going to have a second wave and were not prepared for it, because this administration is doing such a bad job. This is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. And this morning, all signs point to the coronavirus pandemic getting worse in the United States. Overnight, more than 60,000 new cases were reported one expert predicts that cases will, quote, rapidly accelerate in the next week. 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