Fighting fight now erupting in washington. In his pointed remarks biden now going after Senate Republicans by name calling them out for their hypocrisy as they rush to name a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg before the election. Jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. I dont believe the people of this nation will stand for it. Even if President Trump wants to put forward a name now the senate should not act until after the American People select their next president. Their next congress, their next senate. Bidens speech coming as the country nears a devastating milestone nearing 200,000 people who have died from coronavirus. Our correspondents are standing by with the very latest on all of these developments. Lets begin with jessica dean in philadelphia where joe biden just wrapped up the remarks. We heard biden mentioning the pandemic as another reason why he believes a justice shouldnt be rushed before the election. Repor
Mike pence and the second lady have tested negative for the coronavirus. This comes 32 days before the president ial election. The democratic nominee, joe biden, we have been told is going to take a test now as well. That of course following tuesdays debate and the president s diagnosis has thrown more uncertainty, very hard, very real, very important questions into this president ial race at a time that Many Americans are already on edge. Were digging into the time line and this is important. The International Reaction including from u. S. Adversaries who may sense weakness here. The impact on National Security. The Market Reaction as well. First, straight to the white house. Cnns john harwood is there. John, an important question here is how did we find this out . Walk us through the time line here. This started with the news that hope hicks, a close confidant of the president , had tested positive. It is almost impossible to process what happened this week, but lets go back to the b
Christie helped prepare the president for his debate with joe biden earlier over the weekend in fact, last weekend. This morning, republican senator ron johnson from wisconsin announcing that he has tested positive. The third gop senator to get that diagnosis in the last 24 hours. And several of those infected, not senator johnson, actually attended a white house ceremony one week ago to introduce the president s u. S. Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. An event where few masks, as you see in this picture, were worn. And now uncertainty surrounds how the president s diagnosis will impact the election and just when he contracted the virus. Lots of new questions. Largely because his doctors had a very different scenario than many were expecting. Lets begin with Jeremy Diamond at Walter Reed Medical Center where the president is being treated. Jeremy, the present doctor says he was diagnosed 72 hours ago whereas most people thought he was diagnosed or at least it was publicly reveal
Conflicts . Hes a nice guy so i keep him around. Hope hicks who tested positive for covid19 is back on the trail with the president , but not wearing a mask. Senator Kamala Harris is canceling her schedule through sunday after two people traveling with her tested positive for the coronavirus. The Campaign Said the senator tested negative for the virus today. Now yesterday there were 57,000 new cases in the United States and unfortunately 930 deaths. The president has no strategy as evidenced in an interview this morning. What happens if you get a big spike in cases in the United States and cases are rising . Were not doing anymore lockdowns. Were doing fine. Former president barack obama is criticizing how the Trump White House responded to the coronavirus. We had a pandemic, the threat of pandemic, we had competent people in place to deal with it. Well have more on that in a moment. First Steve Kornacki joins us from the big board. He has new polling numbers and whats driving joe bide
The white house is not calling on the commission for debates to reschedule the canceled event. This as trump preparing to return the president is said to rally in florida. He also has scheduled rallies in pennsylvania tuesday, iowa wednesday. Today the president claiming he is, quote, immune from coronavir coronavirus. Tomorrow starts the for judge barretts nomination. They are scheduled to run through the week, as republicans pittsburgh to meal while Chuck Schumer is. Given just barretts flents of interest, she should recuse herself from any decision involving the Affordable Care act, its protections, and any decisions related to the election. The process is already a legitimate shes being rushed through to decide decisions she already seems to have made up her mind on. Cnns Arlette Saenz is here, as well as Jeremy Diamonds. Jeremy, what are you learning . Reporter the commission on president ial elections announced it was going to cancel the second debate altogether, but now the whit