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overnight, both candidates taking questions from voters. president trump making news with what he would not say, and joe biden making headlines on the supreme court, among other issues, and making an impression by staying well after the town hall, still answering questions. abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off tonight. reporter: donald trump is in florida today, pleading for support from seniors, a group he won easily four years ago but is struggling with this year, in part because of his handling of covid-19. today he made them this promise. seniors will be the first in line for the vaccine. the light at the end of the tunnel is near. we are rounding the turn. reporter: campaigning in michigan today, joe biden shot back, saying the president is lying about a pandemic that by any measure is taking a turn for the worse. turned the corner? my lord. it s not disappearing. in fact, it s on the rise again. it s getting worse, as predicted. reporter: d
was just racked with pain and exhaustion. and it all happened very quickly. within 24 hours, i went from feeling absolutely fine to being in the intensive care unit. reporter: christie tested positive after not wearing a mask during the president s debate preps and that superspreader event at the white house. he now says he s learned a lesson. i let my guard down. and it was wrong. it was just a big mistake. leaders all across politics, sports, the media, should be saying to people, put your masks on and be safe until we get a vaccine that can help to protect us completely. reporter: in the race for a vaccine, pfizer today saying if all goes well, they could have a vaccine ready to send for emergency authorization soon after the third week of november. a vaccine can t come soon enough. in florida, unimaginable loss for the family of jerry jones, the 51-year-old veteran and ems first responder who died of the virus just a day after
reports the white house was warned that giuliani had become the target of a russian intelligence operation? reporter: david, abc news confirmed a report first in the washington post that u.s. intelligence warned the white house that russian operatives were trying to influence giuliani in a bid to get him to pass misinformation to the president. this was during a time when giuliani was traveling to ukraine, trying to dig up dirt on the bidens. jon karl leading us off again tonight. jon, thank you. and now to the new urgency about the coronavirus in this country as cases hit a grim new milestone today. more than 8 million confirmed cases here in the u.s. the death toll more than 218,000. pfizer announcing they could submit a vaccine for emergency approval at the end of november. and what former governor chris christie is now saying after spending seven days in the icu with covid about not wearing a mask at the white house for that rose garden event and for debate prep, saying it