ukraine. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. you can sum up the current state of the pandemic in three phrases record cases, holiday travel, not enough testing. it all adds up to a bit of confusion and lots of it. the u.s. has seen more than 200,000 confirmed cases every day so far this week. cases are skyrocketing in new york and washington, d.c. we re also seeing spikes in texas and florida. another member of congress has tested positive, the tenth member of congress announcing testing positive in the past week. seven people on a trip have tested positive. the vice president and vice president have had recently had close contacts with someone who tested positive. thankfully neither of they have tested positive. as the lines show you, this virus has totally overwhelmed this country s testing capacity. the white house is once again scrambling with its strategy and messaging. we re nearly two years into this pandemic, you re a year into the presidency. emp
is it better than nothing? that s the question. it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that thinks that election day is the best day of the year. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, november 2nd. we ll begin with the news, and, indeed, we start with one of the most highly anticipated off-year election days in history. in hours americans will be casting their votes in consequential races across the east coast. in virginia democrat terry mcauliffe will look to hold off the surging republican glenn youngkin of what many say is a test of the political landscape. youngkin who entered as a largely unknown candidate has capitalized on hot-button issues like critical race theory. in new jersey recent polls show that republican challenger jack ciattarelli cutting into the lead of democrat phil murphy after republicans were down by 17 points in august, recent polls have him in single digits in a state, mind you, that president biden won
really did win in 1964. it just took them 16 years to count the vote. [narrator] for 8 years, you ve been a heartbeat away from the oval office. .a loyal vice-president. [john f. kennedy] we will carry the fight and we shall win! [cheering] .biding your time, waiting your turn. you know the path to power. [jingle] .kennedy! kennedy!. and you think you know the rules. kennedy! kennedy! kennedy! kennedy! kennedy! kennedy! kennedy! but what happens when you discover you don t even know how to play the game? [siren wails] 1960, america, land of the free, is terrified of the red menace. [man] america was very unsettled. the soviets had the bomb and because of that there was uncertainty there, there was fear. america has confidence in its president, father of the nation in world war ii, dwight d. eisenhower. but even presidents have to retire. who can step into his shoes? many think this is the man, eisenhower s vice president for eight years. .richard milhous nixon. rich
a very warm welcome to our viewer ins the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn news room. when you are 80, that s what happens. you are just not as sharp as you used to be. my mind is stronger now than it was 25 year ago, is that possible? attacks and low blows. republican candidates make their pitches as the finish line nears in new hampshire. we are on the campaign trail. plus fears of a widening escalation in the middle east. iran is promising to punish israel for a deadly missile strike in syria. and later a big winter freeze is gripping much of north america with icy temperatures impacting millions. we are monitoring conditions ahead. and we do begin here in the united states where the new hampshire primary is just two days away. the three major republican candidates are making their final push to republican voters as the presidential race becomes increasingly bitter. on saturday, florida governor ron desantis abruptly canceled
it, thank you, guys. good, good evening, martha maccallum and these are the breaking stories that we will touch on all throughout today. general pat ryder is in the briefing room as we speak as iraq condemns the united states for taking out the leader of a iran-backed militant group adding fuel to a very volatile situation in the middle east. we did carry out that retaliation that you see on the right-hand side of your screen. he is answering questions about that and we will monitor that as dancing more will join me with reactions to the escalations that we are seeing all across the region and where the united states goes next. first, back here at home become a very serious blame game is going on over our border at the white house and pointing fingers at each other as the migrants shatters record after record after record, watch. [indistinct] under president biden from america s lead out to illegal immigrants, smugglers and cartels. he is responsible for the great threat