This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is a special edition of the situation room, the 2020 race will be wrapping up in nine days and the harsh reality the coronavirus pandemic will be with us for long after that. The u. S. Reported the second highest cases. A staggering total, made alarming when covid reporting is tending to lag on weekends. As americans contend with the dangerous new surge. President trumps chief of staff signals that the white house has seemingly given up on fighting the virus. Heres what we have to do. We are not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines. Theraputics and other why arent we getting control of the virus . Its a contagious virus. Well we can contain it. Let me say this, what we need to do is mistake thoroughly that we have the proper mitigation factors, whether its therapies or vaccines or treatments to make sure that people dont die from this. S