Im terry martin. Good to have you with us. The u. S. Death toll in the corona virus pandemic has now surpassed a quarter of a 1000000 people by far. d the highest National Toll worldwide infections are soaring to new highs across the country. New york city was the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak earlier this year. Now its decided to close all Public Schools again as it fights a resurgence of the virus. Its an unseasonably at the last week of school for children across new york city. Classrooms are shifting to online manning until further notice. Its the latest in a theories of new restrictions in the state. Parents and students alike are unhappy. Its super unfortunate that these kids are going to be denied an education, but we can go eat dinner inside a restaurant for too long to be able to get it kind of are a little sad its thats what passes for the carrots or go with the citys mayor feels the same way workers i want to for as much as we are unhappy today that this moment was reached
Than one million new cases. Now new restrictions going into effect in some cities and states. But do they come too late to stem the tide . Well talk to the former head of the cdc in a moment. Meanwhile, overnight there were nearly two dozen arrests as supporters of President Trump and counterprotesters clashed violently in the streets of washington. The president tweeting to d. C. Police to crack down. Well have more in a live report and talk to chuck todd in a moment. Then our sunday focus on a president ial election. The department of Homeland Security this week called it the most secure in American History even as the president continues to cast doubt on the results. We have an inside look at how the vote counters did their jobs during a pandemic no less. Plus, in our sunday spotlight this veterans week, harry smith sits down with marine jake wood who rounded up his fellow vets and created a new global force for good, rushing into disaster zones to bring help and hope. And later, a
Good to be with my friend stacy abrams. Can we hear it for Stacey Abrams . [cheering] i was talking to stacy and i said, look at where we are, georgia. Look at where we are and where you have been and what you have been doing. Organizing and mobilizing and getting folks registered to vote. Early voting is now over, but we want to remind everybody they can drop off their balance in the drop boxes. We want to make sure they are doing that through 7 00 p. M. On election day. Abrams iyin santa stacey was so thankful to her saying to Stacey Abrams i was thankful for her to fight for georgians and the right to vote, which she has been doing for years. Fight with a good thankless energy that she keeps giving. All that we are looking to now in terms of georgia and the prospect of what we might accomplish in this state, in large part we have to say, thank you, Stacey Abrams, for the work you have done. [cheering and applause] thank lucy mcbath. [cheering] we have got to get her reelected. Mcbat
And 30 seconds. With some other questions. Rebuttals, 31 trump and 28 biden. Interruptions, President Trump with 25 and joe biden with 12. Here is a graphic from nbc news noting the breakdown of speaking time by topic. When it came to the issue of economy 19 minutes of speaking , the pandemicbate taking up 13 minutes and 53 seconds, health care six minutes and 41 seconds, ethics seven minutes and 42 seconds, Race Relations nine minutes and 27 seconds. Nbc news also breaking it up by how much time each candidate spent on each topic. Joe biden speaking more on the issue of race and health care. President trump speaking more on the issues of the economy and coronavirus. Nbc news. Com is where you can find that stat. This is from republican rhonda mcdaniel. The number of moderator interruptions. She interrupted joe biden eight times and President Trump 41 times during the debate. When it came to how the debate is playing out in the political media online we take you to some of the headline