Even nopg swing states, especially among them. The elephant in the room, the biggest factor influencing the ability to vote and potentially the choice of candidate is the pandemic. Many key states are getting hit worse than ever just when the ability to move around safely matters most. Florida, more than 4,000 new cases there just today. The president said, oh, yeah. It was a spike but it went away. No. It has gotten worse. Michigan, wisconsin, where trump just went stumping tonight. Wisconsin hospitals are completely overwhelmed. Icu beds have reached 87 of capacity and we are months away from where we thought the crisis would happen. Months away. Months early. How many will vote early out of fear . 68 million have already way ahead of the pace four years ago. But cases are exploding as well. Were getting close to double the case number where we were this summer as a rate. Were around 40. Now were at 70 plus. How many will stay home . How many will vote to punish trump for his inaction . How many believe biden will make good on his promises of better . One thing for sure, we are exactly where we didnt want to be. For months, trump has been begged by many of us in the media, by insiders and experts, first responders, health workers, let the government get together a real plan to fight covid and get it uncontrolled. All hands on deck. Think that b the last time a major effort in america didnt even have a name. The vaccine effort does, right . Operation warp speed. But trumps effort to fight covid doesnt even exist. He cant even name you something. There is no plan, no operation. There is no anything. Remember, though he kept saying covid was a hoax, when he wassed what was happening in november if Nothing Happened to abate the pandemic. Remember ted wild notion not to do something radical to fight the virus but to move the election so that americans could properly and securely and safely vote. He wanted to buy time. Not buy you safety. Remember, he said, i can do it myself, you know. Of course, he was wrong. He was bronco that as he was wrong about not going all in to stop the virus. Now we can add another victim to the pandemic toll. The election. And it is in this precarious moment that were realizing skoefd worse than ever. Were faced with two candidates making their closing arguments for your vote, one week away. If you havent voted already or you dont vote tonight. Biden sees the pandemic as front and center. He sees the country in need of healing and on multiple levels. His cure is the same. Come together. Come directly at what is making us sick. Culturally, physically, politically, and come to a better place. Clear the decks for action. We will act on the first day of my presidency to get covid under control. We can and we will control this virus. As president , i will never wave the white flag of surrender. They are completely going in opposite directions. Trump argues just as vigorously as the opposite. Covid schmovid. He had the White House Office listing the pandemic as an achievement. Seriously . It is over . If it were any farther from over it wouldnt have happened yet. He wants to you believe when it comes to covid and anything else, the cure is one thing. You must believe only him. Covid, covid, covid, covid, covid, covid. We have a spike in cases. Were testing everybody. In many ways i hate it. In many ways i hate it. We test everybody. They use it to make us look bad. No. You make you look bad. Thats all it takes. If were testing too much, why does the positive rate keep increasing . If you were testing too much, the rate of positivity would stay the same. Then you have more of the same data appointment. If youre testing too much, why are the hospitals filling up . The better question is, mr. President , why lie . Why deny what everyone knows this country is living . You should have the wherewithal to do so much more. A week from the election and here we are. And by the way, its not the only moment of crisis. Another black man shot and killed by police in the key state of pennsylvania. Walter wallace jr. The name we now must all know. Just 27, killed yesterday in front of his mom in philadelphia. She was chasing after him, begging cops not to shoot a man clearly in mental distress. You dont have to believe me. There is tape. And it is so sad. You will feel yourself watching it. You can see that the police dont know gha to do. They dont know how to make the situation any different than it is unfolding. You see the mothers desperation and you feel yourself saying, dont, dont, dont, just like his mother was. The biden team put out a statement on the shooting today. On addressing systemic flaracis had in this country. For biden, the battle of dealing with racism or the coronavirus, is to get a president who cares about fighting these problems. A president who is not in it for himself. A president who doesnt divide us but unites us. A president who appeals not to the worst us but the best. I will govern as an american president. I will work as hard for those who dont support me as for those who do. Thats the job of a president. A duty of care for everyone. There certainly is a need for care. We are certainly a country in crisis. Those things we know. What we dont know is what happens next. Lets bring in David Gregory and howard dean. I would be remiss if i did not say that the proof of how wrong the president was to say that the pandemic affects just about nobody, is that David Gregory got the virus and dealt with it like it was a bad cold. We were in touch during it. And i was jealous of your strength, your quiet persistence, and how you just vanquished the virus in a matter of days. Thank god for you and the rest of your family. Im glad to see you, brother. Thank you, brother. I appreciate your counsel. I wasnt that brave. It took a while. Im 14 days now and im finally back. I was very fortunate. I was very lucky to be able to deal with it at home bust certainly difficult. And im very happy to be on the other side. Now that youre in the family, you were acutely aware of the situation before. Having lived through it now and seeing how many people there are exactly like you, how big a deal do you think the virus will be this year on peoples minds . I think it is so huge. Especially with more cases, more hospitalizations, more fear. The psychological piece which i know you experienced and i experienced as well, is so different because youre afraid, even when youre in an unfortunate situation like me, recovering at hole, youre afraid it could get worse. It is not like what we know of a cold or the flu. And thats what people are fearful of. They want leadership and theyre asking if theyre in a time of voting, how has our leader handled this . In any president ial election, you really want it to be a choice. Not purely of referendum. And i think it is so much a referendum on the president s leadership on a crisis that is not abating. We are not vanquishing. And i think thats very bad for the president. Is biden making the right move . He is. And i think hes getting stronger as the Campaign Goes on. I agree with david that these elections, these second term elections are almost always a referendum on the president. But biden is proposing a different way of doing this. A more traditional way for president s to lead and trump is not leading. Trumps problem is not that hes conservative. His problem is that hes crazy. Hes incapable of thinking about anybody but himself. Joe biden has learned through bitter experience through his whole life, thats the wrong way to approach very difficult things. What do you think the biggest challenge is pulling this off, depending on a couple of case turnouts, a few days after november 3 . With, two things. Is there an aspect of 2016 which is people go in to vote or they vote early, and despite what were seeing in the polls, theyre making a different decision, more of a gut decision to stick by trump. The other thing is the fear factor. I think this is all about fear on both sides. The fear of biden that trump is trying to expose is, hey, voters say, maybe im done with trump but im afraid of the left. And im afraid, biden seems like a nice guy but the left will be in control and theyre going to push hard on stuff that i dont like. Even on the virus. Maybe theyll start shutting down is that i dont have a job. Maybe they wont open my kids school because it is a shutdown mentality. I think those fears are real and i dont know how big that group is. Howard, speak to the role of fear and who you think it helps more in this race, and as a big organizer at the party level, which party do you think positioned itself better to deal with the discount effect of the pandemic on election day . Well, trump is the republican party. So they obviously did not position themselves terribly well. I think the democrats have done a pretty good job positioning themselves. I would give the credit to joe biden. Many people wanted somebody younger and more dynamic and somebody further left. He is the right candidate. His experience means a lot to people. Especially when you compare with trump who had none and still needs to have none. I think were running both a positive campaign and a reassuring campaign. And i dont say that because im a biden guy. I stay neutral because of it. The nuts and bolts, looking at the numbers, early voting has surpassed 58. 3 million pre election votes cast in 2016. Election day is a huge push we expect republicans to come out strong. That means you had to prepare. A lot of key states, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, florida, theyre going to have scary situations. I think theres no question about that. And the president has tried to pump up his ranks to win on that last day of voting. To try to make a stand in some of these battleground states. I think it is important. I think the specter of long lines and crowds and even the fear of some kind of suppression or intimidation is a factor in some of these states. I think the governor speaks to it. Theres so much motivation. A lot of fear. Theres so much anger. I think there is a sense that big things are on the ballot. It is who we are. Who we want to be as a country. I thought biden was smart to talk with the bible and a time for healing and ecclesiastes. He is saying, its time to calm down, we have to get out of the ditch here and get back on an even keel in this country. Whether youre for me or taxes or whatever. Can we just stop the madness a little bit . And i think that resonates. I think thats a bigger motivators. I think just as the end of the bush years, there was a desire for the United States to reorient itself in the world. To stop a posture of war. To stop some of the response to the war on terror. People wanted that reset. The social fabric has been torn even worse than it was in those years. I think the closest analog, and people will be bored by the history of it. If you look at hoover over fdr. Hoover made the mistake of denying the depth of the depression. That it was a short term bounce. It would come back. He didnt do anything big. He believed he should play it down. Fdr went 180 degrees the other way. And i think the more of biden doing, that im going to go big. Ill going to help the businesses, throw everything at it. Dont pretend it doesnt exist. This race looks a lot more like that. Well be speaking plenty. Seven days will sound like seven months. Another aspect we have to drill into more. Is this record early voting. Young people have finally come into their own. Mexico make an impact. What are we seeing . Are there early signs . The answer is yes. Are they more engaged . The wizard of odds has the numbers on what could be a legitimate xfactor. We saw in it 2018. Will we see it in seven days . Next. Because the pain youre feeling could be a sign of irreversible joint damage. Every day you live with pain, swelling, and stiffness. You risk not being able to do the things you love. Especially in these times, its important to keep up with your rheumatologist. Schedule an appointment today. [ sneeze ] its important to keep up with your rheumatologist. Skip to cold relief fast with alka seltzer plus severe powerfast fizz. Dissolves quickly. Instantly ready to start working. Oh, what a relief it is so fast were all finding ways to keep moving. But how do we make sure the direction were headed is forward . At fidelity, youll get the planning and advice to prepare you for the future, without sacrificing the things that are important to you today. Well help you plan for healthcare costs, taxes and any other uncertainties along the way. Because with fidelity, you can feel confident that the only direction youre moving is forward. Some numbers. 68 million americans have already cast their ballots. Thats over half the total vote in 2016. Is that meaningful or meaningless data . Well, it is certainly meaningful when you look at who is voting. Not by party. That i believe partisan preference is becoming less a defining element of who we are as voters. If you look at it by age, now you see something interesting. How much so . Harry is here. Impress me with the other young people. I have shoes older than you. Heres the situation. Lets take a look at who is turning out early to vote this year and compare it to where we were four years ago at this point. I think this gives you an idea of what is cooking. Look at the share of voters turning out early under the age of 40 this year. Right now, its 22 . Compare that to where we were on election day in 2016. It was 14 . We have a little time to go and well see what actually occurs on election day but this does seem to line up with what we saw in 2018 where Younger Voters made up a bigger piece of the pie in that midterm. Who do they like . They like joe biden. He is leading by about 20 points. Up 56 to three . And that is what weve seen consistently over the last few years as the millennials have come up. They make up the vast share of those under the age of 40. Generation z makes up some of that share. No doubt the more Younger Voters turn out, the better it is for the vice president. In one of the very funny conversations we have, more and more, i believe the best part of this show happens before it happens. I said to you, boy, im surprised they would like biden issue for issue with all due respect to the former vp. And you said, well, its not about liking him. It is not about liking trump. How much so and how do you know . So look at this. Take a look at the favorable and unfavorable of biden and trump among registered voters. You see the favorable is slightly down. Thats not what we saw in the numbers. Whats driving it . 61 of registered voters under the age of 40 have an unfavorable view of donald trump. Thats really what is driving my opinion. This youth enthusiasm. Not so much a love for biden. It is for a lot of young voters the truly deep dislike of the president of the United States. How are they dispersed in terms of states that matter in. If you want to look at young voters, i would specifically look at arizona would be a good example of a place where there are a lot of up and coming, especially among hispanics and especially in a state like texas. If biden is going to flip that state. Young voters are very important. If joe biden can get young voters to turn out in texas, he has a real shot furnishing state blue. You keep talking about arizona. Why . Look at these states right here. If youre looking at the road to 270, the easiest pathway is through the upper midwest. It gets to you 279. Say biden was to fall in one of those states. Lets say he doesnt win in pennsylvania. If you add in arizona with its 11 electoral votes, and you take away the 20 from pennsylvania, you still get joe biden to 270 electoral votes exactly. Right now biden is ahead in the arizona average by 4 points. So hes leading there and it is a very important state. If one of the states in the upper midwest falls through. If were counting the second congressional district, then nebraska with its one electoral vote, this will be a very close count on tuesday if it even ends on tuesday. So when you get your taxes mailed off, when do you need them post marked by . April 15th. Then youre set with the man. No matter when they get it, youre covered. Thats not the standard for our votes. Even this year. So we have two attorneys general who are in the middle of a fight to count every vote in their battleground states. Think about it. You have the president telling you, weve got to have a legitimate election. Isnt that what makes legitimate . Counting all the votes . And specifically pennsylvania, next. vo im a verizon engineer and today, were turning on 5g across the country. With the coverage of 5g nationwide. And, in more and more cities, the unprecedented performance of ultra wideband. The fastest 5g in the world. It will change your phone and how businesses do everything. Im proud, because we didnt build it the easy way, we built it right. This is the 5g americas been waiting for. Only from verizon. Wisconsin, key state. Pennsylvania, key state. In both were seeing two things. Lines of people waiting to vote and the virus exploding. Okay. Thats a horrible combination. Now, throw into the mix under certainty about one of the ways people can vote safely. According to state law, in both places, if youre in line to vote on Election Night when the polls close, you still get to vote. That same rule may not be true if your ballot is in line with the post office. We have the latest on a pair of Pivotal Supreme Court cases which now may have a different disposition. Lets begin in, that a. Republicans want the high court to hear a case they just ruled on last week. The gop wants to make sure absentee votes only count if they arrive by election day, no matter when they are post marked. Lets start with the Pennsylvania Attorney general josh shap eshapiro. How are they able to go down after they accept the state courts ruling . Well, technically speaking, last week the court dead locked 44 on the request for a stay. Basically, staying or stopping state law that says, you can get three days to receive the ballots, assuming they were post marked. What now theyre asking the Supreme Court to do is to hear this case on the merits. Theyve asked for the attention of the court to consider this. It is important to note the United StatesSupreme Court has not granted it. They have not yet determined whether or not they would even hear this case, chris. So whats your fear . I dont know that i have a fear. I recognize that Justice Barrett being on the court now creates a nineperson court. She will have a pivotal vote should this case come back up. But everybody talks a lot about how this is a 63 conservative court. A court that strictly reads the statutes, strictly reads the constitution. A carroll reading of the statute, and specifically of a legal principal known as the purcell principale, they wo