Need, next. Good morning, everybody. We are so happy you are with us early on this saturday. It is october 17th. Im lindsey reiser. And im kendis gibson. Thank you so much for joining us. Lots going on here on this saturday morning that we have to get to. Lets begin on the campaign trail, because its going to be a very busy day on the race to the white house. Were just 17 days to go. Both candidates are on the trail this weekend, making appearances in critical background states. Last night, President Trump speaking for nearly two hours at a rally in macon, georgia, taking aim at his democratic counterpart, using familiar tactics. Lock them up. You should lock them up. Lock up the bidens. Lock up hillary. [ crowd chanting ] lock him up. Meantime, joe biden spoke at a drivein rally in the motor city, detroit, where he slammed the president for shrugging off a plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer. All the president does, trump does, is fan the flames of hatred and division in
First. Our friends in the world, theyre laughing at us. I dont care about friends. I dont care about allies. We fought wars with them. We bled and died with them. America turns inward, away from the world. The United States has taken its marbles and gone home. We have become a real object of pity and scorn. No longer the indispensable nation. I dont recognize my country. We are not who we think we are. A president insulting allies. In france, they have all sorts of problems. Germany is a disaster. Leaders like merkel and macron tried to work with trump. He views every foreign relationship as if that company is renting space in trump tower. A president embracing tyrants. He wrote me beautiful letters. We fell in love. He does admire strong men. A shocked world watches. The great retreat. We have seen the battle field. The United States has been absent. Another power rises. Chinas returning to the global stage. Then a killer virus shakes the global order. The dysfunction, the death of de
Ballot in arkansas, california, hawaii, kansas, kentucky, new york, North Carolina, oklahoma, pennsylvania, and tennessee. The last day to request a mailin ballot. Early voting starts today in washington, d. C. , and parts of kansas. And if you plan to vote by mail in wisconsin, better get moving. The u. S. Supreme court has rejected democrats effort there to allow absentee ballots counted up to six days after the election because of the pandemic. A lower court did extend that deadline for counting but that ruling was blocked by a federal Appeals Court and now up held by the high court, meaning bottom line here, absentee ballots must now be received by 8 00 p. M. On november 3rd. This decision is a win for republicans and it could impact the tally in this key battleground state. Wisconsin was one of three rust belt states that gave President Trump the white house back in 2016. Up until now, the court has been issuing stays or vacating stays, but it hasnt written opinions. This is a 35p
Minute. This morning, more than 79,000 people are waking up in the hospital. 10,000 were admitted in the past week. Across the country, some people are again waiting hours to get tested. Look at this line in maryland. And still, even in the face of this growing crisis, the outgoing Trump Administration is prohibiting Health Officials from communicating with president elect biden. Something biden warns could delay Vaccine Distribution by weeks if not months. And what does the defeat t president have to offer to the public about this crisis today . Nothing. Nothing. The president has nothing on his public schedule today. It is the 12th of the past 16 days that he is doing nothing. Folks who have covered the white house for years say they have never seen a stretch like this. So much nothing. To misquote winston churchill, never has so little been done for so many for so long. And thats with the a pandemic that killed nearly 2,000 people a day over the last few weeks. What hes not doing fo
Commenced, a Trump Administration official tells cnn today that some staffers at the department of health and Human Services were actually instructed to ignore and report anyone from the Biden Harris Transition Team if they try to contact the federal agency. Its an outrageous act of obstruction that places the president s feelings ahead of the lives of the American People. To be clear, president elect biden will be sworn in on january 20th and he will be in charge of trying to lead the nation out of this deadly pandemic. Outgoing President Trump is focusing instead of the pandemic on trying to overturn the results of the president ial election. He is trying to undo the clear and convincing victory by president elect biden. Trump is doing this not with so much evidence as he is with tweets of wild and unhinged lies that he won the election. He has been pushing discredited conspiracy theories and false claims, and purging anyone he deems disloyal to him. Even if that is only because the