With coronavirus cases up and his poll numbers down, the president lashes out with election day just two weeks away. The question is, does the president have a coherent closing message . Plus, the Debate Commission announces changes ahead of thursdays second president ial faceoff. The question is, will the new rules prevent this debate from turning into another debacle . And the House Speaker says progress has been made on pandemic relief talks. The question is whether a bill will be ready before election day. Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is definitely Still Deciding on its halloween costume. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, october 20th. Well start with the news. With election day just two weeks away, the president appears desperate to turn the page on the pandemic, which continues to weigh down his poll numbers and sicken so many americans. The president is also ramping up his public attacks on Infectious Disease dr. Anthony fauci, after faucis appearance on 60 minutes on sunday night. Nbc news obtained this audio of the president on a Campaign Call with staff yesterday. People are tired of hearing fauci and all these idiots. These people. These people that have gotten it wrong. Faucis a nice guy. Hes been here for 500 years. Every time he goes on television, there is always a bomb, but theres a bigger bomb if you fire him. But fauci is a disaster. And later tweeted, dr. Tony fauci says we dont allow him to do television, and yet, i saw him last night on 60 minutes and he seems to get more air time than anybody since the late great bob hope. All i ask of tony is that he make better decisions. He said ono masks and let china in. The president then mocked faucis ceremonial pitch at the nationals game earlier this year, posting, also, bad arm. And heres trump at a Campaign Rally in prescott, arizona, later in the day. Pandemic. Theyre getting tired of the pandemic. Arent they . Getting tired of the pandemic. You turn on cnn, thats all they cover. Covid, covid, pandemic, covid, covid, covid, covid. You know why . Theyre trying to talk everybody out of voting. People arent buying it, cnn, you dumb bastards. Theyre not buying it. [ cheers and applause ] thats all they talk about. You know, biden wants to lock it down. He wants to listen to dr. Fauci. Responding to that attack linking joe biden to dr. Fauci, the former Vice President tweeted, dot, dot, dot, yes. He also called the attack, a badge of honor. Dr. Fauci also responded, calling the president s criticism a distraction. Its like in the godfather. Nothing personal, strictly business. As far as im concerned. You know . I just want to do my job and take care of the people of this country. Thats all i want to do. Fauci also reiterated in his 60 minutes interview that hes not advocating a National Lockdown and says he wants to use Public Health measures to safely reopen the economy. In between campaign stops, President Trump yesterday touted the size of the crowds showing up for his rallies, even though none of them are socially distanced, as required by state laws, and few attendees are wearing masks. Im very happy with the way its going. I dont think its being covered fairly. I dont think youre showing the kind of enthusiasm. I dont think youre showing the crowds and the crowd size. You did in the washington times. I appreciate that. But for the most part, theyre not. But these are the largest crowds ever to meet for rallies, by far, not even by a little bit. And i dont think people are showing in terms of the media the enthusiasm. But the main thing is the people know. Again, the crowds that flout state restrictions, the crowds that are gathering when many restaurants, theaters, music venues are not gathering crowds that size because of covid19. Meanwhile, the president mocked nbcs own Kelly Odonnell yesterday, as she asked him to authorize the release of information on whether he took a covid test before the last debate with joe biden. Watch. Will you authorize your doctors to tell you when you tested negative last before the last is that really important to you . Yes, it is. You seem to be so intent. But if its so important to you why is it so important to you . Because we want to know how long you may have been why . We want to know if you followed the rules i know, but why is it so important to you . Will you authorize your doctors yeah, my doctors have already given it. You know, my doctors have given more information than has been given on any human being in the history of the world. Will you authorize them his doctors have not given us that information, by the way, that my colleague, Kelly Odonnell, is asking for. The president said that he would be tested before the debate on thursday, although he also claims that he is now free of the virus and immune. On capitol hill, coronavirus stimulus talks are making some headway as House Speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steve mnuchin, quote, continued to narrow their differences, according to the speakers spokesman. Pelosis chief of staff, drew hamel, tweeted yesterday that the two leaders spoke for about an hour and that the speaker tasked Committee Chairs to reck critical differences with their gop counterparts on key areas. He continued by saying that pelosi hopes that by the end of the day tuesday today we will have clarity on whether well be able to pass a bill before the election. He also noted that pelosi and mnuchin are planning to speak again today. On sunday, pelosi set a 48hour deadline for the white house to reach a deal for more coronavirus aid. Joining us now, Senior Writer at politico and coauthor of the playbook, jake sherman. He is also an msnbc contributor. Jake, good morning i feel like we have had this conversation many times at this hour over the last few weeks about whether it was actually possible that they could pass a coronavirus bill before the election. Whats your take on how serious this is . I mean, it does seem like there is some movement, but there is, of course, that looming divide, even if mnuchin and pelosi can actually get a deal, between the president and Senate Republicans. What are you hearing . Well, today good morning, kasie. Today is the 91st day of negotiations between the administration and capitol hill over this latest Coronavirus Relief package, which has gone absolutely nowhere over these last 91 days. Now, pelosi and mnuchin have made progress, but there are still very many places, very many policies and topline numbers, and all elements of this bill are very far from being done. And im very, very skeptical, as are you, kasie, it sounds like, that this could get wrapped up today. Now, its not impossible, but i just find it very difficult to believe that they will wrap up some of these issues, which we are going to lay out in playbook this morning, in the next, basically, 24 hours. Now, if they dont wrap it up, its possible that this bill gets passed in the lame duck session of congress after the election. Neither side is saying theyre going to walk away from the table, but theres just a recognition, kasie, as you know very well in two weeks, its difficult to pass a 2 trillion bill when a lot of people want to be home campaigning, and thats just a reality that neither side can control and its just part of the standard rhythms and practices of washington. Yeah. Whats your take on where the incentives are right now . I mean, if youre House Speaker nancy pelosi, youre reading all these polls, youre expecting the senate to be friendlier to you next year, after the elections. Youre potentially expecting joe biden to be in the white house. If youre speaker pelosi, does it make more sense to try to push this through now, get this out the door now, or does it make more sense to wait . I mean, i can see arguments for both sides. I mean, if they wait, then it becomes the first thing you have to do in a biden administration, but if you dont if you dont wait and you push through here, perhaps you have to spend more time negotiating with republicans and give up some of the things you want. Like, whats the thinking in the Speakers Office . Well, thats a very good question, kasie. I think you could look at this a million different ways. Pelosi has made the argument privately that she wants to get some of this stuff done now so biden doesnt have to deal with it, but she also has to contend with chuck schumer, who, by the way, probably does not, if you were to look at his natural inclinations, probably does not want to give Senate Republicans something to vote on when theyre up against the ropes. Now, ive become skeptical that a lameduck deal is possible, and i think that if they dont pass this in the next two weeks or try to pass this in the next two weeks, Coronavirus Relief could slip until february, january, february, or march, just because its going to be difficult to get a package through in the early days of the next congress anyway. So, i think Mitch Mcconnell also has an interesting calculus here. I mean, he does not like the price tag, but there are some of his members who wanted a bill to vote on, and it will help them electorally. So, a lot of different calculuses in the mix here. And the big question is steven mnuchin. I mean, republicans are so distrustful, do not like mnuchin, believe he gives up the farm every time he talks to pelosi. We kind of lay that out in playbook this morning, and theyre worried what he might give up in his quest for a deal. Hes very eager for a deal and very eager to give donald trump something to tout on the campaign trail. Yeah. Well, to your larger point, i think the idea that this Lame Duck Congress after this election is going to be some sort of sane, normal period of time, is probably not what id think any of us are assuming is going to happen. Politicos jake sherman, thank you, my friend. Always great to have you this hour. Still ahead, a look at what to expect tonight when the dodgers and rays face off in game one of the world series. Plus, new changes announced for thursday nights president ial debate. What both campaigns are saying about that. Those stories and a check on the weather when we come right back. 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The 116th edition of baseballs fall classic kicks off tonight with game one at 8 00 p. M. , as righthander Tyler Glassnow takes the mound while the dodgers give Clayton Kershaw the nod. Time now for the weather. We check in with meteorologist bill karins for the forecast. Bill, good morning happy tuesday. Hey, happy tuesday to you, kasie. It was not a happy monday in iowa yesterday. Snow. And it wasnt just a little snow. I mean, the first snow of the season typically is something small. This caused extreme problems on the roads. I mean, the highways were shut down. Yikes this is just outside of des moines. You can see it was big, fat, wet snowflakes, and they were accumulating, too. And yeah, its a Winter Wonderland in the Northern Plains right now. And yeah, look it you can see, 3, 4 inches of snow there, especially on the grassy surfaces. So, as we go through today, were not done yet. We have another batch of snow heading for areas near minneapolis, all the way through northern wisconsin, a little section there of south dakota. And then behind that, even another bill batch in areas of montana. So, 7 Million People are included in this. So, storm one youll see is heading through the great lakes. This is storm two, now coming down through montana. And its going to be arriving during the day today in minnesota. So, its amazing. Its cold enough that even during the daytime hours, were going to get snow in october in areas in the Northern Plains. So, as we go throughout this week, we get the snow today. Then it looks like another chance by the time we get to friday. So, heres the combined forecast for the two storms. And thats you know, areas from fargo to aberdeen, duluth, international falls. I mean, were talking about 8 to 12 inches is possible. And this is very unusual to get this amount of snow. And you notice minneapolis, 3 to 5 inches is possible. So, if this does occur, billings, bismarck will both be on track for the third snowiest october ever on record, fargo, more snow expected than the last nine octobers combined. And in minneapolis, your average first snow isnt until midnovember, so this is very early to be this cold and this snowy in the northern portions of the plains. Only 35 degrees with snow in minneapolis today. Kasie, thankfully, a lot of the rest of the countrys looking nice from new york to d. C. And a little bit of rain in florida. But yeah, for the Northern Plains, ooh, its going to be a long winter. I am so not ready for that phase of winter. Please, no its already going to be so long. Bill karins i dont even know where my hats and gloves are yet. Thank you. Well see you tomorrow. Yeah, me neither. Im going to have to track them down. Still ahead here, President Trump continues to go low against joe biden. He is now telling supporters that the former vp would be in jail if it werent for the attorney general. 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Sir, hes lit it out. Hes lit it out, whats that mean . That means hes going to stay in the basement all day. But i think today hes staying in the basement to talk to his lawyers. They caught him cold. They caught him cold. Lock him up [ crowd chanting ] he is lucky that we have in our country and they dont appreciate a wonderful human being and the most fair attorney general of the United States. Because i know people that would have had him locked up five weeks ago. Bill barr is a very nice man and a very fair man, and they have no idea, because somebody else would have taken that thing and all the crap and corruption. Hes been a corrupt politician for a long time, this guy. Your Campaign Strategy seems to be to call biden a criminal. Why is that . He is a criminal. Hes a criminal. He got caught. Read his laptop. And you know whats a criminal . Youre a criminal for not reporting it. You are a criminal for not reporting it. Let me tell you something. Joe biden is a criminal and hes been a criminal for a long time, and youre a criminal and the media for not reporting it. Good luck, everybody. Have a good time. There is no evidence there is no evidence of this at all. At all. And this is the argument the president is making in the final weeks. We have a system of justice that is one that is not a dictatorship. It is fair and straightforward, in theory, anyway, and that does not line up at all with what the president is saying. I just think since we played all those comments from the president making those accusations, we should just clear that up. Meanwhile, more than 50 former intelligence officials signed on to a letter yesterday saying that the New York Post story about Hunter Bidens emails has, quote, all of the classic earmarks of a russian disinformation campaign. This is what the president was just talking about. The letters signatories span four administrations, including the current one, and include former cia directors john brennan, michael hayden, and leon panetta. And some of the signatories have endorsed joe biden, we should note. The letter presents no evidence on whether the post report, which alleges that hunter biden used his fathers position as Vice President to further his foreign business dealings im not even sure we should outline that was falsified. It also doesnt comment on the involvedity of any of the emails, but instead, it says that their collective National Security experience makes them, quote, deeply suspicious that the russian government played a significant role in this case and suggests that russia is trying to influence how americans vote in this election. And in related news, the website mediaite reports that fox news passed on the story over questions over credibility. The News Division chose not to write the story unless the emails could be properly vetted. However, the New York Post, also owned by rupert murdoch, ran it with a byline of those who apparently didnt contribute to or write it. Thats according to the New York Times. The post stood by its story, saying that it had been properly vetted. Fox news declined to comment on the mediaite report. Meanwhile, a wisconsin judge yesterday reimposed a previous order limiting the capacity of people that can gather at indoor venues to 25 capacity. The order, which was initially imposed by the states governor, tony evers, comes amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the state as it deals with one of the worst surges of virus infections in the country. Over 1,000 people there are hospitalized as of this week, hitting new records in both infections and deaths. The state also opened a Field Hospital on state fairgrounds last week to help overwhelmed hospitals treat patients with less severe covid symptoms. A lawsuit brought on by the Tavern League of wisconsin, an alcohol trade commission, argued that the State Government had overstepped its authority and caused 5,000 bars, restaurants, and taverns that the league represents, to shut down. A judge temporarily blocked the capacity order last week but has reinstated it yesterday. Still ahead, two weeks out from the election and President Trump is voicing optimism about his chances of staying in the white house. Were going to have that new sound for you. Plus, after a chaotic first debate that featured many interruptions, the rules for this weeks faceoff between the president and joe biden are going to be a little bit different. But before we go to break, we want to know, why are you awake . Email us your reasons at waytooearly msnbc. Com or send me a tweet kasie, using waytooearly, and we will read some of your best answers, coming up later on in the show. Incomparable design makes it beautiful. 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But where we have states that are sort of tipping, could go either way, i have an ability to go to those states and rally. Biden has no ability. So, weve got President Trump saying he could still win. Joe bidens campaign saying he could still lose, and just 14 days left. Meanwhile, President Trumps Reelection Campaign is spending more than 55 million on an advertising blitz in the final days before the election. The ads are going to be funded by the campaign and the Republican National committee, with a path along the sun belt and through the rust belt, including arizona, iowa, michigan, north carolina, florida, pennsylvania, georgia, nevada, and wisconsin. Theyre also going to put some ads up in iowa and ohio. This major buy comes as some Senior Campaign advisers have described to the New York Times a cash crunch affecting the kinds of socalled harddollar donations that pay for advertising. It is a lot more expensive and less effective to do it this way. And if they had the cash they needed, this is not how they were going to be doing it. Republicans, meanwhile, are hoping that an edge in new voter registrations in three crucial swing states could help President Trump win reelection. In north carolina, state records reported by the New York Times show that republicans gained 100,000 voters, while democrats lost 136,000 voters since 2016. In pennsylvania, republicans have reportedly added about 174,000 voters since 2016, while democrats lost 31,000. And in florida, republicans have narrowed the gap with democrats substantially with the gop lagging by about 134,000 registrations, down from nearly 327,000 back in 2016 when President Trump won the state. Democrats have pulled back substantially from their ground game, due to the coronavirus pandemic, while the Trump Campaign has continued facetoface operations. And we should note that in those three states, democrats still lead overall in registered voters and reportedly also in early voting. A lastminute formatting change has just been announced for thursdays final president ial debate. The commission on president ial debates announced yesterday that each candidate will have their microphones cut off while their opponent delivers initial twominute answers on each debate topic. The Bipartisan Group said that both microphones will be on, however, during open discussion segments of the debate. Heres what President Trump said before the change was announced. Should the moderator be able to turn off the mics . I have no idea. [ inaudible ] im doing this. What am i doing to prepare . Im doing this. Ive done very well in debates. And you know, you do what you do. You just do what you do. The last debate, i had 2 on 1. I usually have 2 on 1, at least, and i did well in the last debate. Despite being displeased with the change, trump says he will still show up for the debate. Hours earlier, his campaign had sent a scathing letter objecting to the selected topics for the debate, taking issue with the fact that it wont be focused on Foreign Policy. Bidens campaign did not immediately comment on the formatting change but disputed that the campaigns had previously agreed on a Foreign Policy focus. Coverage of the final debate moderated by nbc News White House correspondent Kristen Welker is going to kick off right here at 8 00 p. M. On thursday night. Joining us now, White House Reporter for politico, gabby ohr. Gabby, good morning to you thanks for being back with us. Can we talk first about this debate . Because clearly, the formats going to be a little bit different from the one we saw before, which, you know, frankly, devolved into something of a shouting match, because of the way that the president conducted himself. What do we know about how the president is preparing this time and how it might be different from last time . Well, the president s Campaign Team has told him that he needs an entirely different approach to actually have an impact on undecided voters in this third and final or second and final debate, excuse me. So, theyve been encouraging him to come off a lot softer in his responses, to interrupt less, which was, of course, one of the biggest irks in the first debate, the president s incessant interruptions and interjections of both the moderator, chris wallace, and also his opponent, joe biden. And theyve been telling him to continue to focus his attacks on things like hunter biden, the former Vice President s son, but to do so in a way that could actually resonate with voters. We dont know to the extent to which hes been doing debate prep lately. We know hes been traveling a bunch. Hes had Campaign Rallies nearly every single day since emerging from the hospital for coronavirus. And so, it is tough to see exactly how much preparations the president has put into this second and final debate versus Vice President joe biden, who we know has been working diligently with his advisers to really make sure that this final prime Time Opportunity to reach that small slice of undecided voters who still remain is beneficial to him. Yeah, no, its a good point. And we also note that chris christie, the former new jersey governor, had been a significant part of those strategy sessions, but he was in the hospital for a week fighting coronavirus, and to our knowledge, is still recuperating. I want to ask you, gabby, about dr. Fauci. We talked about this little bit earlier in the hour. But the top the face of fighting the pandemic. He is widely popular with americans. He was on 60 minutes on sunday night, clearly got under the president s skin. The president tweeting about him. What is the strategy in attacking dr. Fauci just two weeks before the election . Are his advisers do they think there is some benefit to this . Are they trying to get him to stop . I mean, this seems like a feud that is not a winning situation for President Trump, but maybe im missing something. Well, its just as confounding to some of the president s advisers as it is to his political opponents, because if you look at the polling, dr. Fauci has had a significantly better Approval Rating and rating for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic than has President Trump. And that stands across the board with suburban women, with senior voters, really, with the demographics among whom the president is struggling the most right now. Yesterday during his phone call with campaign staff, he said that if dr. Fauci had been in charge of handling this pandemic, that there would have been significantly more deaths in the United States. He made unfounded claims about faucis position on protective face coverings, masks, and its already drawn some blowback from even republicans. Senate republican Lamar Alexander came out yesterday and said that dr. Fauci is one of the nations most distinguished experts in Infectious Diseases, and the president has no grounds to be attacking him. And politically, you know, two weeks out from an election, it is baffling that the president would choose to train his eyre on one of his own health experts, as opposed to his actual general election opponent. All right, politicos gabby orr, thank you very much for getting up early with us. Its great to have you this morning. Still ahead here, weve got a danceoff of sorts on the campaign trail. Were going to show you that in the cooler. Plus, democrats win the latest battle over mailin ballots in pennsylvania as the Supreme Court allows more time for votes to be counted. Well bring you the latest. S to. Well bring you the late st stay restless with the icon that does the same, the rx crafted by lexus. Lease the 2020 rx350 for 409 a month for 36 months. 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Adele will be rolling in the deep at 30 rock this week, as she prepares to host saturday night live for the first time. The singer announced the news on instagram, writing, i am so excited about this and also absolutely terrified my first ever hosting gig, and for snl, of all things. It will be almost 12 years to the day that i first appeared on the show during an election, which went on to break my career in america. So, it feels full circle. Adele first appeared on the show as a musical guest back in 2008, right as her first studio album 19 was topping the billboard charts. Man, doesnt that feel like a million years ago . You can catch adele hosting snl alongside musical guest her, this saturday on nbc. Yesterday at a drivein early Voter Mobilization event, Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris broke out some moves. Girls i hear you been running from the beautiful queen that you can be becoming twitter, of course, could not get enough of that moment or of the senators signature chucks her sneakers, and of course, taking the opportunity to reference another dancing candidate. I said young man, when youre short on your dough [ laughter ] i think thats turned into a ticktock dance. Maybe we should add a halftime danceoff at the final debate . I mean, id watch it. Anyway. Still ahead here, weve got the latest reporting from cnbc. As leaders make progress on stimulus talks. And as we go to break, weve got a look back at this date in history from 1973 and watergate. The country tonight is in the midst of what may be the most serious constitutional crisis in its history. 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Sprinting past every leak in our softest, smoothest fabric. Shes confident, protected, her strength respected. Depend. The only thing stronger than us, is you. Welcome back. Time now for business the rush to get a relief deal passed before election day continues on capitol hill as House Speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steven mnuchin, quote, continued to narrow their differences, end quote, in yesterdays discussions. For that, lets bring in cnbcs Julianna Tatelbaum, live from london. Juliana, good morning. Always good to see you. How are the markets reacting to this possibility . I will say as a hill reporter, i remain skeptical that this is something thats actually going to happen. But whats your take from the business side of things . Markets are also nervous, kasie, and this is what we saw yesterday. We saw some steep selling late in the day with the s p 500, the dow jones, and the nasdaq all ending significantly lower. Theyre really watching this, what seems like a political dance in d. C. Now, we did get some encouraging comments, as you said, from Nancy Pelosis office. A spokesperson for the House Speakers office saying that they have made some progress in talks, and secretary mnuchin and pelosi are set to talk again today. But investors are watching with a degree of skepticism as well. Having said that, u. S. Futures do point to a positive start. So we are expecting to see a rebound at the open for wall street today, but a lot of nerves remain at play. And in addition to stimulus talks, investors are also closely watching netflix, whos due to deliver their earnings. Were also due to get some commentary from various central bank speakers, which is always very important for markets. Weve got some data coming out in the housing market. U. S. Housing starts and Building Permits for september. But no doubt about it, washington firmly in focus for stock market investors. Kasie . And the other thing, julianna, moderna says its going to get results for its Covid Vaccine in november . That seems pretty soon. And im sure the markets are looking for some good news there. What do we know . So, modernas ceo is speaking at a wall street journal event on monday, stephen van zell, and he said we could get the interim data we need on the phase three trial under way as early as next month. And if that data is positive and sufficient, then the u. S. Government could potentially approve the vaccine for emergency use by the end of the year. Moderna has one of the leading vaccines when it comes to the timeline for these trials. Theyve been one of the first out of the gate and they are using a new technique, which has enabled them to progress pretty quickly through this process. So, fairly upbeat comments from the moderna ceo, but weve got to wait for those results to come through. And if that goes as scheduled, then we could see that next month. Back to you. 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We are exactly two weeks from election day and yesterday marked the first day of early voting in the Battle Ground state of florida. Voters were up before dawn, standing for hours with lines growing in to the hundreds before opening. Those in southern counties waited in heavy rain to cast their vote. Early voting continues in florida, 12 hours a day, through november 1st. Do you have a plan to vote yet . Make one if you havent already. Meanwhile, a ruling by the Supreme Court will allow mail in ballots can be counted in theyre received within three days in pennsylvania. Four justices dissented from the order signaling that the court was equally divided with chief Justice John Roberts siding with the three liberal members. Theyre down to eight following the death of ruth bader ginsburg. Joining us now from priorities usa, anissa mcmillan. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for being here. I want to start with this decision in pennsylvania. I noticed republicans my twitter feed criticizing john roberts yet again for this decision. What was your read on this and i know that pennsylvania is certainly a place im going to be watching on Election Night because it really could be the center of everything if this election is very close. What do you make of the decision and what else are you worried about there as you look at the landscape . Well, it certainly was a good decision in terms of allowing for and planning for the influx of mailin ballots that we know were going to see. Part of our larger litigation strategy has been filing these types of cases and in fact, the decision in the lower court was decided based upon evidence that we presented in a similar case. So it is a win. The greatest concern is what you laid out in the opening of the segment which is the fact that it was a split decision, meaning that as we look toward the nominee who we have now for the Supreme Court who kind of refused really to acknowledge that there was a problem as far as Voter Suppression was concerned, we remain very, very concerned in terms of how that will play out if we have more cases that go before the court. We also are still we were able to secure some wins not only in pennsylvania, but in michigan as well. But we are still in court trying to defend those wins because part of the National Strategy of the gop is to continue to appeal and appeal and appeal. So that is of course always a concern. You know, we have been successful so far, but there is a very, very strong coordinated effort both by the rnc and the Trump Campaign to stifle the wins that we and others have gotten in this space. Do you have any sense of which cases we should be watching for and paying particularly close attention to on Election Night . I realize that obviously we dont yet have a good sense of where on the map were going to be focused but since you have this plan laid out already, you have been focusing on this, are there states where you think we should be absolutely zeroing in on at this stage ahead of Election Night in two weeks . So we pivoted our strategy started we have a 34 Million Program and once we started to understand the nature of the pandemic and we started to understand the nature of the coronavirus itself, we focused on florida, pennsylvania and michigan in terms of filing cases that would expand access to the ballot. Understanding that we knew we were going to see this unprecedented turnout that youre seeing with the long lines wrapped around buildings, and we understood also too that we had to make sure that we removed those unnecessary barriers to voting by mail because we knew that the same voters, mainly black and brown voters and also immigrants, that have challenges due to unnecessary barriers to voting in person, they also face those challenges when voting by mail. And so those are the three states. We have done some litigation on mail ballot deadlines in arizona as well. So were looking out there, but were hoping our work and we feel fairly confident our work in expanding access to the ballot will help to kind of alleviate some of what we see, whether its the misinformation, the disinformation. A lot of the litigation that we see from republicans, were hoping that because we were able to make that early pivot we can get some relief for voters across the country. Very quickly, i want to talk briefly about senate races. I saw your tweet about Jaime Harrison and barack obama endorsing him. What races are you looking at in terms of the senate . Any that may have been unexpected earlier that you now think are winnable . We havent changed our initial strategy. Im just a personal fan of Jaime Harrison, but were looking at maine obviously and other areas. But we feel confident there. If you see a lot of Senate Republicans in very winnable races, those races where democrats have a shot, you now see republicans actually distancing themselves from donald trump which is the sign of a lot to come as far as like, you know, how the races will shape up. So we definitely we have not focused on South Carolina yet, but we are still looking at some of those seats that are very, very winnable and have been for quite some time. Well, Jaime Harrison certainly has plenty of money. Thank you your time this morning. For today, im looking at the critical talks, it will be a critical day for whether americans will get the relief they need from the federal government as we battle this pandemic. Thanks for getting up way too early with us here on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Were going to win. I wouldnt have told you that two or three weeks ago, but were going to win. We have never been in a