House for joe biden and kamala harris. Former president barack obama hits the campaign trail for joe biden and lights into donald trump. The question is, will he be able to fire up democrats to turn out . And the state of the race. New polling out this morning from just about every battleground state. The question is, will tonights debate make any difference . Plus, u. S. Officials say russia and iran have obtained u. S. Voter Registration Data and that iran used the information to intimidate democratic voters. Question is, how vulnerable are we . It is way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, show that, unlike the president ial debate, never needs a mute button. Im kasie hunt on this thursday, october 22nd. We will start with the news. U. S. Security officials last night accused iran of sending the threatening emails to florida voters first thought to come from the rightwing Extremist Group the proud boys. They added that iran and russia have acquired voter i
And that is not all. On the very same day, we learned that over 221,000 americans have lost their lives from coronavirus. President trump called dr. Anthony fauci and other scientists idiots and said people are tired of hearing about the disease. He also criticized joe biden for listening to fauci, something biden called a badge of honor. The former vp is off the trail for debate prep and will not be back until friday at the earliest. Kamala harris is campaigning virtually. By contrafrkst, President Trump will be campaigning in pennsylvania today and is pushing to do as many rallies as possible. All of this comes with more than 26 million ballots already cast. And we should note, people are sick and tired of hearing about covid, but we dont have an option. It is still with us in a very big way. I want to bring in nbcs Peter Alexander at the white house and ali vitali in d. C. , peter baker for the New York Times and yamiche alcindor. Mr. Alexander, to you first. Lets cut through all th
This is may have corruption and this has to be known about before the election. I wouldnt say suggest. Inferred . You dont know . Okay. This has to be done early so the attorney general has to act. Well, the president has answered that question as he makes his most explicit demand yet for the Justice Department to investigate his democratic challenger joe biden. The question is who will speak out about this. And with election just 13 days away, new numbers show the president either tied or trailing in key battleground states. The question is, does the Campaign Even have the finances to fight back . Plus, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said hes advised the white house not to strike a deal on Coronavirus Relief before the election. The question is, did he offer an acceptable reason why . Its way too early for this. Good morning. And welcome to way too early. The show whose working email account is literally full again. Im kasie hunt on this we cou wednesday, october 21st. We will
Welcome to our viewers in the United States, canada, and around the world. We start with breaking news. New cases of covid19 are escalating so rapidly in the United States that the office of the u. S. Vice president has been directly affected. Two senior aides to mike pence have tested positive in recent days. Pences office revealed the chief of staff mark short has began quarantine and the Vice President and second lady tested negative. And cnn learned another senior pence adviser tested positive recently. Its not clear exactly when. The record spikes in recent days paint an ominous threat more than 167,000 new cases in just the past two days. If julys surge was a category three, whats looming could be a category five. At the polls with barely one week until the election, trump and pence cant afford to let up. In wisconsin the president falsely blamed the nations high death toll on a flawed counting system. If somebody has a really bad heart and theyre close to death, even if theyre n
Election because this is dangerous. Actress kirstie alli pushing back on hollywood doubling down on her vote for donald trump. Im really tired of career politicians. I like that trump has a lot of energy. He has more energy than any human being i have actually ever seen. Oh, oh one foot in front of the other brian brian i believe the music went down quietly that would be my cue that the president will be here in two hours. Be on the telephone he is going to have between two and five events the rest of the way. Joe biden, where was he . Does anyone know where joe biden and where is he going to be tomorrow . Ainsley is he staying at home until after the debate, brian. Brian thats an interesting tactic, ainsley. Ainsley look who is here with us . Will cain. Yesterday steve was losing his voice. Will so, glad to have you. You will get an interview with the president today at 8 00. Are you excited . Will i feel upstaged. Im upyou staged by the put of the United States i will cope and zeal f