We will ask three College Students about their efforts to get out the vote as they cast ballots in their very first president ial election. Both President Donald Trump and joe biden were campaigning today. Mr. Biden held an event in durham, North Carolina. The president attended a Church Service in raleigh, North Carolina, a rally in asheville, North Carolina and a rally. There is little talk about how to contain coronavirus in the white house. That is a big concern for the journalists hired to cover the president up close. Well talk about that with the president s Correspondence Association. Those journalists have a huge task ahead of them as november 3rd get closer. Just consider what all happened the last few days. Just three weeks before election day, President Trump and joe biden hit the trail. President trump on the defensive in every major battleground state. President trump on track to hold eight rallies this week alone with no social distancing, let alone masks. Its fantastic
Trail today. In a matter of hours, joe biden will be detailing his pandemic plan. President trump will head to florida for a campaign swing. The reality is this, millions of americans are suffering and are desperate for relief from washington, d. C. So in just a few minutes, ill talk to the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, about where relief talks stand at this hour. Lets go right to our reporters on the ground following the candidates. Ali vitali is in nashville, of course, the site of last nights debate. Kelly odonnell covering the white house for us on this friday morning. Ali, ill start with you. What do we know about how the Biden Campaign tries to build on that last debate there in music city usa in these final days . Reporter craig, theyre going to be hitting the states that matter and continuing on with that cohesive message that hinges on getting the country back to normal by handling the pandemic. Consider the next two days. Today well see joe biden in wilmington, delaware
Socially distanced philadelphia drivein rally. He hasnt shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends or treating the presidency like a reality show that he can use to get attention. Even then, his tv ratings are down. So you know that upsets him. I get that this president wants full credit for the economy he inherited, and zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. Tweeting at the television doesnt fix things. Making stuff up doesnt make peoples lives better. Donald trump isnt suddenly going to protect all of us. He cant even take the basic steps to protect himself. And just now, President Trump has released his copy of his entire 60 minutes interview with lesley stahl which the white house recorded, three days after the interview took place. Well have more on that later in the show. Nbc White House Correspondent Peter Alexander and nbcs mike memoli covering the Biden Campaign. Peter, to you, the president now releasing his copy of 60 minutes, i
Thousands of people who were doing this for days. Remember, this was supposed to be the election we werent going to do that. We thought the pandemic would make it too dangerous, but because of issues with the Postal Service and fears spread by this administration, this is where we are. Heres the very crazy part. It is happening at a time when the rate of new Coronavirus Infections is at an alltime high. The United States is averaging more than 70,000 new cases a day. That is up 40 from a few weeks ago. Yet President Trump is on the campaign trail saying things like this you know, now with them, cant watch anything else you turn on. Covid, covid, covid, covid, covid, covid covid theyre doing heavy covid because they want to scare people. Covid, covid, covid, hes complaining. Hes jealous of covids Media Coverage if he had been focused on covid from the beginning, cases wouldnt be reaching new record highs across the country this week. Of course, that second clip was former president obam
Thats going to do it for us tonight and but ill see you in a weird time at a weird place, sunday night 8 00 eastern, sunday night, me, brian williams, nicolle wallace, joy reid, a special election preview in our new supersized studios. Ill see you then. Be there. Sunday night, 8 00. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. You are just in time for another night of context, clarity and conversation with three days until election day. Its almost over. But honestly, that date is moot for nearly 90 million americans whove already cast their ballots. Perhaps you too. This time four years ago we were talking about many of the same issues. Donald trumps business dealings. Competitive swing states. Early voting. And more. Check out the New York Times front pages from 2016 and from today. They tell a similar story of two campaigns rushing to the finish line. Today both major candidates were in key battleground states. President trump is holding his fourth p