be a comber affair, sometimes when you re sitting down her brother standing, makes a difference, it ll be a little bit for their part 12 feet than the customary virus world which we live in 6 feet plexiglass and all of that. it could be interesting, hillary vaughn and salt lake city, where this goes down later tonight with the very latest. the biden campaign says senator kamala harris tested negative for covid yesterday, she is in the clear for the debate tonight, so is vice president mike pence who the cdc cleared yesterday saint several negative test it is safer than bp to participate in tonight s debate even though he s had a few close calls coming into contact with the virus after the president tested positive, white house advisor stephen miller did to who is married to mike pence spokesperson katie miller, both candidates will have masks during the debate but as you can see alive look inside the debate, there are two plexiglass partitions set up for the guest on the ca
reporter: doctors saying he continues to improve after a delayed acknowledgement that his oxygen levels had dropped twice in recent days and that he s now taking a steroid typically only recommended for seriously ill patients in the hospital. they may be thinking that they can turn the white house into a bit of a hospital for him. but if he needs intensive care unit, he s going to have to go someplace with a great team. it s a very, very serious disease. reporter: at the same time, questions remain about the scope of the outbreak inside the white house. press secretary kayleigh mcenany and two top assistants today joining the list of several high-level staffers testing positive. even though president trump is now back at home, you heard his doctors say that he s not out of the woods yet, and he is certainly going to need to be closely monitored because medical experts agree that the next few days in the course of any covid-19 diagnosis are critical for recovery. back to
in geneva. and living in an open prison human rights watch calls for an end to the mast attention offering of refugees in myanmar. donald trump says he won t state parts in the 2nd u.s. presidential debates after its formats was changed in person to virtual well the debate organizers say they re acting to protect everyone involved from threats of coronavirus president trump of course is still recovering from covert 19 that scene of his rival joe biden have signaled stats he won t spac aides. i heard that the commissioner a little while ago changed the debate style. that s not acceptable to beat him easily in the 1st debate going to the polls that i ve seen but i beat him easily that i felt i beat him easily i think he felt good to know i m not going to waste my time in a virtual debate that s not what debating is all about you sit behind a computer and do it debates ridiculous and then they cut you off whenever they want and we have had saints from the biotin a campaign in th
coming up at 5:15. jim? all right. we ll keep in close contact. thanks, amelio alsbreaking right now, a deadly acident near a park in the arlington, virginia area. police say a woman was killed when this tree limb fell on her. she was just walking on a path. jackie bensen is going to join us wi live report in just a uple of thminutes. now to yet another tragedy on our baltimore-washington parkway. this time a father of five was killed by a hit-and-run driver. mark johnson sr. was walking to a gas station last night when he wasd sudly struck. his car had run out of gas near the ramp to the beltway. news 4 s darcy spencer smoke to his wife and son today about ible loss. reporter: he just didn t deserve to die that way. reporter: angela lost the husbandnd a father to their five sons and high school sweetheart. i need you to listen to me and remain calm, okay. reporter: she had to break the news to her sons th their dad is nevuter cong ofmi gas on the bw parkw
on the night when joe biden and donald trump were supposed to share the same stage for their second debate, the two presidential candidates held competing town halls on rival television networks at the same time. you ll see the sharp contrast between them for yourself in just a moment. for biden, the format was familiar territory, to talk policy, although sometimes he avoided straight answers. when the event was over, he stayed to talk with voters off camera, and in contrast, that with the president, president trump was much more combative, his responses to pointed questions about the pandemic, white supremacy, conspiracy theories and other issues were largely defensive and peppered with falsehoods. if voters were hoping to find out what president trump plans to do if he wins a second term, they were proud disappointed. we get more from cnn s jim acosta from miami. voters did not get a lot of straight answers from president trump in the town hall that took the place of a pr