Be an assault by President Trump, who has set a low bar for joe biden. Is President Trump underestimating biden . Could the trump jamming backfire . Joining me now, weekend today cohost Peter Alexander in cleveland. Neera tanden from the center for American Progress who helped joe biden prepare against his Vice President ial debate against sarah palin. First, peter, what are you hearing from both campaigns as we get closer to tonights big showdown . Andrea, i want to take you into the room, very quickly, if i can, to give you a sense of what this room looks like. On the left, thats the lectern that President Trump will use. The one on the right is for joe biden. Theyre flipping a coin which theyve already done to determine that President Trump will receive the first question as part of this 90minute debate. You made the point about coronavirus testing. That means no awkward elbow bump, no handshake at all, just 80 to 100 people in the room here. But to the politics of this evening, ive
Months or so ahead away. Im in front of a Field Hospital. I was here just two weeks ago and now im here and this Field Hospital is wide open. A few weeks ago, there was nobody inside here. Now you see cars coming in and out. 300plus beds in the Field Hospital behind me. They opened up this filed hospital because stahospitals i the state of rhode island were overrun. The largest hospital having just over 700 beds. They had certain hospital beds designated for covid. Those hospital beds hit capacity. So they had to move those patients from those hospitals to this Field Hospital. Theres one Field Hospital here just 15 minutes or so away from here. Another Field Hospital opening up today as well. As of now, they only have one patient inside but theyre anticipating more patients will be coming in throughout the day. I want to bring in dr. Laura foreman who is heading up this Field Hospital here and has been the director of this Field Hospital for some time and preparing for more patients to
Look at the media. State of the union with Candy Crowley begins right now. Week two of a new year, and in the offing, a controversial cabinet nomination and a battle over money matters. Today, is there an echo in here . One thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a bill they have already racked up. We cannot agree to increase that Borrowing Limit without agreeing to reforms that lower the avalanche of spending. Raising the debt ceiling and raising objections over former republican senator chuck hagel. The president s expected choice for defense secretary. Our conversation with senators dick durbin and Lindsey Graham. Then, learning the ropes with two freshmen, democratic senator democrat Heidi Heitkamp and republican congressman richard hudson. Plus, can either Party Compromise and keep hard core supporters on board, neera tanden of the center for American Progress, the wall street journals jacqui kaums and the New York Times and our own dana
Chris im chris wallace. With Vice President biden about this release his plan to prevent more massacres, the battle lines in washington are already forming. Chris both sides in the gun debate are gearing up. For a fight over tighter controls. Who will win . Well ask two people at the center of the argument, neera tanden of the center for American Progress and larry pratt from gun owners of america. Then, a confirmation show down over the president s nominees, to Top National Security posts. From defense to the cia. The men the president wants in his new cabinet are coming under heavy fire. Will the Senate Approve them . Well hear from two members of the Armed Services committee. Republican kelly ayotte and democrat Richard Blumenthal. Also the president is taking a more aggressive approach as he begins his second term. Well ask our sunday panel if mr. Obama has the clout to win the fights hes taking on. And our power player of the week. The wife of a washington insider makes her own ma
Talking about bacon. And the russian olympics on thin ice. All that ahead this sunday morning. Announcer from abc news, this week with George Stephanopoulos starts now. Good morning. Im martha raddatz. George has the morning off. Its great to have you with us. And we begin with breaking news as more than 20 embassies and consulates are closing around the world right now. And here at home, increased security measures are now in place. Abc news has learned this morning that the intercepted communications that led to the alert indicate terrorists are planning an attack that is going to be big and, quote, strategically significant. Yesterday the white house held an hours long meeting, highlevel meeting with the countrys Top National Security officials to discuss the response to the threat, and weve just learned what went on at that meeting, so lets go straight to jon karl, who is at the white house, and, jon, it sounds like the National Security community is really spooked by this. Reporte