First lets go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. Jim, the president s North Carolina rally begins very soon. So what more are you learning . Another very important day. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump is claiming hes done a, quote, good job, great job on the coronavirus, he says, as the number of dead in the u. S. From covid19 has reached approximately 190,000 people. The president s wishes for a vaccine by election, though, just got a dose of reality as dr. Anthony fauci just said, that is unlikely. The president is also doing damage control after revelations that he used crude language to describe fallen u. S. Service members. As it turns out, there is video from 2016 that appears to show mr. Trump describing military commanders as, quote, losers. In the meantime, Trump Supporters you were just showing this picture a few moments ago. Theyre gaths ring in North Carolina right now for a campaign speech. We can show you that video if we have it available to
Park avenue is wall street all he thinks about is the stock market telling them, were going to do all right. Everybody own stock. How many of you all own stock . My neighborhood in scranton, not a whole lot of people own stock. Joe biden woke up to good news in the polls today from the New York Times siena poll out this morning he has a ninepoint advantage in arizona. A 17point advantage in maine and a 1point lead in North Carolina trump has effectively instructed his supporters to commit felly voter fraud by voting twice. In the swing states, mr. Trump is still lagging across the board. The times polled seven president ial battlegrounds in the last two weeks, and the president has not led in any of them in no state did he amass more than 44 of the vote though he has repeatedly tried to shift the folk aurks way from the virus, he has not established a meaningful advantage over mr. Biden on any issue of equal urgency a grim political reality for the president on the first day of early v
We have the best medical his social distancing. Equipment. But there are a lot of people we have the best medicines. Who looked at that video last all developed recently. I stood out front. Night and thought, this is the president signaling bad behavior i led. To americans as were still in nobody thats a leader would not the midst of a pandemic thats do what i did. And i know theres a risk. Theres a danger, but thats killing american after american. Okay. Robert, we still dont have and now im better and maybe im answers to critically important questions like when the immune. I dont know. President last tested negative. But dont let it dominate your lives. Of course, we can and should politically, why is this so be afraid without it dominating important . Well, look, i think its our lives. Going to be important for a lot President Trump sent that very of things, not the least of message on a day when the number of americans who have died from which theres supposed to be a debate between
[ cheers and applause ] its andesancy. Look, weve got to come together. I was reminded of that earlier this month when i went to the sacred ground of gettysburg. Abraham lincoln told us a house divided cannot stand. Remember what donald trump said . When covid19 deaths reached 200,000 in america, he said if you look at the blue states, the democratic governors, and just look at the red states, the republican governors were doing well. Well, first of all, its not true. The great rise is happened in most of the red states, but thats not the point. Think of what hes saying about whats going 0en in america. Hes saying, if you live in pennsylvania, youre not his problem. If you live in a red state, alabama, he may think about you. Hes not responsible for your familys wellbeing, if youre in a blue state. Folks, i dont see the president that way. I dont see it that way. I dont see america that way. Im running as a proud democrat, but i will govern as an american president for everybody [ horn
Because the law says there are periods of counting that come after that. Okay . Legitimate ballots are allowed and counted in multiple states routinely. The president knows this. Why would he mislead you and tell that you anything that happens after election day is fraudulent. Why would he create this confusion . Same reason as always. It may work for him. How so . A Trump Campaign source says, trump could declare victory on tuesday even if he hasnt won. Even if he hasnt clinched 270 electoral votes. How . Heres the scenario. Trump takes florida. The states start falling either way. Biden wins michigan and wisconsin, doesnt get North Carolina, georgia, comes down to pennsylvania. And its close. And its tuesday. And trump says its not that close. We won. But now they want to count for more days the. Sounds suspicious, right . Its bs. The law in the state for a long time now, and challenged at the Supreme Court level wasnt changed is, theyre going to continue to count mailin ballots for