Battleground state. Today, a live look at the scene in allentown. We will keep an eye and an ear on that event for any news that might be made. With polls showing a tight race in a series of key battlegrounds, every vote counts. This morning, maryland, early inperson voting just getting started. What you see is a line from Silver Spring early this morning. Voters waiting in line to cast their ballots, even before the sun came up. And that is in spite of this pandemic, which is not just disappeared, as promised. In fact, we have now lost more than 226,000 americans to this virus. We have now recorded more new cases over the past week than at any other point during the pandemic. Lets get right to our reporters. Carol lee is in pennsylvania at the president s next stop. Mike memoli is covering the Biden Campaign. Steve kornacki is standing by the big board for us. Carol, lets start with you in pennsylvania. President trumps rally in allentown, the first of three for him in pennsylvania to
School. We must start with the breaking news. The stock market taking a huge hit today and it is all part of this idea that there is this monumental warning that a recession could be coming. You and i were arguing before the show. Yesterday when the president announced a delay in the tariffs. The mark loet loved it. It is a temporary one. It is a sugar high and thats when the president have given the markets. There is some who are absorbing today. Two things that are important to the present. The trade war and the stock market. The president has quickly said you know what, i am going to sideline the trade war to make sure i am propping up the market. He was not bidding against china. Wilbur ross admitted this morning it was not the president showed his hands and showing us that he does not know how tariffs work. Or hes lying. Could be one of the other. Enough people explained to him that americans are paying for the tariffs. When he keeps on saying americans are paying or the chinese a