Good morning. Im jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post and welcome to first look, Washington Post onestop shop for news and analysis on the most pressing political issues of the day. This morning we are reviewing an actionpacked week, Amy Coney Barretts nomination, the coronavirus, stimulus talks and, of course, last nights dueling banjos of town halls, one for president donald trump, the other performer Vice President joe biden, the democratic president ial nominee. To get it started to talk about all of this is the Washington Post White House Reporter ashley parker. Thanks so much for being here. Thanks for having me, jonathan. So on the town hall, these dueling debates, did the Trump Campaign achieve its t aim, scheduling the trump townhall at the same time as biden . Well, its the aim in some way was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden. I think yes. Anecdotally, or people seems to be watching thetr trump townhall in real time than the joe bide
South of hartford. And i wish his story were exceptional, but you have all heard these stories, my republican and democratic friends. We will thank you for your continued support of the Affordable Care act. Our family has extensive medical needs, and we rely, we rely on the preexisting conditions and no lifetime cap coverage provisions that the a. C. A. Provides. Both of our sons have Serious Health issues. Harrisons developmentally impaired, has a rare genetic disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, and a rare form of intractable epilepsy, characterized by multiple uncontrolled daily seizures. Imagine that. Imagine having a son like that. Jacob who just turned 15 has hemophilia a with an inhibitor. If you are unfamiliar with this disease, it means his body not only lacks the protein needed to clot his blood in the case of an injury but also rejects the typical medicine used to treat this disorder. This means that often the only way to treat his often spontaneous internal bleeds is a s
Points, bucking an otherwise weak trend. The dow and s p 500 finishing near session lows yesterday. We are counting down to novembe. We are six days away from the big vote before americans he hed to the polls. President trump and joe biden in the final stretch of their respective campaigns this morning. The president is headed to arizona today. The bidens in the hot speat as a former business associate of hunter biden speaks out. Hear from congressman guy reschenthaler this morning, tom fiten and ron johnson about the bombshell report and its impact. Earnings season rolling on this morning. Heavy hitters reporting include boeing, general lek particular, mastercard and General Electric and anthem. Well bring you the numbers. Mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey are set to testify on liability over their sites content. Roger wicker is here, he will lead the hearing today. The cost is out, my new book with James Freeman, we will take an exclusive peak into a chapter on taxes and regulation. We
Post [inaudible] it was a late night and early morning. My god. [laughter] the Washington Post. Give the viewers a thumbnail of what you wrote today. I think some, the Vice President , mike pence, came on with a case that he wanted to make against joe biden and the Democratic Party and Kamala Harris but what undermines the case is the person he works for, President Trump. That was obvious from the getgo weather discussion focused on the coronavirus pandemic and administrations handling of it and the Vice President asked to recycle statements the president has made repeatedly over many months, which he deemed himself as telling what they claim a isa great record against all the evidence how this country has a much higher death toll than any major industrialized country in the world. And as for senator harris and moderator susan page asked why is that the case, it was a tough night for him to try to do what he wanted to do. The administration, the campaign, the trump folks would like to
Life. The image of Donald Trumps america today. In joe bidens america, you and your family will never be face. America has always been full of hope and resolve. Go and vote good morning, im Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to first look, president ial 2020 debate, Washington Post live, one stop shop for news and and analysis from last nights president ial debate and what a debate it was. This morning, to kick things off, im joined by chief National Correspondent and veteran political reporter and editor, dan, thank you so much for being here. Im going to dispense with the opening questions that i had and im going to read the opening paragraph of your fantastic column in which you write no one alive has ever seen a president ial debate like the unseemly shout fest between President Trump and joe biden. It was an insult to the public as well and a sad example of the state of of american democracy five weeks before the election. Go on. [laughter] well, i